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Hello Mark,
Why is it that Pegasus is better at warding off viri than OE? Is it
because hackers know OE is everywhere or do the other(s) have special
features that protect from viri? thanks for any info you have on it.
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Best regards,
Jim Johnson mailto:jejohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Monday, April 29, 2002, 1:22:14 PM, you wrote:
MJ> The KLEZ.G / KLEZ.H e-mail virus is running rampant.
MJ> This is a powerful variant of the original Klez worm. All
MJ> you have to do is open the email and KLEZ works ***without
MJ> any additional user interaction***
MJ> KLEZ will ...
MJ> * Write a file to the Windows system directory and add
MJ> a registry key to allow it to auto-execute upon reboot.
MJ> * Disable anti-virus software.
MJ> * Propagate itself through your LAN.
MJ> * Propagate itself through e-mail, by using its own SMTP
MJ> engine to send itself to addresses it finds on your
MJ> computer. It replaces the "From" header of the e-mail
MJ> with one it randomly selects from your mail database. It
MJ> also may include a file randomly chosen from your hard
MJ> drive.
MJ> * Infect itself into randomly selected executables on your
MJ> system.
MJ> * Insert and launch the Elkern virus which will randomly
MJ> pick a day to delete all the files on your hard drive.
MJ> For additional info, see ...
MJ> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2109157,00.html
MJ> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52055,00.html
MJ> For patches that fix MICROSOFT OUTLOOK, visit ...
MJ> http://www.microsoft.com/office/outlook/evaluation/security.asp
MJ> For an even better way to attain e-mail security, replace
MJ> Microsoft Outlook with Pegasus Mail. For more information, see..
MJ> http://www.pmail.com/
MJ> - Mark Jurik
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