[Evolution] Address Harvesting

Ross Burton r.burton@180sw.com
Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:50:44 +0100


On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 16:24, guenther wrote:
> You mean the W32/Swen worm? This isn't due to email harvesting but due
> to stupid folks using MS Outlook and clicking every link...

Note that the Swen worm also scans all available disks for email
addresses in HTML pages, emails, address books and Outlook mail
folders.  Never posting to mailing lists won't help if a Windows user
has ever sent/received a mail from you...

http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virus.aspx?ID=36939

Ross
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