Re: HELP ! My system has been invaded by UN-invited spyware !!

From: Larry W4CSC (spaminator@knology.net)
Date: 06/01/02 

From: spaminator@knology.net (Larry W4CSC)
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 12:12:26 GMT

On Sat, 01 Jun 2002 07:56:02 GMT, george@offbase.REMOVE.com (Army
George) wrote:

>Is is safe running just Outlook? I tried to uninstall OL Express 5 but it warned that OL may not work properly...what do you
>recommend? I downloaded Pegasus...not sure if I want to sacrifice OL for it...give me some convincing arguments...
>
>Also, what are the consequnces of deleting WSH? I couldn't even find it...
>
>--George
>
http://online.securityfocus.com/news/458

New article on Klez.......an Outlook/Outlook Express virus propagated
because of security issues with Outlook/Outlook Express.....and using
its address book to propagate itself to your friends and business
associates.

Outlook has the same security issues as its little brother. It is the
TARGET the crackers are after....Micro$oft. Why go around with a big
"KICK ME HARD" sandwich board around your neck when there are so many
untargeted alternatives that never run a virus, never propagate a worm
and never trash your system?? Outlook isn't the holy grail, you know.
I think it sucks, like the rest of Billyware.....

At the top of this webpage, put in the work OUTLOOK into the search
engine. I got 14,695 articles and messages, too many to list
here......

Larry

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