In message <5.1.0.14.0.20020827223122.01c5f6f8@slave>, Adrian Vickers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
<SNIP>
>Tony Firshman's machine has been infected with the KLEZ virus. That has
>sent a message to the QL list (by trawling his address book) purporting
>to contain an IE6 patch - which is, in fact, the virus.
>
This may not be true. The KLEZ virus often reads in addresses from the
infected users address book and then sends them out until that alias.
>DO NOT DOUBLE CLICK THE ATTACHMENT!
Yes I agree with this
>
>Now, if your AV s/w has not picked it up, it's time to get some new AV
>software. I recommend AVG (www.grisoft.com) - it's free, and so far
>it's completely protected me from any/all viruses which have attempted
>to get onto my system. It also updates very regularly (something McAfee
>never did properly IME). AVG will also clean your system of any viruses
>may have already picked up...
>
Now would anyone like to complain about people who talk about viruses
(viri ?) on this list. This is exactly what we were trying to prevent
before.
>Meanwhile, for your entertainment, here is a warning of another virus
>which is doing the rounds...
I like that !
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