[TriLUG] Virii as Spam

David A. Cafaro dac at cafaro.net
Tue Apr 30 17:18:59 EDT 2002


Funny you should mention that, I just got my first spam concerning
virus:

From: 	farmall_37 <farmall_37 at yahoo.com>
Subject: 	W32.Klez.E removal tools

With an attachment.  Yeah, I'm going to run that one.

On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 15:30, John Beimler wrote:
> Ok, I haven't worried too much about virus protection for my email,
> since I don't read email using Windows.  But recently the Klez (sp?)
> virus and a few others have begun to show up in my inboxes at an
> alarming rate.  
> 
> I am already using Spam Assassin (http://spamassassin.taint.org/) and
> that does a great job of moving the spam out of my way, now I am looking
> for a tool to do the same with the virus laden mails.  I am looking for
> suggestions.  I am opposed to putting on a proprietary virus scanner on
> my system, but if thats what it would take, I may take the leap.
> 
> TIA
> 
> john
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