[plug] Spice girls: - I CAN READ UNDER WINDOWS!

Sun Jun 9 15:32:35 WST 2002

Expensive ?????  I don't understand, Bill?

Whether I use Linux or Windows (at the moment I am using both) I have to
have an ISP to get onto the Internet, unless there is some Linux trick I
dont know about yet.  And, if I have to have an ISP, $24.95 a month is not
exorbitant, and neither is the optional extra $1.25 a month to have my
e-mails scanned for viruses (I stress "optional").

I would be interested to know how you get on the Internet for less than
this?

James Elliott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Kenworthy" <billk at iinet.net.au>
To: "Plug List" <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Spice girls: - I CAN READ UNDER WINDOWS!

> or just use linux and some of the ***OS*** scanner scripts such as the
> one that picks this type of thing up for me and have some control over
> what happens - as well as defanging html email and other functions etc.
> Seems like you are getting ripped off if you are running linux AND
> letting a stranger look at your email!!!  However, if you cant put
> proper protection between your email and windows mail clients, I guess
> its a fair option, even if it seems rather expensive for what you get.
>
> And I also like to have a peek inside the files - sometimes it can be
> interesting ... nothing much in this one though!
>
> BillK
>
> On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 13:56, James Elliott wrote:
> > I just received a disinfected copy of the Spice Girls virus on my
Windows
> > machine - for $20 per year Westnet scans all my e-mails for viruses (on
all
> > my e-mail accounts).
> >
> > That's how I confirm that a suspicious e-mail is in fact carrying a
virus -
> > if the next e-mail  in my inbox is from Westnet support you can be sure
that
> > it was a virus and Westnet are telling you what it was an how they got
rid
> > of it.
> >
> > Pretty good service for $24.95 a month + $20 per annum
> >
> > James Elliott
> > Ravensthorpe Computers
> > ABN 34 305 232 710
> > Tel:   08 9838 1043
> > Fax:  08 9838 1049
> > Cell:  0428 39 6052
> > E-mail:  James.Elliott at wn.com.au
> > Australia Post:
> > PO Box 228, Ravensthorpe WA 6346
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Leon Brooks" <leon at brooks.fdns.net>
> > To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 9:32 AM
> > Subject: Re: [plug] Spice girls: VIRUS, DON'T READ UNDER WINDOWS
> >
> >
> > > On Sun, 9 Jun 2002 02:12, nick wrote:
> > > > <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY>
> > > > <iframe src=cid:A559H8015H765k8 height=0 width=0>
> > > > </iframe>
> > > > <FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>
> > >
> > > From Nick Bannon? Yeah, right! (-:
> > >
> > > Niether the Windows virus nor the taste in music see to fit...
> > >
> > > Re: my dont-open warning - if you're reading *any* email under Windows
> > without
> > > up-to-date devirussing, you're a looney.
> > >
> > > Cheers; Leon
> > >
> > >
> --
> Bill Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>
>
>
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