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Klez Virus is not the list's Fault
- From: Dan Peck <danpeck...>
- Subject: Klez Virus is not the list's Fault
- Date: Fri 26 Apr 2002 16.04 (GMT)
For those who have recevied email with the Klez variant virus
apparently from this list, please read the following:
The Klez virus pickes up random email addresses from the victim's
hard drive files and sends itself out (using its own email software)
spoofing (forging) the From: address. So wherever it says it came
from, it didn't. Even though it appears to have come from the Jewish
Music list, it actually could have come from any computer in the
world that had "jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org" in any file on the hard
drive.
AFAIK, there is in fact no way that this virus can come through a
listserv and since not everyone on the list has gotten it (I
haven't), it is clear that the list is not to blame.
For further info, refer to
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52055,00.html.
HTH.
Dan Peck
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