Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 08:16:20 +0000 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Klez/etc
>Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 02:45:13 -0500 >From: "Lines, Nick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [LIB] Klez/etc > >The point has been made many, many times, but the way viri like these sods >now work is to not only send mail TO everyone in a contact list in Outlook, >but also set the FROM address to be someone in the outlook address book. > >So please can we stop the witch-hunt? This list is, by and large, very >computer literate and knows the dangers of opening an attachment called >"seemygirlfriendshowernekkid.exe" from someone. > >All it takes is someone to think, "ah, Neil's a useful chap, I'll add him >to my contacts", get something nasty and then for everyone else to wait for >the fallout. It ain't pretty. As you say, Nick, it ain't pretty. But there are other issues, which is why I've taken up this here and the other (unrelated) problem with my ISP: o *Someone* on the group, in all likelihood, has the virus. It behooves us to try and draw their attention to it, so that they can do something about it. The difficulty we're having is that people don't seem to have enough info to trace the original sender. I can't trace because hotmail doesn't maintain the header info - perhaps Daniel can unpick the original round of postings? o I'm not convinced that *everyone* on this group is equally computer literate. For example, I'm much more of a hardware and low level type than others, who know pretty much all there is to know about (frex) the various Windows. People join the list for info - this is surely something about which they should be aware, no? o Finally, I want to make sure that *I* don't end up TOSsed as a spammer. The only way to do that is to chase down and document the spam that has my name on it. Agreed, that's more of a problem for my ISP and the easynet account than here, but equally, so many people know and use the nailed barnacle account that I don't want to lose that. It doesn't take many complaints from people who *aren't* aware of the various viruses to lose a service. So, I'd add my voice to Nick's: This is not, should not be, and if I have anything to do with it, will not become a witch hunt. However, I *do* think that we should try and locate where this virus came from, and disinfect it. This is not a question of blame, but of self preservation. If we take the attitude that 'oh, it's just a virus' then the scumbags have won. Not here. Cheers, Neil _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
