[vorbis-dev] a trojan is on your computer!

[programmer_ted]

Well, a minute and a half from my previous mail.  I was saying I should have
followed up my _first_ with a confirmation, but got sidetracked.  Anyway, I
completely agree with your snail mail/email analogy.  This thought process
kind of confuses me, too.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tuomo Latto" <djv at mbnet.fi>
To: <vorbis-dev at xiph.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [vorbis-dev] a trojan is on your computer!

<p>> On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 16:32:23 -0800, programmer_ted <ted at fusionapple.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I was thinking the same thing, but thought I may as well email in the
> > very-unlikely case we had some computer-illiterates on the vorbis-dev
> > list.
>
> Sure, I see the point and completely agree with you.
>
> It's just that I've just always wondered about those people.
> If they received snail mail from a stranger (or a somewhat odd mail
> from a correspondent or a friend of theirs) possibly addressed
> to someone else and that mail contained a piece of equipment
> of which they couldn't tell what it does and included instructions for
> it and a request that they'd use it, would they really use that device?
> And would they really use a device even when it seemingly did look
> suspicious?
> ("Suspicious" being an electric device with a metallic handle and
> instructions telling to hold on to a radiator when using it,
> or electric device to be used in a bath,
> or one with circular blades moving up and down the handle,
> or anything like that.)
>
>
>
> > Sorry about being a little late to identify the virus.  Was kinda busy.
>
> Looks like a minute and a half to me, so no need to apologize.
>
>
> -- 
> Tuomo
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