Re: Klez Virus is not the list's Fault

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

In case this wasn't clear-

> I think that's wrong

referred only to

> > AFAIK, there is in fact no way that this virus can come through a
> > listserv



----- Original Message -----
From: "Eliezer Kaplan" <zelwel (at) attbi(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: Klez Virus is not the list's Fault


> > 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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