On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 05:17:53 GMT, "righter" > wrote:

>
>"Old Nick" > wrote in message
.. .
>> On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 22:03:26 GMT, Screener1 >
>> vaguely proposed a theory
>> ......and in reply I say!:
>> remove ns from my header address to reply via email
>>
>> Bee in bonnet.
>>
>> Don't be too derisive about the infected.
>>
>> I "trialled" one of these attachments. I ran a latest update (that
>> day's) virus checker over it (CA's AV)...clean. Then I checked it with
>> updated malware checkers...clean. I had a firewall running. I started
>> the trojan. It broke straight through the firewall, even wehn
>> completely blocked, and although the firewall could "see" the trojan
>> programme, it simply generated no traffic. I had all sorts of reasons
>> and excuses from the makers of the firewall.............ecepe that
>> another firewall _did_ catch the trojan every time.
>
>Amazing. Thanks for the warning, I don't have that kind of expertise to
>remedy a situation like that.

Just don't click on anything that looks so stupid from the header
anyway