Forum Archive Index - June 2003

["Dave Missen" <d.tackle@xtra.co.nz>]

It has also been said that Microsoft is the worst virus of all with programmes continuously in need of patches to repair security concerns and operating holes.

 

Perhaps it was Microsoft programmes that made the holes in World.com and Enron etc??

 

Question:

Should investors in equities have information on the computer operating systems used by companies as part of the investors risk analysis for investment decisions?  Could be a bit like the question, "who is on the Board"?

----- Original Message -----

From: Robin Benson

To: sharechat@sharechat.co.nz

Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 10:20 PM

Subject: Re: [sharechat] Virus Alert

Somebody said that Microsoft Outlook "makes a simple concept like email into a complicated, inefficient security nightmare."

I'd have to agree.

Robin

disc: Mac OS X, Apple Mail.app, virus immune, simple and efficient.

On Tuesday, Jun 24, 2003, at 10:57 Europe/London, Dave Missen wrote:

There appears to be a virus doing the rounds in the sharechat group at the moment - a variant of the Melissa virus.  While fairly harmless it can cause problems to Word templates etc.  Gets in through a hole in the Microsoft Outlook stable of programmes - there is a patch available to fix the hole (A Bill Gate's Straw?? - handy for buckets also) directly from Microsoft Update.  A good virus checker will also get it (provided you don't turn it off to speed up database type programmes like I did).