Odd email from Shrapnel

CW · #1 June 29th, 2002, 07:13 PM

I stopped using OE a long time ago. I think a lot of M$ software try to tell you what you should do instead of the other way around. Except for a certain network problem I'm happily using Pegasus Mail as my mail client.

Spuzzum · #2 June 29th, 2002, 07:35 PM

My first and only experience with getting Klez in my inbox was from someone who was deliberately trying to send it to me. Two attempts, actually; both had information that a simple address-book-mass-mailing wouldn't have had -- it's easy enough to recognise that it wasn't done with personal intent when it says "IE.pif", but it's not so easy to forgive-and-forget when it says "verbs.pif" (which is specific lingo to the BYOND community that I'm a part of).

I contacted their ISP (the headers were very poorly faked, so finding their ISP was easy as pie), but they never responded. =P

Alpha Kodiak · #3 June 30th, 2002, 02:00 AM

Up until now, it never seemed worth the effort to get rid of OE, but that will probably change now! Whatever I've got now seems to be putting up a pretty good fight against both Norton and McAfee, but I think I am making progress. Fortunately, I have just about everything backed up that is of importance, so if all else fails I can reformat my system, but I don't think that will be necessary.

I sure would like to get my claws into someone out there that is responsible for this beast, though!

TerranC · #4 June 30th, 2002, 02:18 AM

I have never gotten klez...

*I feel so left alone.*

Do any of you run Norton? There is an option for it to scan incoming attachments automatically and deletes it as soon as it detects something, I believe.

Alpha Kodiak · #5 June 30th, 2002, 02:51 AM

Yes, Norton does have such an option and it works quite well. I have it at work. Unfortunately, my home system was not adequately protected (but it will be, once this mess is resolved!)