Thanks for the cliche.
Here's one for you...
An ounce of prevention....
:)
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@juno.com>
To: wdavidson@THEGRID.NET <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, December 17, 1999 3:35 AM
Subject: Re: Millenium Viruses

>Bill;
> We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
>
>Drive Safely & Good Luck
>Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe
>
>On Thu, 16 Dec 1999 16:00:21 -0800 Davidson <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
>writes:
>>Here's a thought to kick around:
>>I read in the Wall Street Journal today that the bigger concern
>>(bigger than
>>the millenium date bug) for January 1, 2000 is the potential for
>>computer
>>viruses that are triggered by the turn of the millenium. Seems that
>>there
>>are those who would like to create havoc to start off the new
>>millenium.
>>Software companies that specialize in hunting down and fixing viruses
>>have
>>already found hundreds of them set to go off at midnight, and they
>>expect
>>there are possibly hundreds that they have not found. Many of these
>>viruses
>>are created to mimic the Y2K date bug so as to make them harder to
>>solve
>>(and give them longer to do their damage). Several large companies are
>>shutting down their email systems for the weekend.
>>So my thought is this:
>>It seems that it might be prudent for the list administrator to shut
>>the
>>list down sometime on the 31st. Then on the weekend he could check for
>>viruses before allowing the server to send us email. So what do you
>>guys
>>think?
>>Bill
>
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