Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] virus

At 23:59 05/08/00 +0100, you wrote:

>Its a good policy but, unfortunately, this particular virus attaches itself
>to emails invisibly and doesn't need to be opened to infect your machine. I
>believe it hides in your signature file and so is automatically transmitted
>out again with every email you send after it is activated (which apparently
>only happens at 5:00pm on the first of the month following your infection so
>making pinpointing of the source difficult). As I have scripting disabled on
>my machine the virus could not establish itself and so gave me an error
>message saying that 'kak.reg' could not be installed. If it hadn't been for
>that, the virus could have been sitting on my machine for weeks without my
>knowledge. There are two or three of this type of virus now doing the rounds
>and they are all described on the Symantec site. Its a shame Microsoft don't
>employ the clever people who invent these virus' - maybe then their sloppy
>coding would get tightened up!

All this makes me VERY happy that I decided to toss Outlook as an Email
client some while ago in favour of Eudora.

Regards,
Tony