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It's censor, but that's beside the point.
I have not noticed this email decline. Most of the people I correspond with, while not technical people, are bright enough to not open attachments from strangers.

I don't think this is a case of this group of unhappy people ruining it for the the rest of the world, but rather a kind of global maturing process.

The world, after all, is not filled exclusively with nice people who want you to succeed and be happy all the time. There are some jerks and worse, and always have been. The internet has simply opened new avenues for these people to try to effect their negativity, and as time passes we all become aware of this and take measures to protect ourselves - kind of like that candy from strangers thing Mom may have mentioned.

Don't get me wrong. I DO NOT mean to indicate that these weiners you refer to are doing anyone a favor, themselves included. They are the man in the trenchcoat, lurking in the alley to flash some poor unsuspecting soul. They should find an island somewhere with no electricity to live on, and spend the rest of their days foraging, and contracting annoying untreatable illnesses.

There may be more reasons than what you state, and I am sure some have multiple reasons for this sad behaviour, but I expect you listed the lion's share of motivational factors.

Kudos for biting the bullet, doing the double post, and getting your non-obscene yet censored word posted.
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'Storm Worm' hits computers around the world  Loverock Davidson | 01/19/07
"This is pretty much another non-issue worm."  Intellihence | 01/19/07
Same here...  Graham Fluet | 01/19/07
But YOU are ignorant.  harrisharris | 01/19/07
and...  harrisharris | 01/19/07
but...  harrisharris | 01/19/07
Let the Holy Wars begin ...  Tony R. | 01/20/07
Considering...  jasonp@... | 01/22/07
And 15% of the Graham Fluets in the world  John Zern | 01/21/07
Congratulations are in order!  xuniL_z | 01/21/07
He keeps getting it wrong. It's actually  John Zern | 01/21/07
No need  xuniL_z | 01/21/07
Non-issue,  Jack-Booted EULA | 01/19/07
first, windows is spaded but why is the code implemented without admin PW?  ralphrides | 01/22/07
Headline is wrong  frgough | 01/19/07
Of course they are Windows machines...  Confused by religion | 01/19/07
It's so nice to  999ad@... | 01/19/07
Yeah...  Cardinal_Bill | 01/19/07
Gee, thanks for enlightening me about Google  Confused by religion | 01/19/07
Who said anything about desktops...moron??  mdsmedia | 01/19/07
It's also nice  rigdokta | 01/19/07
I'm one of 3, too...and my other PC  mdsmedia | 01/19/07
5 Mac and 3 Linus boxes  ator1940 | 01/19/07
Cheezy yees oh weezy  MLHACK | 01/19/07
RE: Cheezy yees oh weezy  jbaviera@... | 01/19/07
And it's pronounced Chowda ("ch" as in "loch") not Guda  cdgoldin | 02/28/07
Oh  MLHACK | 01/19/07
Try executing the WORM on them happy  mdsmedia | 01/19/07
exactly.  MLHACK | 01/19/07
Milly  Shelendrea | 01/19/07
um  Jack-Booted EULA | 01/19/07
You've got 5 macs and 3 Linux machines, Milly??  mdsmedia | 01/19/07
Exactly right  Chad_z | 01/19/07
fiddle while rome burns...  alpha_server | 01/19/07
(all)  Graham Fluet | 01/19/07
YES!  Krazyken39 | 01/19/07
how nimble really?  rx7racer | 01/22/07
Maybe they just grabbed a headline from the news of the day  ajole | 01/22/07
Want non-Windows attacks? Try Java  astro_z | 01/19/07
yea it  Krazyken39 | 01/19/07
Interesting...  mdsmedia | 01/19/07
Won't be long now...  Linux User 147560 | 01/19/07
Hey, tell us how you really feel  BXLE | 01/19/07
What,  Linux User 147560 | 01/19/07
Transparent as glass my friend  Shelendrea | 01/19/07
It's plain it must've been...  Cardinal_Bill | 01/19/07
Message has been deleted.  Linux User 147560 | 01/19/07
It's censor, but that's beside the point.  fuzzy2k | 01/19/07
I have over  Linux User 147560 | 01/19/07
did you ever consider  xuniL_z | 01/22/07
Using a Apple OSX or even old OS9 is still fun  ralphrides | 01/22/07
hey there  xuniL_z | 01/21/07
BCC  Linux User 147560 | 01/21/07
P.S.  fuzzy2k | 01/19/07
In my house, I have (for desktops, not servers)  Confused by religion | 01/19/07
Heh  Linux User 147560 | 01/19/07
BTW - it is funny...  handydan918 | 01/19/07
THE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY COMPUTER VIRUS  BALTHOR | 01/19/07
There's a source.  trm1945 | 01/19/07
And you'll be the first to complain...  mdsmedia | 01/19/07
Viruses are lucrative  whisperycat | 01/19/07
Too bad you fall into the opposite stereotype  Confused by religion | 01/19/07
You bait very well, are you a Master?  handydan918 | 01/19/07
You don't carry the point through though  1stcyberian | 01/22/07
I don't disagree...  handydan918 | 02/02/07
Milly shoots the messenger while ignoring the message  whisperycat | 01/19/07
Cats and Dogs  harrisharris | 01/19/07
So you're saying via this...  Cardinal_Bill | 01/19/07
Please, don't you realize  xuniL_z | 01/21/07
A meaningless, ad-hominem attack  whisperycat | 01/22/07
yep  xuniL_z | 01/22/07
You so totally miss the point.  1stcyberian | 01/22/07
Stom the insanity, drop Vista, get that Apple now!  ralphrides | 01/22/07
All you can do is  TokyoPete | 01/19/07
Perfect Candidate  triso | 01/20/07
Why use a spotty GUI when Apple has a solution?  ralphrides | 01/22/07
Same Boat  Ole Man | 01/22/07
5 Macs  Stuart Austwick | 01/19/07
again MAC this is a pity  Krazyken39 | 01/19/07
Yeah email is equal...the attachments aren't.  mdsmedia | 01/20/07
Limited Choices  mcgilbdd@... | 01/19/07
Worms and MS vs security  30bob1 | 01/19/07
Several methods of positive help  mdsmedia | 01/20/07
About several methods  sweklaweklfwe@... | 01/20/07
Happy to have English as my 2nd language  tsarkon | 01/21/07
SPAM knows no language barriers  cdgoldin | 02/28/07
Security and cost issues  ralphrides | 01/22/07
Who still uses email programs that don't block EXEs?! (NT)  PB_z | 01/19/07
The Microsoft Way  frgough | 01/20/07
Antivirus scanning is always behind the eightball...  Boomslang | 01/20/07
Yawn, my machine is immune  NonZealot | 01/20/07
Don't US ISP's scan for spam and viruses before they enter your mailbox  mrjonno | 01/22/07
Mac OS X Security Update 2006-007 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities  CorpWinUser | 01/22/07
Vulerabilty is not an incident you f---, fool ha ha!  ralphrides | 01/22/07
Storm Worm Came at just the right time  tracy anne | 01/23/07
Norton Antivirus for Macintosh  trm1945 | 01/23/07
Storm Worm?  rrl1@... | 01/23/07
Very insightful.  handydan918 | 02/02/07

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