KLEZ virus

[Mark L. Chang]

The KLEZ virus spreads not through attachments, though. It exploits a
vulnerability on Outlook Express and Outlook (Windows) that doesn't
require the user to authorize opening of the attachment. It's a funky
MIME header that convinces IE/OE/OL to go ahead and open and execute the
attachment willy nilly.

Yep, patch yerselves.

Mark
(mutt)

On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 05:25:38PM -0400 or thereabouts, Brett Dikeman wrote:
> At 3:54 PM -0500 6/13/02, Rob Andrews wrote:
> >Better yet, lets all keep our norton antivirus up to date and stop opening
> >attachments without scanning them first.
>
> Better yet, let's all run operating systems and mail clients that
> are, with regards to attachments/viruses/whatevers, a little more
> like the software equivalent of catholic nuns and a little less like
> a bunch of street-corner ladies?
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