Thanks Javier - important news and useful! David
----- Original Message ----- From: "Javier Valencia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 5:10 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Off subject: WormKlez Immunity > 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 >
