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On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Simon Waters wrote: > It is a bit like the phrase "the government should do something about > this", sometimes it is true, other times it just reveals you haven't > pondered the other pressures on government's resources. Heh, I like that comparison. :) I think what happened to Roland (and thousands of others) is a good example of the unwanted side-effects of education. For years, people have been told that no, viruses do not destroy your files and eat your hard drive; rather, they do more subtle things such as use your computer to send spam. Now scammers are using this acquired knowledge to make users fall for this kind of scam. Martijn. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq