Graham,
To my knowledge you CANNOT spread a virus via reading/opening an email, ONLY
through email attachments and you have to open the attachment to get the
virus. I doubt you've infected anyone.
Bob Danielson
75 TR6 - Current Status at
http://pages.cthome.net/BobD
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Graham Stretch
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 4:05 PM
To: Spitfire List; Triumph List; 2000 Register
Subject: Appology / Warning
Hi All
First,
Sorry but I have just realised that for the last 2 days I have been
transmitting a virus on my E mails, I don't know where I got it from, and
only realised after the second time my default signature changed. The virus
is .kak, and is more correctly a worm.I have cleaned my machine by following
the cai.com directions, so feel safe to send this to you without the risk of
further spreading the virus.
Second,
The fixes for this are complex (to someone like me who is computer
illiterate) but a step by step description can be found at
http://www.cai.com/virusinfo/encyclopedia/descriptions/wscript.htm
A patch for the loop hole this bug exploits is available at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-032.asp
this virus uses java script and leaves no trace on its carrier messages, so
it is no good looking for the file extension before opening a message.
I am not sure whether it can be distributed through the list as I believe
from what I have read it relies on html messages and the list requests plain
text I think.
Perhaps some of you with more knowledge on this can explain more fully.
Graham.
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