Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 11:09:46 -0700 From: Tom Stangl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] W32.Klez.gen@mm virus floating around?
Luckily NAV works just fine to remove it. I've gotten DOZENS of copies of it within the last couple of weeks. Chester Prudhomme wrote: > Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 10:46:47 -0700 > From: Chester Prudhomme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] W32.Klez.gen@mm virus floating around? > > Kevin McClelland wrote: > > > Subject: Re: [LIB] W32.Klez.gen@mm virus floating around? > > > > Raymond wrote > > > > > Has anyone else received what appears to be a 'fake' > > bounced message to the > > > email address they use on this list with the > > W32.Klez.gen@mm virus? > > > > > > I received the following weird email just now (and I > > only use this email > > > address for this list) ... I've scanned my box and it > > comes up clean as far > > > as this particular virus is concerned. This virus is > > known to spoof email > > > addresses, one wonders if it was MY email address > > spoofed or was > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoofed ... *sigh* > > > > > Raymond > > I'm sort of amazed that nobody here has seen much of the Klez virus yet. > It is endemic world-wide (TrendMicro says it has infected 7 1/2% of > computers WW!) and I've had 24 attempts at delivering it to me in the > last 3 days (thank gawd for postini, I go look at them at my ISP site > and then delete them). It does spoof email addresses as well as mixing > them up to further disguise and confuse the recipient. It will also open > the attachment without giving you a chance to say no to the download. It > will forward your files randomly to other recipients. Pretty insidious > stuff - all those Chinese schoolboys must be bored this spring > vacation!? -- | Tom Stangl, Sun ONE Internet Technical Support, Sun Microsystems | iPlanet Support - http://www.sun.com/service/support/software/iplanet/index.html | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
