Dear Jon,
Do the Bangor computers have the Windows patch?
John Dieffenbacher-Krall
Co-director
Maine People's Alliance
27 State St., Suite 44
Bangor, ME 04401 USA
(207)990-0672
Fax: (207)990-0772
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 7:44 AM
Subject: [folkschool-list] "Klez" virus
> Well, it's virus alert time again. Although the "klez" virus, which has
> several variants, has been around since late last year, it's started
> appearing with increasing frequency. I've probably gotten 5 copies of it
> in the last 2 days. This is a fairly sophisticated mass mailing
> virus. There isdetailed info, and a removal tool, at www.symantec.com.
>
> In addition to sending itself to addresses in the Windows address book,
> Klez seeks to infect all hard drives, including network shared drives. It
> may try to delete your files on dates in March and September. It also
tries
> to "spoof" addresses. According to Symantec's info:
>
> "Some variants of this worm use a technique known as "spoofing."
> If it does this, it chooses at random an address that it finds on an
> infected computer as the "From:" address that it uses when it performs its
> mass-mailing routine. Numerous cases have been reported in which users of
> uninfected computers receive complaints that they have sent an infected
> message to someone else."
>
> Klez also exploits a known vulnerability in Outlook Express which can let
> it run when you open or even preview the message. Microsoft has had a
patch
> available that fixes this problem for more than a year, so if you haven't
> been running Windows Update and installing the "critical updates," this is
> another reminder to do so.
>
> I decided to send this message out to you all after getting a phone call
> from my brother, an Indiana Civil Liberties Union attorney. His computer
> sent Klez infected E-mails all across the country, including to several
> Federal judges. He was not a happy camper.
>
> Jon
>
> Jonathan Falk
> Pine Tree Folk School
> RR 2, Box 7162
> Carmel, ME 04419
> (207)848-2433
> <http://www.ptfolkschool.org>
>
>
>
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