>From what I've read, Sasser doesn't come in via email. It just comes
in via an active Internet connection. If you have kept your Windows'
critical updates up to date, you have nothing to worry about. If
not, you do. Everything you need to know is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/sasser.asp
Barry W2UP
On 4 May 2004 Dick White wrote:
> Be aware also that the new "Sasser" virus does not need to be
> activated
> by opening an attachment. It opens itself when you down load mail.
> Everyone needs to up date their antivirus almost daily.
>
> 73 Dick KS0m
>
>
> > Just remember the basic rule: Never open an attachment unless you
> > are expecting it in advance AND have scanned the attachment with up
> > to date anti virus software. If everyone would do these two things,
> > viruses would become a non issue.
> >
> > Actually there is a third: Never read email with an HTML-enabled
> > program. ASCII text only. This isn't as much a problem as it used
> > to be, but the virus writers are quite clever at exploiting HTML.
> > So far as I know, nobody has figured out how to transmit viruses
> > using only ASCII text without attachments.
> >
> > --
> > Bill, W6WRT
> > QSLs via LoTW
>
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