Re: WARNING!! Virus being spread!!!

by =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?= Bergeron <stephberg(at)videotron.ca>

Date:	Thu, 10 May 2001 14:48:10 -0400
To:	hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org
In-Reply-To:
	todo: View Thread, Original

At 09:40 2001-05-10 -0700, you wrote:
>I just received a reply from an email I sent to the list which contained a=
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>new virus.  The
>files that the virus deploy are hkk32.exe and inetd.exe.
>
>The virus is automatically spread.

Only if you open the attachment or use a broken email client like Outlook=20
or Outlook Express.  I never had a virus do anything wrong to my system or=
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spread a virus to my entire address book like Outlook can do because I've=20
been using Eudora Pro since the first day I connected to the=20
Internet.  Aside from the hackers who write those viruses, Outlook is the=20
main culprit of their being distributed to so many people.  On top of good=
=20
virus protection software I recommend to all my friends to ditch Outlook=20
and choose another email client.

St=E9phane Bergeron

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