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On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 6:05 PM, Gordon Henderson wrote: >> I think what happened to Roland (and thousands of others) is a good >> example of the unwanted side-effects of education. For years, people >> have been told that no, viruses do not destroy your files and eat your >> hard drive; > > Try telling that to the victims of the CIH/Chernobl virus who's motherboards > were bricked... Not anymore I should have said. (Or 'most viruses' etc.) >> rather, they do more subtle things such as use your >> computer to send spam. Now scammers are using this acquired knowledge >> to make users fall for this kind of scam. > > Only because it's more profitable for the scammers now.. Yes. And the vast majority of today's malware (including scams) are profit-driven. > I was told at school that nothing I could type at the keyboard could damage > the computer... Messages of the "if you do X you will be safe" kind are wrong unless X is "avoid computers altogether". Martijn. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq