My umpteenth board apology re: Viruses heads-up (see last response (mine) to this thread)

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Posted By: Bob S

I got a couple of emails re: my thread about consigning to the big auction houses, and I wanted to mention that one of them contained 2 viruses (both java based).

I won't mention the senders, because I'm sure they were unaware of this. But just a heads up to the senders that there may be a gremlin piggybacking on your email messages.

Regards.

Bob

BTW, my Anti Vir software caught both, so no real harm done, and I might add that I think Anti Vir (which is freeware, can you believe?), is superior to either of the 2 big guns in this area of computer protection.

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Posted By: Bob S

Because of the potential virus probs associated with this post, I felt I had to "bump" it.

Bob

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Posted By: Bob S

I must admit, that I am surprised at the lack of ANY response to my original post.

Maybe it's not showing due to a technical prob.

Bob

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

What is there to respond to?

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Posted By: Kyle

Maybe the person doesn't know their computer has a virus or two... thats typically how they're passed on anyway. Were the emails hostile?

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Posted By: BobS

Not at all, Kyle. Thet were very helpful, in fact.

My post was just a heads up.

Bob

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Posted By: BobS

Hey, folks,

I thought the best way to address this issue was a board post. I guess I was wrong.

I didn't email the board member(s) who had the viruses attached to their emails they sent me for fear that I would might pass it back to them.

Since they were both regulars here, I thought they wouild see my post, and get the "heads-up" that way.

I guess my Lyme disease has once again clouded my thinking.

Sorry to anyone who thought the post was "trivial" or not worth posting, or simply a waste of bandwidth.

I'll continue to try to improve my judgement on whether "to post, or not to post", re: any particular issue.

Best regards.

Bob

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Posted By: davidcycleback

Bob, there was nothing wrong with your original thread. I, for one, read it and took due notice. Virus heads up are always good.

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Posted By: Kyle

But I would have let the people know directly so they can clean their computer. No worries, glad your computer wasn't infected.

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Posted By: Daniel Bretta

I don't think there is anything wrong with posting it Bob, you misunderstood me. I just didn't think there was anything to respond to in it. It's good that you gave everyone here a heads up, but it seemed like you were getting annoyed brcause no one was responding to the post.

edited grammar

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Posted By: Bob

Bob- Thanks for the headsup but have you emailed the sender of the message to let them know of the problem?

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Posted By: HandsAtNeck

Bob: I love everything which I post. In the few rare occasions that not everyone immediately grasps the wisdom, charm, insight, and other attributes of my post, I just chalk it up to them having an off day.

I don't measure the success of a post by the number of responses it garners, I measure my success by how long Leon allows me to post here without warnings.

Its Only Gil

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Posted By: Bob S

I want to thank everyone for your replies. I, and my neurologist both think that the Lyme is affecting my emotional/neurological functions.

I appreciate the kindness and understanding that everyone here at VBC have given me.

Kindest regards,

Bob