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Since there has been a few posts about this "Virus"??? I thought I would
pass along what the experts think.
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Howdy, y'all! Did you miss me? :P
I have a few, quick things to share with you that I wasn't able to put in
my post yesterday:
1. Our friend, the "Join the Crew" virus hoax, has once again
raised its ugly little head. As you will remember, the hoax
says that
"If you receive an email titled "JOIN THE CREW" DO NOT
open it. It will erase everything on your hard drive."
Remember folks, regular, plain-text e-mail letters -- the
plain old vanilla e-mail letters (like this one) that you
receive every day -- can *NOT* contain viruses or trojan
horses. Period. It does not matter WHAT the subject line of
the letter is -- "Good Times," "Penpal Greetings," "Deeyenda,"
"Irina," "AOL4FREE," "Join the Crew," "I AM A REALLY MEAN
VIRUS AND I AM GOING TO EAT YOUR HARD DRIVE" -- plain text
e-mail letters simply can not contain viruses or trojan
horses. If anyone tells you otherwise, they are either lying
or are badly misinformed.
2. I made [yet] another "whoopsie." Yesterday I wrote that
A few TOURBUS riders also asked me to point out that
while DSS (digital satellite system) and cable modem
Internet connections allow you download files from the
Internet quite quickly, you still have to use your plain
old modem and telephone line to be able to upload files
to the Net.
While you do indeed need a plain old telephone line to upload
files with a DSS, this isn't necessary with [most] cable modem
connections. Most [but not all] cable services are now
bidirectional, meaning that you can upload and download using
the same cable connection. So long as your cable operator
has upgraded their cable lines for bidirectional data
transfer, you should be able to get by without ever having to
use your phone line to surf the Net again. But, if your cable
service provider does not offer bidirectional service, you
will be stuck using your plain old modem and telephone line to
upload files. :(
Now that I have successfully removed that foot from my mouth,
it is time to insert another. One word of warning: even with
a bidirectional cable modem connection, it is quite possible
that that your upload speeds may be _significantly_ slower
than your cable modem download speeds. This may not always
be the case, though. Check with your local cable company for
their cable modem upload and download speeds.
That's it. :)
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