The Fool wrote:
> Klez is a mass-mailing worm which searches the Windows address book for
> email addresses and sends messages to all recipients that it finds. The
> worm uses its own SMTP engine to send the messages. ____It can also spoof
> the 'From' in messages, a factor which has resulted in widespread
> confusion about the bug____.
>
> The subject and attachment name of incoming emails is randomly chosen,
> making it harder for users to spot. The attachment will have one of the
> following extensions: .bat, .exe, .pif or .scr. Klez is capable of
> infecting files.
>
> The worm exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook
> Express in an attempt to execute itself when you open or even preview the
> message.
Right. So what has happened is that someone with this e-mail address
has been infected. I'd like to know who, so I can let them know to get
their computer taken care of.
(We had a spate of Klez messages on another mailing list I'm on (but not
with this address) and we've been over the whole thing there. I got a
message just this morning warning us not to open any attachments from a
certain address, from the *owner* of that address, who is in a situation
similar to mine. I made sure my virus protection was up-to-date within
a few hours of the Klez spreading over there. Obviously someone who
uses this address hasn't got virus protection working.)
Julia
