[Techtalk] Klez: the new social disease

[Carla Schroder]

I'm still getting zillions of these @#$%%!! things, or I would be without 
Procmail. You should my logfiles.

http://toronto.virusbtn.com/magazine/archives/200207/klez.xml
This gives the best summary of why it's so danged successful:  I

"It seems that the combination of an old exploit with social engineering can 
convince an enormous number of people to open attachments from people they 
don't know. 



 "Klez does not present new ways to replicate, only new words to entice 
people to help it replicate. Some computers experience symptoms and their 
owners seek a cure, while others do nothing and allow the replication to 
continue. 



 "It will take a change in people's behaviour to halt the spread of viruses 
like Klez... Klez: the new social disease. "

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