administrivia: klez turdlets

[Richard Welty <rwelty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

as some may have noticed, various PCs belonging to list members and/or
former list members appear to have been infected by a klez variant of
one kind or another.

1) please update your antivirus and clean your system, folks

2) do not assume that the from address in a klez message is legitimate.
this virus digs through address books for addresses to use in the From:
line. i have received klez from "myself", and as i happen to read my email
on a laptop that runs linux, i'm pretty sure i didn't really send it.

3) i am gradually collecting klez subject lines and adding them to the
taboo_headers list for the digest. when klez subject lines are presented to
the software, the email will be unceremoniously rejected. therefore, be
aware that using klez subject lines is not really a good idea, as your
message will likely disappear into the bitbucket.

4) M$ users, make sure your copies of internet exploder and outlook are up
to date with the M$ patches. if you haven't used it before, click on the
start menu, then click on windows update, and learn how. additionally, turn
off active scripting for the internet zone, and if you need javascript or
active x to work for a particular site, add it to your trusted sites list
in IE.

richard
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Richard Welty                                         rwelty@domain.elided
Averill Park Networking                                         518-573-7592
              Unix, Linux, IP Network Engineering, Security

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