Date:         Tue, 7 May 2002 17:34:46 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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At 03:11 PM 5/7/2002, John Brush wrote:
>I don't use windows, but all of these types of viruses seem to only work
>if the user is running outlook. If viruses such as this are causing
>heartache, use another mail reader and you will not be infected by viruses
>that invade your address book. Its really a simple, clean solution.

I strongly recommend that people use Outlook/Outlook Express only if
absolutely necessary -- however not using it doesn't make you immune to
many of these worms -- just somewhat less vulnerable.  Klez is perfectly
capable of harvesting addresses from all sorts of places...the major
vulnerabilities of Outlook have had to do with the bad guys being able to
cause attachments to be run without the user's consent.  But there's a lot
of "social engineering" in many of them that attempt to lull people into
clicking on the attachments...

david


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