And I Was Worried About ADWARE...

[babyoh]

:blink:

[GR@PH;<'S]

babyoh,
:blink:
You will be ok you use a good firewall.

GR@PH;<'S   :breakkie:

[Ripley]

Doggone it!  I look and look and squint and squint  :blink:

And I can't read it!  :hysterical: :sos:

Don't want my puter blowing me to smitherines  :exorcize:

I got a good firewall!  Am I OK?   :tease:

Trolls sneak in and plant a bomb while you aren't looking?

[GR@PH;<'S]

ripley,
yup you be ok  :flowers:

GR@PH;<'S   :breakkie:

[babyoh]

FUNNY...
i googled "arnold yabenson" -- who was quoted in the article -- and there were alot of posts on this.

this link explains the hoax:
www.infoweb.state.ia.us/newsletter/security/blanket/pdf/sb_august02.pdf

for RIPLEY, here's part of the text, and another pic of the article (hopefully clearer)...
"it is already possible for an assassin to send someone an e-mail with an innocent-looking attachment connected to it. when the receiver downloads the attachment, the electrical current and molecular structure of the central processing unit is altered, causing it to blast apart like a large hand grenade.

..."that means anyone who has a quarrel with you...can kill you and never be found out."

[Ripley]

BABYOH!  I can read this one!

NOW I can make some intelligent comments....



Arnie (Arnold Yabenson), tsk, tsk, tsk and shame on you! 
Posting those headlines did turn some heads, especially if you couldn't read the text of the article.  And as quoted from the above pdf article:
"There are even posts to security and technical forums with people asking if the computer hand grenade was real."

After I saw this, alittle later I heard ticking coming from my puter  :uhm: and thought to myself...it's a good thing I have a my firewall and a DELUXE SURGE PROTECTOR installed  :hysterical:

[Temmu]

o... my.... goodness!

and what rag is that, some grocery store tabloid?
ka boom

[temmu pulls pieces of pc out of his face]
ouch.