Thu, 15 Aug 2002 12:33:00 -0500
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My Outlook/Exchange account at the University is being bombarded with
Klez. Fortunately the University is running Antigen on the Exchange
server which defangs the virus before delivering the message. I
actually tried to open one of those messages, which look perfectly
innocent, before I realized what it was. I might have been infected
without even opening the attachment, if it had been a virus that my
antivirus software didn't catch. It's been pretty sobering. It's
certainly left me somewhat...ummm...unsettled...and I know I'm not
infected. It seems to me that using Outlook as an e-mail client is
just an open invitation to have a virus come and infect your machine.
So far, the only Klez message that I've gotten at *this* account (the
one I'm posting from) is the one that was sent through this very list
a few months ago. I'm not sure why the difference...
I just want to emphasize the point that being repeatedly hit with Klez
is disturbing even if you don't get infected.
Dennis
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