-=> Quoting Rick Collins to Mike Hudson <=-
 
 RC> Obviously, this only works while your computer is turned ON:  but it
 RC> _is_ possible for the modem to maintain a connection even with your
 RC> computer turned OFF once the connection has been established.  It all
 RC> depends on how the modem treats various signals on the DTE interface. 
 RC> I'm referring to an external modem, obviously.
 RC> Not a virus, but not "impossible", either.
  
Totally unbelievable what people will go through to engineer something to
jip someone else out of their hard earned cash, and basically mess with them
in general...even if no money was involved.
 
Naturally, I would be very suspicious if I had to use a special graphics
viewer to see some particular graphic, as almost all viewers now will show
most any common type of graphic and or animation, many play sound clips too,
and can even read various text/wp files and perform uuencod/decod as well
as zip/unzip functions.
 
Of course, for the unsuspecting novice...(which is probably the intended
target, anyway)...this could read: TROUBLE!
 
... Windows detected!  Delete?  
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