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Re: [seul-edu] Re: viruses



On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 05:58:17PM -0700, Harry McGregor wrote:
> Sounds like someone had SEUL-edu in their address book, and got
hit with
> Klez or the likes, it goes through a lookout (outlook) address
book,
> picks an address at random, fakes the headers as if it is coming
from
> that person, and then sends it out to everyone else in the address
book.
>
> This is why I run "windows" virus scanners on my Linux email
servers.

Fortunately, I didn't get hit with too many complaints about
"sending out viruses" myself, but when I do, it's obviously Klez (or
a variant) since I don't run any version of Outlook or even Windows.

I repond by pointing people here:

  http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/bill/virus/

-bill!