Re: VIRUS WARNING -- FALSE ALARM ?

From: Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam>
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 09:59:34 GMT
Message-ID: <3bc2c9dd.1834459@news>

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 21:44:43 -0400, John Gray <nospam_at_invalid.com> wrote:

>> function haha()
>> {
>> while (true)
>> window.alert("** WARNING ** Virus Scan has detected the alt.config
>> virus on your hard drive. If you have recently opened an email or newsgroup
>> message and see this alert your system is infected.")
>> }

That's the bugger.

> Thanks for the education and info. Evidently, I miss a lot of
>mischief not having a newsreader or email client that acts on JavaScript
>or Activex content. I also have those functions turned off in IE. Glad
>for others that this was just a joke(warning).
>--

It just opens ad infinitum an alert window. Everytime user closes it, it comes back again. Just exit the s/w to stop it. Annoyance, quite common in e-mails too.

Glad Free Agent doesn't even blink with this sort of thing...

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam Received on Tue Oct 09 2001 - 04:59:34 CDT