On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, william(_at_)elan(_dot_)net wrote:
2. This actually makes life worse for the dialup user in the
non-virus case. Dialup. Fetch mail. Disconnect. Try to read mail.
Reconnect. Fetch attachment.
I doubt you receive too many legitimate .exe attachments. I does happen,
but its really rare.
It is not rare at all. I have two words for anyone who suggests this: "Elf
Bowling". We see hundreds upon hundreds of legitimate .exe's being emailed
to people every day. Heck, they even email eachother things like calc.exe
and notepad.exe!
(hey, I found a use for the RANT tag!)
Matt.
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