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On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 22:05:47 GMT, Droid Man <me@me.com> wrote:

>Yes you win, three threads about the same thing and a list of people
>who don't patch their software as per Microsoft recommendations.
>
>If you want protection for MS mail products go to
>http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/Out98sec.aspx
>
>Be aware when you put this update on, you cannot email exe files. They
>have to be renamed or zipped.

I don't use MS mail products, and I received several of these in the
last two days. I know of other cases similar to mine as well.

Tom

>
>On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 09:53:23 +1000, Don McKenzie <don@dontronics.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Bob Parker wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>>    I case it's not clear to everyone, this "Klez" worm covers its
>>> tracks by taking a random e-mail address from the address book in the
>>> machine it's infected, and putting that random address into the "From"
>>> line of the infected e-mails it sends out to others in the same
>>> address book.
>>>    This means that when you receive it, it did *not* come from the
>>> computer shown in the "From" line. So don't contact that person and
>>> abuse them. :-)
>>>    If that doesn't make sense it's because I'm half asleep. Don
>>> McKenzie has written a much clearer explanation and put it on his
>>> website. See http://www.dontronics.com/virus.html
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Bob
>>
>>Thanks Bob,
>>Re http://www.dontronics.com/virus.html
>>I added this text to the page today:
>>
>>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>Hi Don, 
>>I know what you mean. I receive email virus sent from myself [to
>>myself]. 
>>Too bad these programmers have nothing better to do with their time. I 
>>would bet if they chose to, they could actually be doing something
>>useful. 
>>Regards, 
>>-Bruce 
>>http://rentron.com/ 
>>Reynolds Electronics 
>>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>Don, my thanks to you for the postings. For some reason, for the past
>>week, I have been receiving a rash of viruses via e-mail attachments -
>>one was the W32/Sir.Cam worm coming in every half hour from the same
>>address - a hotel in Quebec [???].
>>
>>Turns out this particular address was a real place, and not a
>>pseudo-address. I called and notified them, and I am no longer
>>receiving the every 1/2-hour e-mails. I assume they removed my address
>>from their system. Whatever, the magic seems to have worked [at least
>>for now].
>>- dan michaels
>>www.oricomtech.com
>>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>>Am I starting to win?
>>Cheers Don...
>>
>>Don McKenzie    mailto:don@dontronics.com     http://www.dontronics.com
>>
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