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From: Nick FitzGerald (nickvirus-l.demon.co.uk)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 21:18:10 CST

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    Daniel Tan <datanseas.upenn.edu> wrote:

    > Until AOL announces a patch/workaround, it is highly recommended to
    > restrict receiving of events (other than normal messages) to
    > contacts you know.

    This is just like the old, and equally bogus, "advice" for preventing
    being hit by mass mailing viruses -- "don't open attachments from
    people you don't know". The implication taken from such advice is
    that attachments from people you do know are necessarily "safe".

    Better advice is to implement a method that prevents receipt of such
    requests (or upgrade to the version thought unaffected by the bug). 

    -- 
Nick FitzGerald
Computer Virus Consulting Ltd.
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