Re: virus?

["L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>]

Thanks, Paul.  That may be it, but it's interesting that it picks up names 
from the web-based address books.  Mostly viruses are designed for Outlook, 
or some other Windows based application.

keets


>L. Bird writes:
> > Is anybody else getting in viruses from list members?  I've gotten three 
>or four so far, but the headers look like they're actually coming from 
>somewhere else.  It says "multipart1".  Does anybody know how this one 
>works that it's picking up lister names?
>
>There is an e-mail virus going around called the Klez.H virus that has been 
>causing a lot of grief on the internet these days.
>
>Unlike other e-mail viruses that just send a copy of the message to 
>everyone in your address book, the Klez.H virus has taken a new "twist".  
>It sends the message to one random name in your address book, but here's 
>the twist...it re-writes the From: line to another random name in your 
>address book.
>
>All mailing lists at igtc.com strip attachments before passing messages on 
>to the list as well as converting any HTML to plain text.
>
>For more information on the Klez.H virus, visit:
>
>http://www.datafellows.com/v-descs/klez_h.shtml
>
>For more info on the program that igtc.com uses to strip attachments and 
>convert HTML to text, visit:
>
>http://www.squawk.com/demime.html
>
>- Paul -
>
>--
>Maintainer, The Who Mailing List




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