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Feature Presentation for the November 29th general meeting
November Virus From the Internet
General Information
Newsletter Information
Meeting Schedule for the year
Mr. Gaetan Tremblay of Tremblay Security Services Inc. will speak to
us about Home Automation. This will prove to be exciting as much of
the homes daily tasks can be automated from near or far using the
benefits of the Internet. Imagine checking out your house on video
while on vacation and putting the sprinkler on if it looks sunny
outside! Hear all about on November 29, 2000.
There will be the usual piece on some aspect of Windows, by Bill
Marchant and a Question and Answer session moderated by Rob MacCara.
Please note the address change below:
The HAPCC general meeting is on the last Wednesday of each month.
The general meeting will be Nov 29th meeting time 7:00 - 9:00
pm. Meeting place: In the TV Room (Name only, there is no TV) of
the Scotia Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion,
at 5837 Cunard St Halifax. The building is facing the Halifax Commons
between Robie and Agricola Streets. The Legion parking lot is at the
right of the building and is available for our use. Meetings start:
at 7:00 PM and end approximately 9:30 PM.
In this issue
A look at an e-mail virus that was infecting Outlook Express, WScript.
Kak.Worm, Kak is a nasty program that's not technically a virus.
It's a worm. But that technicality won't help you feel any better
if Kak infects your system and uses Outlook Express to spread itself.
You don't even need to read an e-mail message that brings the Kak
into your system and some are unaware that they are propagating the
virus.
Concerning Microsoft Outlook, if you are good, people will
always try to shoot you down... Eudora, if as good as some people say it
is, will join the elite soon.
I've also used Outlook Express for well over five
years, never opened a document unless it had been verified through the
sender, either by another E-Mail or telephone.
When loading from the web, you get virus checked my McAfee or Norton, but if
it is a new virus, like Navidad discovered on November 8 or 9, you are still
in danger. Wether you use McAfee, Norton or another low line anti-virus
program, when the virus is new, you don't stand a chance until it has been
discovered. Wether you use a MacIntosh, IBM or other glorified PC, remember
that if people really want to get into your computer, they will. After all,
they did with NASA, FBI, CSIS.
Viruses are here to stay. Just don't open any attachment, this may sound
good for now, but in the future, I am sure someone will find a way to get a
virus in your computer, and you will not be able to avoid it unless someone
discovers a way for you to know when something strange gets in your
computer. Did you ever try to go on some sites and try to avoid cookies,and a cookie can have an
expiration date that last a very long time, up until 31st December 9999,
or prevented a company from knowing where you had surfed... That's the way
it is for now, so for now, we have to learn to live with it.
A message from Norton saying that the new virus
list dated November 11th, included W32Navidad. One should to go for
updates twice a week, at least avoided that one...but then there was JS/Kak@M
to contend with and don't know how it got in unless it came in as a
worm embedded in the subject line...Who it is from is rather like finding a
needle in a haystack. People will find where it comes from only if it
affects big company and makes them loose big bucks.
For us, little insignificant guys, just grin and bear it.
Didn't anyone ever tell you that Beta is Latin for "it doesn't work yet?"
Chairperson David Potter
Vice-Chair Bill Marchant
Treasurer Rob MacCara
Web Librarian Thayne MacLean
Newsletter Editor Diane Smith
Membership Promotion Pat Conen
and the following members who assist in planning our monthly
meetings: Norman DeForest, Henry Hill, Ken Gilmour,and Colin Stuart.
The HAPCC has two kinds of
meetings. Firstly the regular Sunday night meeting which most
members attend regularly, secondly the monthly (approximately)
planning meeting which organizes the business of the Club,
including what happens on the Sundays. The planning meeting is
held on Monday, a week after the regular meeting in which all
members of the Club are urged to attend. At the planning meeting,
we discuss feature speakers for regular meetings, finances,
membership, training, and other computer related subjects.
....Bill Marchant
In this issue
Newsletter Articles.... We are almost
always in need of good articles. If anyone has something that
they feel would make a good article, an interesting story to
tell, or even a good meeting topic, please don't hesitate to pass
it on. Articles can be submitted in almost any format, ASCII
text, AMI Pro, MS Word, Windows Write, WordStar and of course
WordPerfect.
The newsletter is mailed to all
paid up members and to anyone who has attended a meeting within
the past three months. Yearly membership dues are $15.00.
Club Mailing Address -
P.O. Box 29008, Halifax N.S., B3L 4T8.
In this issue
We decide the meeting dates for the
upcoming year at the last planning meeting of the season. The
dates for these are listed below. As in previous years, the
December meeting is moved to the early part of January due to
Christmas Eve being near the fourth Sunday of the month.
The planning meetings are normally held on the second Monday (8
days) after the general meeting. They are currently held at a
members home and the address is announced at the meeting prior to
the planning meeting. Anyone is welcome to assist in the planning
of future meetings or events.
Dates for the meetings starting in September are based on the
LAST Sunday in each month. Note that this is a change from
previously, when we met on the fourth Sunday.
Meeting dates for the 2000/01 season:
November 29, January 3, January 31, February 28, March 28, April 25, May 30, June 27.
Dates for the meetings starting in September are based on the
LAST Wednesday in each month. Note that this is a change from
previously, meeting times.
Note: There is no meeting in December. Remember also, we are now
using the LAST WEDNESDAY of the month, except for the exceptions as noted above.
Any changes to the scheduled dates will be announced where possible at the regular monthly meetings
and/or in this newsletter.
