Computer History

Fred Cisin cisin at xenosoft.com
Thu Sep 17 20:04:05 CDT 2020


>> fix your links.  CC yourself and see if you can click on them.

On Thu, 17 Sep 2020, Paul Koning via cctalk wrote:
> Which links?  You mean the "virus-free" thing at the bottom?  That's just .signature spam.  I don't know why people put that in, especially since a declaration in a piece of mail that it's "virus-free" isn't worth the electrons it's written on.

When people install AVG anti-virus, it alters their signature to insert an 
ad for itself.  WITHOUT their authorization, or, usually, awareness.  THAT 
may not be as dangerous, but it's still malware.


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