Re: [APML] OT:Virus

[astropix@att.net]

Brian, Gentlemen, Ladies...

     I too have recieved 'bad' e-mails... one was not in 
the latest definitions from Norton's, my 'trusted' AV 
provider, and corrupted my hard drive so thoroughly I 
thought for a moment I would have to replace it. I lost 
*everything* and have just over a month ago started from 
scratch. I don't think the e-mail was from this list... 
but you really can't say for sure. The KLEZ virus has 
it's own e-mailer that uses an address book from a 
victim, *but* doesn't necessarily infect the machine it 
steals the addresses from! It can also skip a generation 
so that tracking... even with expanded headers... is 
impossible. Some viruses can transmit without file 
attachments or without opening file attachments... you 
can pick up some from GIF files by visiting infected web-
sites! 

     One must not take these things lightly... they can 
do serious damage!

     There is no gravity... E-MAIL VIRUSES SUCK!

 Sincerely...

 Geoff Powers


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