At 21:21 27/08/2002, you wrote:
>Evening all. > >First, out of the blue I got - > > YOU'VE GOT KLEZ!!!! > >Then all that [shewn] below. > >My bang-up-to-date Trend Micro A/V tells me no such thing. > >What does it all mean please and what is KLEZ doing if I do have him >secretly living within? > >And what's he got to do with "Tony" (which Tony?)? > >Any help will be much appreciated. Tony Firshman's machine has been infected with the KLEZ virus. That has sent a message to the QL list (by trawling his address book) purporting to contain an IE6 patch - which is, in fact, the virus. DO NOT DOUBLE CLICK THE ATTACHMENT! Now, if your AV s/w has not picked it up, it's time to get some new AV software. I recommend AVG (www.grisoft.com) - it's free, and so far it's completely protected me from any/all viruses which have attempted to get onto my system. It also updates very regularly (something McAfee never did properly IME). AVG will also clean your system of any viruses you may have already picked up... Meanwhile, for your entertainment, here is a warning of another virus which is doing the rounds... --------------------------------Quote-------------------------------- If you receive an e-mail entitled "Bad times", delete it IMMEDIATELY. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty. It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it will also delete anything on disks within 20 feet of your computer. It demagnetises the strips on ALL of your credit cards. It reprograms your PIN number, screws up the tracking on your VCR and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any CD's you attempt to play. It will program your phone auto-dial to call only 0898 numbers. This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank. IT WILL CAUSE YOUR TOILET TO FLUSH WHILE YOU ARE SHOWERING. It will drink ALL your beer. FOR GOD'S SAKE, ARE YOU LISTENING?? It will leave dirty underwear on the coffee table when you are expecting company. It will replace your shampoo with hair remover and your hair remover with Regaine, all the while scr**ing your current boy/girlfriend behind your back and charging their hotel rendezvous and all their room service to your Visa card. It will cause you to run with scissors and throw things in a way that is only fun until someone loses an eye. It will rewrite your backup files, changing all your active verbs to passive tense and incorporating undetectable misspellings which grossly change the interpretations of key sentences. If the "Badtimes" message is opened in a Windows 95/98 environment, it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your hairdryer plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub. It will refill your skimmed milk with Milk of Magnesia! ******* WARN AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN. ******* And if you don't send this to 5000 people in 20 seconds you'll fart so hard that your right leg will spasm and shoot straight out in front of you sending sparks that will ignite the person nearest you. Send to everyone... In case you are a blonde, this is a joke. -------------------------------Unquote------------------------------- -- Cheers, Ade. Be where it's at, B-Racing! http://b-racing.com
