Re: [ba-poker] please stop using outlook and update your virus definitions

["Ron Morgan" <nodepot(deleted the rest)>]

> From: Nick Christenson <npc(deleted the rest)>
> To: Ron Morgan <nodepot(deleted the rest)>
> CC: ba-poker(deleted the rest)
> Subject: Re: [ba-poker] please stop using outlook and update your virus 
> definitions
> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 14:53:55 -0800 (PST)
>
>
> > My apologies for for being the inadvertent carrier of the virus recently
> > sent to members of this list. However, the virus was not sent from my 
> home
> > computer, which indeed has McAfee VirusScan with an updated virus 
> registry
> > (and an Earthlink ISP), but from a work computer (with the SBC ISP).
> > Interestingly, the work computer doesn't use Outlook but the wonky 
> SBCYahoo
> > email web interface. I'll inform the IT guy at work on Monday, but since 
> its
> > a political campaign office and will close officially on Wednesday 
> (Tuesday
> > night at 8 PM actually) I doubt anything will be done about it.
>
> In my professional opinion, not disinfecting an Internet-connected computer
> that is known to be infected with a malicious virus is criminally negligent
> behavior.
>
> If you won't do anything, and your employer won't do anything, then
> disconnect the damn machine.  If you won't disconnect the damn machine,
> then at least wipe out its address book.

Well. Nick, the machine in question was the main computer in a political 
campaign I was running, which culminated successfully on Tuesday night. 
Wiping out the address book was not an option, and as it turned out, would 
have been unnecessarily draconian.
> Sure, in the ocean of spam, hack attempts, and malware that we live in
> it's just a drop in the bucket.  But to take such a calous attitude is,
> in my opinion, unconscionable.

What callous attitude? I apologized for an apparent virus infection.  I 
diagnosed the problem and found that the computers under my control were not 
responsible. I informed the IT guy for the campaign and he ran a check, no 
virus. No one else in the address book on that computer had received the 
virus. It's possible that there was a problem with port security on that 
computer, it's a possibility we're following up on.

> If I were the moderator of this mailing list, your address would have
> been kicked off of it with prejudice five seconds after I read your reply.

Do you always go on tilt like this? Tell me where you play cards, I'd love 
to sit across from you...

Ron

> Maybe that's just me.
>
> --
> Nick Christenson
> npc(deleted the rest)

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