At 11:40 PM 5/19/2003 -0600, Kestrel wrote:

>Oh *sure* -- *I* know that. I was all ready to forward them to the group
>that deals with suspicious emails when I saw they'd already handled it and
>stripped the attachment off, and put a msg in its place that it was a virus.
>But then I know a bit about what's legit in the world of legal forms,
>billing records etc etc... and I'm suspicious under the best of
>circumstances.

That's what it takes.  Too many people, though, don't connect the dots.
They don't apply what they would know in most situations to this particular
situation of e-mail.  

>But I think there would be a lot of ppl thinking they were being helpful
>who'd wind up getting burned... (or just nosy ppl thinking they were getting
>to look at private records in which case maybe they deserve to be burned)

The latter do deserve to be burned.  The former are being suckers.  That's
what the virus propagators count on.  They count on people wanting to be
helpful and all.  Unfortunately, one must be very careful about one's
helpfulness.

>but still.. these were far more "compelling" than most msgs
with an attached
>virus -- which send up warning signs that even the blind can see if they
>have their head pointed in the right direction.

Eh, no.  I don't find them particularly compelling.  But then, I'm VERY
skeptical!

Veloci--skepticism is my armor--raptor


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