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One thing about Eudora that no-one has so far mentioned is that it is a
known "Spyware" program, containing the Aureate software
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig" <craigbud@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: Virus Alert
> Switch to Eudora immediately.
>
> If that fails, use a Mac for your email needs.
>
>
> At 09:48 AM 11/29/2001, -- wrote:
> >I got hit with the BadTrans.B virus from Tom Alexander (no blaming but be
> >alert for an email from someone you don't know with an attachment. It
> >launches automatically in the preview pane in MS Outlook and Outlook
> >Express.) and may have inadvertently infected other people. It used
> >Kernel32.exe to infect the system, so do a search for it.
> >
> >Microsoft has issued a patch
> >
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security
/
> >bulletin/MS01-020.asp ) but be leary of it. After installing it, my
computer
> >would not boot up at all. I had to re-install the OS. I am told that I
have
> >to upgrade to IE 6 in order to prevent it from occurring again.
> >I guess it's time to seriously look at other email software to prevent
this
> >from happening again.
>
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