As you know, the kak worm exploited a security hole in Outlook Express that
made it part of the signature file of the email not an attachment.
Microsoft issued a patch pretty quickly. Most people that I know caught the
kak worm after the patch was released. There are no more kak-like worms
running around right now. That's not saying that someone won't find a way
eventually. I don't know the answer to your question. If something new does
come out, I think you are probably going to hear about it long before it's
widespread enough to be a big risk. Then you can do something to protect
your systems. I've been using the internet for nearly 6 years and while
I've seen v*ruses in files that I've downloaded, I've never had one effect
any of my systems.
Ben Moore
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Dougherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: PCWorks: Norton system works email protect
> The benefit of this was so that when you received the KAK, which was in
the
> wild a few months ago..emails like that would be stopped.
> I visit Windows Update frequently, so I was immuned from the KAK
anyway..but
> the next time one of those comes out, will auto protect stop it in time?
> Jeff
>
> FAX 1-413-280-0677
> Jeff Dougherty
> Intrepid Video & Electronics
> 501 Luther Rd
> Harrisburg, PA 17111
> 717-909-8844
> VCR tips, electronics info & general interest.
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