Re: Corrupt Updates: what to do?

From: N6BAH (brittNOSPAMdickson_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 05/04/04


Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 18:12:25 GMT


"Tim" <tim@mail.localhost.invalid> wrote in message
news:bu5pntl5zy41.1jx0yhzx9ifi6$.dlg@40tude.net...
| On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 20:46:12 GMT,
| "N6BAH" <brittNOSPAMdickson@earthlink.net> posted:
|
| > I don't get your signature line. ???
|
| Which bit?

This one. I've used the virus-free line, but not having the mind-set

of someone who would send viruses (not that you do either) I never

considered it to be as dumb as you've shown it is.

Thanks for the explanation.

BD

|
| "This message was sent without a virus, please delete some
| files yourself."
|
| Is an old joke. Made all the more pertinent, recently, by the
| proliferation of stupid signatures inserted by people's anti-virus software
| proclaiming that the message was sent virus free. A worse than useless
| message, as anybody could write exactly the same thing on a message that
| does include a virus, and people will stupidly believe it's safe because
| the message said it was.



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