This is true, but in my case, it was justified. I included some links, but the chances that they would actually visit the sites is very low. Coupled with the fact that I would have to reinstall their systems, and restore any of their files that are backed up, it made perfect sense to me. And, I wasn't telling them about one or two, I listed characteristics to watch out for, and what kinds of attachments to be concerned about. Another groups of users, earlier in the year, had a slight virus outbreak, and caused a corrupt PC. Thankfully it was not the group I manage. > I think that in general, it's best to send folks to one or more of the > reputable virus/worm/hoax web sites instead of warning people about > particular ones. The warnings themselves become a problem. > >> From: John Pariseau <simplymail at ururk.com> >> Message-Id: <7954953F-8E5C-11D7-8865-0003931DDA64 at ururk.com> >> >> Two recent PC viruses I received sparked me to email a group of PC >> users I help, to warn them about emails that come from "Microsoft Mail >> Server" and other bogus/generic sounding names, and general tips about