Re: hey alfakarl, you're sending out viruses

[Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>]

[i'm back from my trip and catching up on email. it turns out that both
cell phone and internet connectivity are problematic from both the north
and south rims of the grand canyon, not that this is really a suprise.]


On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 02:14:31 +0000 bradley artigue <brad_artigue@domain.elided> wrote:

> Not sure who alfakarl@domain.elided (I believe that was the domain) is, but I 
> assume a list member.
> 
> alfakarl, you are sending out a virus via email and may not know it,
> scan 
> your machine!

it may not be alfakarl (in fact, it probably isn't).

at least some klez variants forge from: and envelope senders, picking
addresses out of the outlook address book the same way they pick To:
addresses from the outlook address book.

the infected computer may be an alfa digest member.

they have both the address of the alfa digest and alfakarl's address in
their address book.

they use outlook.

anyone who fits this profile should check if they are infected by klez;
they should go to a reputable anti-virus web site and take appropriate
steps.

richard
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Richard Welty                                         rwelty@domain.elided
Averill Park Networking                                         518-573-7592
              Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security
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