David: Klez is indeed a nasty virus but your antivirus software should be able to catch it. Many time, antivirus software will not detect viruses if they came through an e-mail attachment that you opened, they recommend downloading the attachment to a file which the antivirus software seems to handle better. Sometimes, you will have to remove certain virus manually by deleting certain files and editing the Registry (a royal pain in the a$$), check you provider web site for instructions. I use Mcafee On-Line which is on all the time as I am connected via DSL, it downloads data files (with virus signatures) as often as twice a day, which gives you an idea of how many new viruses show up every day. Recently, I had to remove the Nimda and OpaServer viruses manually as the antivirus software would detect them and remove them but they regenerate unless (as I said before) you manually remove them. The OpaServer propagates through the shared printers in the network, if you are having problems printing, over the network, you may want to check for this particular virus. To quarantine a file is similar to the medical term, the file is put in isolation in a protected directory that only the antivirus software can access, there should be an option on your antivirus software that allows you to look at the quarantined files and clean them or, if necessary safely erase them. I would stick with one of the established antivirus such as McAfee, Norton or other from well known software companies. I would visit their web sites where they have extensive information about what the different viruses do; they also have a group where you can e-mail (or forward) a file that you suspect has a virus and they will check it for you, you may want forward the email that you received to them and see what they say. Viruses cause innumerable and costly problems to computers users and they tend to happen at the worst possible time; I have seen clients incur huge expenses when hit by virus that somehow bypassed extensive security measures in place. I have written my congressman about passing legislation increasing the penalties for the criminals that create them. As you can see, I am full of good news...
Javier Valencia, PE President Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. 14315 S. Twilight Ln., Suite #14 Olathe, KS 66062-4571 (913)829-0888 (913)649-2904 FAX -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David M. Blocker Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 1:45 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Off subject: WormKlez Immunity Dear R:Base list Please excuse this off R:Base posting. I regularly get emails that cause Norton Antivirus to warn me that the WormKlez virus is embedded in the message, that it can't fix it, so it recommends that I "quaranteen" it, whatever that means. Today I received this email, with an attachment. (I have NOT opened the attachment). Sounds fishy to me - any one heard of this? "Klez.E is the most common world-wide spreading worm.It's very dangerous by corrupting your files. Because of its very smart stealth and anti-anti-virus technic,most common AV software can't detect or clean it. We developed this free immunity tool to defeat the malicious virus. You only need to run this tool once,and then Klez will never come into your PC. NOTE: Because this tool acts as a fake Klez to fool the real worm,some AV monitor maybe cry when you run it. If so,Ignore the warning,and select 'continue'. If you have any question,please (click on mailtome). " David Blocker
