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dave
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| Re: Solid proof that AOL users are idiots? said by RR Robot:
I'm not an AOL user, but isn't it possible that aol.exe could contain a virus? What's so dumb about that? What if some other program modified aol.exe?
It's dumb to follow instructions from people you don't know, without having some reason to believe that they know what they're talking about, and without being sure that they mean you no harm.
(That's how viruses spread)
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|  Re: Solid proof that AOL users are idiots?
said by daveporter:
It's dumb to follow instructions from people you don't know, without having some reason to believe that they know what they're talking about, and without being sure that they mean you no harm.
(That's how viruses spread)
I agree with you, but as one of the article links mentioned, some people got the warning from people they know, like their sister or brother. So maybe somebody along the line was "idiotic", but they ended up making it look valid.
I think the hoax itself turned into a nasty virus. Again, better safe then sorry. So what if somebody deleted aol.exe and reinstalled.
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| Re: Solid proof that AOL users are idiots? Ok, so the AOL users are catching all kinds of slack for this one, and on one side, I feel kinda sorry for them. But, then again, some part of me wants to just scream at people who can't catch a joke about such obvious factors as deleting your main AOL executable file -- and I might even give a few rank beginners this one, but if you don't know what aol.exe is, maybe you should sign up for a computer course before jumping on the Internet...it's much safer! -- or this line in the so-called hoax:
WARNING: KEEPING THIS FILE ON THE SYSTEM AFTER JUNE 8 WILL COST YOU $2.90 MORE PER MONTH!
FAILURE TO REMOVE THIS FILE WILL KEEP YOUR "UPPER MEMORY MANAGEMENT" MODULE OF YOUR INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT (IQ OVER 85) BLOCKED. DELETING AOL.EXE WILL FREE YOUR IQ TO GO ABOVE 85!!!
DELETING THIS FILE WILL ALLOW YOU TO SPELL CORRECTLY AND USE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROPERLY.
Ok, tell me now this isn't an obvious joke.... I'll forgive a few users a lack of computer-saavy, but for cryin out loud! READ an e-mail before you panic...if it's a joke or a hoax, it will give itself away. I can't feel sorry for people who failed to read this line and decided to screw up their own ISP connection. | |
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