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47475	2002-05-06 22:15:00	Hi there I'm curious to know if anyone else is receiving emails via Xtra (Into Outlook Express) infected with the klez virus...shouldn't Xtra be able to stop these before they get onto their server? I've got Norton AV 2002 installed and have caught all instances of this virus without risk to my computer, but I'm worried about other folk who don't have an AV that scans their emails! Can this virus be caught while checking mail on either yahoo or hotmail? I installed Norton AV 2002 onto a friend's computer, but they don't use their email client - only yahoo and hotmail addresses - are they still at risk? Cheers Lynne	Guest (0)
47476	2002-05-06 22:53:00	This one is rampant at the moment. i first heard of it about 2 weeks ago when it had got right through Greymouth poly tech and promtly emailed itself to EVERYONE with thier email address on any polytech computer. My partners Anti virus software was all good and up to date, which is fortunate as there were several, every time she went online, Since then i've got 3 from an christchurch xtra customer, who didn't think AV software was important, and claims to 'never' use email! I don't beleive it is up to the ISP to intersept/ protect ourselves from viri, it is up to us, after all we are the ones silly enough to use windows boxes and connect them all together via the net. So far, updating my AV software every few days has been all that has been needed to keep my 24/7 connected machine clean for the last 5 years. This particular viris identifies itself as someone other than the real sender, but if you have a look at the headers you will see: Return-Path: <SENDER@xtra.co.nz> blah blah blah received blah blah by etc- blah blah From: XXXXXXXX <XXXXXXX@hotmail.com> To: chris@millerton.co.nz Subject: Look,my beautiful girl friend Only the return path is to be taken seriously, this did indeed come fron sender@xtra, i assume that the senders id is plucked randomly from the original victoms PC The subject also appears random.	Guest (0)
47477	2002-05-06 23:22:00	To answer the question.. yip Anything that can allow you to get the attachments, can let you have the lovely virus that has found its way to you! The only safe email reading is to never open attachments. Some viri have even exploited the many weeknesses found in Outlook to open themselves. Still if the AV software is updated regually, the recipiant should be fine. Unfortunatly there are many who don't seem to get that part of it, and assume that seeing they have had virus protection installed last year, that they will be fine!	Guest (0)
47478	2002-05-06 23:37:00	Thanks for your replies - are there viruses that can enter your computer simply by enabling the preview pane in outlook express? Or rather are activated by simply reading the text of an email without opening any attachments? Lynne	Guest (0)
47479	2002-05-07 00:01:00	I turned off the preview pane in Outlook to avoid it opening mail as soon as the pointer went over it. Just go into layout and uncheck the box. N. X.	Guest (0)
47480	2002-05-07 01:57:00	Hi May I know how do you turn off the preview pane in OE? Cheers bk	Guest (0)
47481	2002-05-07 03:52:00	I have been told that if you have a suspicious attachment, download it without opening it then open the downloaded copy using a text editor such as Wordpad. Text editors supposedly do not grant execution rights therefore a virus can't be activated by this method. Can't vouch for this, though. Can anyone else comment?	Guest (0)
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