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Re: Bris Sextant
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2005 Nov 1, 09:59 +0200
From: Marcel Tschudin
Date: 2005 Nov 1, 09:59 +0200
>>>> I will also ask Bill, if he could make good >>>> pictures of my Bris sext. to post them on my web site. >>> Alex >>> >>> Happy to help. As a woodworker and old-school graphic designer have lots >>> of >>> toys that can measure the angle for you to a degree or so. Or just scan >>> it >>> and measure the angle in a new-school computer-graphics program. >> >>> Bill >> >> Bill >> >> My virus scan warned me that the above mail could be spoofed (possible >> fraud >> attempt). Bill, I hope you have a virus scan to check your computer. >> >> Marcel >> > Marcel > > I do have protection, but possibly not up-to-date enough. That seems to be > a > day-to-day project these days. Macs are fairly bullet proof as the $%%&* > that design this stuff go after the 90%+ community (Microsoft), so I > perhaps > tend to be a bit more lax than I should be. Outside of e-mail, I > sneaker-net files with other professionals, but have been bitten on > occasion > even then. > > As to fraud, Alex and I live in the same city, and do face-to-face cel nav > on a semi-regular basis, so not clear what scam or fraud is likely in this > case. > > I do appreciate your warning/concern. If you have more information about > the reason for the alert, or the meaning of "spoofed" I would appreciate > knowing/learning the details. > > Thank you very much, > > Bill > With the help of Google I found this explanation http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html Please note that the warning indicated COULD BE. I only can recommend a virus protection which is updated online on a DAILY basis. There are several providers for virus protections; personally I am using the following one which, at a time, showed to have the shortest response between the appearance of a mal ware and the distribution of the corresponding protection. http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/ Marcel P.S. Sorry, this has now nothing any more to do with Bris Sextant