[1000mp] Virus??

Sun, 23 Jun 2002 09:49:14 -0500

I work for the feds, and at my work, I am the IT person.  I have found that
Norton does not catch everything.  We use inculan now.  MUCH better,
and norton's is in the trash bucket.

wd8aam

At 07:15 AM 6/23/02 -0700, you wrote:
>    Our office where I work changed back to Norton a couple months ago. My
>computer just got a virus with the Norton real time protection turned on.
>    My computer was attacked several times by at least three other computers
>with the virus. Some of the messages have text and some do not. Some have
>mentioned Klez.E. None have had attachments, and none of the messages were
>opened, but only viewed in the preview pane.
>    Now I've found that my computer at work is sending out odd messages to
>others. The funny thing is that all the messages in and out have been only
>to and from people associated with one project I worked on about a year ago.
>Maybe we all opened an attachment that has been sleeping until a specific
>date?
>    I do the Norton Live Update, and a complete scan of the computer, but
>Norton finds nothing. Yet there is no doubt that the computer is infected.
>
>    Jim Smith, KQ6UV
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Donald R. Bozarth" <[email protected]>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 6:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [1000mp] Virus??
>
>
>> Paul,
>>
>>     The Klez.E worm has been widely distributed.  A couple of weeks ago I
>> had the same problem... many messages (all with attachments) all about the
>> same size (118Kb) and all containing the Klez.E virus.  A few hints just
>to
>> make it more difficult to get infected:  1) download the latest virus
>> definitions at least every other week.  2) make sure windows explorer is
>set
>> to show all file types, and NOT to hide file extensions.  That way the
>file
>> type is shown for the attachments to e-mail.  My version of Norton catches
>> these puppies.
>>
>> I suspect that the attachments to those emails included a .bat or a .html
>> file.  Those are the ones that were supposed to get you.
>>
>> I'd like just a few minutes out behind the barn with the wonker that
>started
>> this puppy... the business end of a 2x4 ought to be about right for 'im.
>>
>> Don B.
>
>
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