Replying to LO28373 --
There are more and more troubling viruses.
A couple of people tell me they have received virus-laden messages which
appear to have come from the LO list... In fact, they come from some
infected computer and pretend to be from the LO list.
I recently wrote in part:
>Here is information on the virus I'm worried about right now:
>
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.e@mm.html
>
>That page includes this warning: "Because this worm does use a randomly
>chosen address that it finds on an infected computer as the "From:"
>address, numerous cases have been reported in which users of uninfected
>computers receive complaints that they have sent an infected message to
>someone else."
>
>I recommend:
> - Do use a virus protection program and keep it up to date
> - Do not use Outlook (This virus propagates even from the preview window!)
> - Do not double click attachments unless you have virus-checked them first
> - Do not open messages that look suspicious
...snip...
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