[ARC5] Possible attack via FireFox & Yahoo Groups

WA5CAB--- via ARC5 arc5 at mailman.qth.net
Fri Apr 10 14:42:35 EDT 2015


OK.  But spam by definition causes no harm to your computer other than 
wasting its time. If it causes any other harm, then it isn't spam.  It's one of 
a wide variety of the broad category "malware".

In a message dated 04/10/2015 13:34:58 PM Central Daylight Time, 
kgordon2006 at frontier.com writes: 
> On 10 Apr 2015 at 14:15, WA5CAB--- via ARC5 wrote:
> 
> >Spam is a problem but not a major one.  As with throwing away unsolicited 
> 
> >or junk mail, all that you have to do is delete it.  The subject of this 
> >thread was malware, which does not by definition include spam.
> 
> I guess it would depend on your definition of "malware". Spam's effect on 
> me, personally, is about the same as I get from viruses, etc.
> 
> Ken W7EKB

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