Corpora: Info on the Kak virus

From: ramesh@clg.bham.ac.uk
Date: Sat Apr 01 2000 - 16:29:09 MET DST

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    I've just rediscovered the email which gave the slution for
    this virus:
    Good news: It only affects you if you use MS Outlook Express 5.0, and a
    patch is available from MS at:

    http://www.microsoft.com/Security/Bulletins/ms99-032.asp

    I installed the patch quite easily on my machine at home,
    but of course it's impossible to tell whether it's had any effect.
    However, my understanding is that the patch closes a known
    loophole, which will prevent any future viruses that try to
    use the same route, so it's probably worth doing.
    Ramesh

    Ramesh Krishnamurthy
    Honorary Research Fellow, Birmingham and Wolverhampton

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