on 10/11/02 2:08 PM, Neil Brown at kiwibrowns_at_charter.net wrote:
> Unfortunately you are wrong. The klez CANNOT propogate on a mac. the
> scr file is a script file which does not execute on a mac. Klez uses a
> weakness in outlook and windows messaging on PC as in intel windows
> boxes.
But, does not klez operate in such a way that it makes it look like the
email is coming from somebody else? In other words, say I had a Windows
computer (this is only theory here) and I caught the klez virus. When my
computer sent out the virus-infected files, they would go to people in my
address book, but they would not look like they came from me, but klez would
pick somebody _else_ in my address book, and use their address for the
return address, so, when people got the email, it didn't look like it came
from me, but from somebody else. In Woo's case, if I had him in my address
book, klez would make it look like _he_ sent the files to these people, when
it was actually _me_. This may be Woo's problem. People are blaming him for
sending them viruses, when he is not. So, Woo, rest in peace. You can tell
the people who are blaming you that you are innocent, simply because you are
using a Mac. The culprit is somebody else. That is the insidious side of
klez.
So, Woo, you are innocent, and are, in fact, another victim of the Klez. You
are not sending the files, only getting blamed, because Klez is making it
look like you are sending the files when, in fact, you are not. It is
somebody else who has you in their address book, and who also uses Windows
who is guilty. :-)
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