Ah Ha! I wondered why Outlook Express brought up a messages saying that an active X control is unsafe and would not be run, and that the page might not display properly.
No security hole there. I think you need to revise the security setting in Internet Explorer to medium. Ivan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall Dudley" <mdud...@execonn.com> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2000 04:49 Subject: CS>KAK WORM > Please be advised I have received copies of the KAK worm 3 times in the last > few weeks from this list. > > The messages are: > > Subject: CS>Try this > Resent-Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 05:09:58 -0700 > Resent-From: silver-list@eskimo.com > Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 21:42:27 -0700 > From: "Steve Geigle" <sgei...@home.com> > > Subject: CS>Unidentified subject! > Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:50:06 -0700 > Resent-From: silver-list@eskimo.com > Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 19:50:05 +0100 > From: "J WILLIAMS" <mossfieldrov...@cwcom.net> > > Subject: CS>address change > Resent-Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:00:52 -0700 > Resent-From: silver-list@eskimo.com > Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:01:26 -0400 > From: "Bill Bleasdale" <kings...@adelphia.net> > > You can only get infected if you are using Outlook express for reading mail > (In which case I would get a mail reading program that does not have these > security holes in it). To see if you have the worm either check your > autoexec.bat file for these lines: > > @echo off>C:\Windows\STARTM~1\Programs\StartUp\kak.hta > del C:\Windows\STARTM~1\Programs\StartUp\kak.hta > > If you have one or both, you have the worm. Also you can do a find for > kak.*, *.kak and *.hta on your hard drive > > To remove see: > > http://www.Europe.F-Secure.com/v-descs/kak.htm or http://www.macafee.com/ for > files to remove > and http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/cgi-bin/virauto.cgi?vid=7378 gives > information on removing it from the registry. > > Marshall > > > > > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net> >
