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Sorry for the non-hockey post, but...

The women-in-hockey mailing list is being inundated with attacks by 
various windows computer viruses. It's getting ridiculous over here in 
List Admin central. In looking through the last 50 or so viruses I've 
been sent, it seems there are at least FOUR list members actively 
sending viruses out to the list (and all of their friends).

This is very dangerous and irresponsible.

Since I'm tired of cleaning up all of this (it's a waste of my time, if 
nothing else) and since this has been going on for a while (meaning 
these people aren't paying attention, or they'd have fixed their 
systems by now), I've decided to post this to the list to see if I can 
get your attention.

If you are running a windows box, and you are NOT running anti-virus 
software, and you are NOT keeping that anti-virus software up to date, 
you are being an irresponsible and dangerous user on the internet. If 
you're infected with a virus, you're not just sending it to ME, you're 
sending it to everyone in your address book -- friends, family, 
co-workers. Imagine how happy THEY will be finding out you're the idiot 
sending them all those viruses. Imagine how happy they'll be if they 
find out you're the idiot who infected them.

There's no excuse for that. Infections happen, but when a system stays 
infected (and some of thse have been infected for at least two months), 
it's a sign you don't care. Maybe we need to make you care.

I want people to understand what my policy is here. If you get infected 
and don't get the virus fixed on your system, you're not welcome here. 
If I have to start tracking down the sources of these virus attacks 
(and that's what they are, your computer is attacking mine), then the 
people responsible for those computers will be removed from my mailing 
lists and are no longer welcome to subscribe to them. If you don't care 
about sending viruses to your mom, your kids, your friends or your 
boss, at least care enough to not want to get kicked off this mailing 
list in disgrace.

If you haven't checked your computer for viruses recently, you're 
overdue. it's a basic requirement of being on the internet today, and 
I'm rather disappointed that I had to step up and play Jimminy Crickett 
at you all. (for the record, it's ONLY this mailing list. I'm not 
seeing virus attacks on any of my others).

Please go check, disenfect, and protect your computers. Now. If nothing 
else, you don't want to be the person I find on the other end of these 
attacks, if I'm forced to go looking.

Thanks.

chuq

-- 
Chuq Von Rospach, Architech
email@hidden -- http://www.plaidworks.com/chuqui/blog/

He doesn't have ulcers, but he's a carrier.

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