Re: Klez Virus is not the list's Fault

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

> 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.
>

I think that's wrong- another list I belong to (hosted by Yahoo) was sending
me oodles of Klez that most likely went through their listserv. BTW, Klez.h
only affects IE5 setups (though it did try unsuccesfully to infect my IE6/
XP Pro setup- I did have to manually clean some junk out of my registry).
Also, as I mentioned in an earlier post, Symantec has a little utility to
remove the virus- links to it can be found by starting from www.symantec.com
and following the obvious trail.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Peck" <danpeck (at) panix(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:59 AM
Subject: Klez Virus is not the list's Fault


> 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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