[Heathkit] Please Resend

Sun, 5 May 2002 22:08:47 -0400

Hi Mike
Your right. I got hit with it the other day. All I remember is that it was
sent by someone (who signed as) TOM. I do not recall opening the file.
That's how fast it goes. I had an older version of Norton. When that
happened my machine became useless. I went out and picked up Norton 2002
Pro. Back home installed it via simple mode and using my emergency disks. I
got the unit back operating but lost a lot of files. I'm saving what I can
with my CD burner. I probably wont re-format. This is a 3G drive and I'll
probably buy a 10G or so. It's sure not fun and does cause a lot of damage.
Regards
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Hyder -N4NT- <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; Phil Lefever <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Please Resend


> Phil, OB, the klez virus infects some versions of Outlook Express
> without your ever having to open anything.  A good anti-v i r u s
> program will catch it if it catches it.  What you may not realize is
> that the klez replicates itself by sending out numerous emails to
> people in the address book of the afflicted computer, which could
> cause a popular person like Duane to have hundreds (or thousands) of
> emails to deal with.  Spending half a minute per email on just a
> hundred emails takes 25 minutes -- a thousand takes over 4 hours.
>
> Perhaps Duane can just forward them all to you and you can sort
> through them for him?  I don't think he is paranoid -- just tired of
> being inundated with junk.
>
> 73, Mike N4NT
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Lefever" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 6:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Please Resend
>
>
> At 12:13 05/05/2002 -0400, Duane Fischer, W8DBF wrote:
>
> >
> >If you recently sent me mail to '[email protected]', please resend.
> Because of
> >multiple
> >virus attack attempts on that system, I have killed all waiting mail,
> all
> >saved
> >mail and all unanswered mail.
>
>
> While I agree that we have a new rapidly spreading virus
> (Worm Klez.E) but it is awfully drastic to delete your
> incoming mail! If this is how you choose to protect yourself
> you can never receive any mail via the Internet!
>
> Go to www.antivirus.com and Download a trial of PC Cillin.
> Also don't open any attachments you don't trust without
> scanning. You won't get infected unless you open the
> attachment.
>
> Also beware of any anti virus "tools" that are emailed to
> you, these are certainly viral!
>
> Also if you just wish to perform a quick FREE scan of a
> PC go to www.antivirus.com then click on free tools. Then
> find the "Housecall" free scan. This is a handy application
> that actually scans your system while you are online and
> uses Trend Micro's online virus database that is always
> current. I use this on any system I work on that doesn't
> have decent AV software on it.
>
> It pays to be very careful but we don't need to be paranoid.
>
> 73
>
> Phil Lefever
>
>
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