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Mojo -> (5/19/2002 1:59:42 PM)
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Just because you get a email with klez or a similar virus addressed from somebody on the board doesn't mean they have it. It could be some other party who has their address in an email program.
I ripped this from an article at antivirus.about.com
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While any virus can be problematic, either deliberately or unintentionally, the latest Klez variants use a variety of insidious tactics designed to give even the most patient a massive headache. Klez not only has a penchant for lifting legitimate user files from the system and sending them out with the infected mail - thereby potentially compromising sensitive data - it can also spoof the From address on the email, making it appear the virus is being sent from a completely innocent and uninfected person. One reader reports having received 9 different Klez emails in a single night, all with different From addresses. Only a careful examination of the email headers revealed the sender's true identity. Others report receiving bounced messages from various ISP's, informing them that a message they sent was rejected due to its carrying the Klez virus. The problem, of course, is that these individuals never sent the message nor did it originate from their machine. The virus had simply found their email address on the infected user's machine and inserted it in the From field.
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It is important to run an AVP and keep it updated though as I learned a few weeks ago.:(
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