A few other hard-working friends have also gotten the ax for all their hard work during these slow economic times. Ever wonder why anybody should worry about doing a good job when they could be history at any given time, in spite of their best efforts? I guess conscientious employees will always give their best automatically.
I sent a message of warning to my address book people, but almost nobody in it had received an infected file. There were a few and I'm not sure where it found those addresses, but I thought perhaps in my trash bin, because I had about 40 returned messages with infected attachments that had addresses looking like the spam type I always delete. That would have been a perfect place to send those infected files, but alas, they all bounced back. The few friends who received an infected file were people I had communicated with recently so that may be a clue.
I receive several newsletters in PDF format and a couple in ZIP format. I decided simply to catch up printing the files by clicking on them right from my "Attachments" folder. In the process, I accidentally clicked the wrong zip file (left there for further AV checking) and had failed to notice the double extensions this time. After this, I'll move suspected files to a safe place and not depend on my 'superior' intelligence.
An interesting sidelight to this disaster is that some of the bounced e-mail containing contaminated attachments were bounced by network administrators who detected the infected file and returned it telling me that. I hope that network administrators trend continues to grow for everybody's sake. My computer is now a mess and I'm ready to reformat and start over.
Again, ordering must be done on their Web site URL above.
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Program URL: [http://www.inklineglobal.com/products/mb/]
Download Site 1: [ftp://inklineglobal.net/win32/mb25.zip]
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Filesize: 1.75 MB / 1803 KB / 1,845,295 Bytes
Filename: mb25.zip Version 2.5 Install/Uninstall Included
System Requirements: Pocket PC running Windows CE 3.0 or higher. 400Kb free on Pocket PC and 1Mb free on desktop PC. Supported Processors include ARM, SH3, MIPS. I was unable to test this product because I do not own a Pocket PC, but it looks very interesting. The price is only $19.00 and my readers are even offered a 10% discount by going to [http://www.regsoft.net/purchase.php3?productid=36402&pc=M6M64] and using the password "dealsguy." If you simply want a trial version, use [http://www.cresotech.com/ftp/pocketsafe.exe]. The company URL is [http://www.cresotech.com] should you just want information on the product.
"If you haven't requested any yet and would like to receive a free demo of our training materials or information please contact Evan Jones at 888-299-3647, EXT. 7002, e-mail: [evanj@keystonelearning.com]. Or fill out the application at: [http://www.keystonelearning.com/about_keystone/user_group/index.html] and indicate in the field provided what products you are interested in."
Also listed are 32 other courses newly introduced or coming soon, and 1000 other topics and
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(888) 299-3647 ext. 7002
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Fax: (801) 373-6872
That's it for this month. Meet me here again next month if your editor permits. This column is written to make user group members aware of special offers I have found or arranged, and my comments should not be interpreted to encourage, or discourage, the purchase of products, no matter how enthused I might sound. Bob (The Cheapskate) Click [Bobclick@mindspring.com]. Visit my Web site at [http://www.dealsguy.com] for past columns. Also, I keep adding interesting articles (taken from user group newsletters) to my "Articles of Interest" page for viewing or downloading.
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