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The Commoner's Virus
George Smith, 2002-06-10

Despite its virulence, the Klez worm is ignored by the newspapers and dismissed by the digerati. Could the demographics of its victims be a factor?

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Klez and defenses 2002-06-10
Nicholas Weaver
That mailworms continue to be a plague is rather frustrating, not because it is a "commoner's disease" but because they could be effectively stopped with some simple, effective policies.

1) NO mailreader should ever execute content. The only option should be "save to disk". Just warning and ex...

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