Spudrick68
Justified & Ancient
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I am getting tired of receiving E-mails telling me "Do not open an e-mail which is titled... It will come from a friend. It will burn the entire contents of your C drive." etc... "Send it to everyone you know. It is better to receive this message 25 times than not receive it."
I'm not an I.T. expert, but neither am I a numpty. As far as I am aware it is impossible for a trojan or worm to 'burn' the entire contents of your drive. I know it must be fishing for E-mails, but people surely must panic and believe them to send them on?
Any of my personal E-mails go through Mozilla Thunderbird, other go through a seperate E-mail. If I don't recognise the sender on either account, I delete them.
Simples.
I'm not an I.T. expert, but neither am I a numpty. As far as I am aware it is impossible for a trojan or worm to 'burn' the entire contents of your drive. I know it must be fishing for E-mails, but people surely must panic and believe them to send them on?
Any of my personal E-mails go through Mozilla Thunderbird, other go through a seperate E-mail. If I don't recognise the sender on either account, I delete them.
Simples.