[HCRA] w32.klez.h Virus info

Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:50:02 -0400

>From: "John Allen" <[email protected]>
>Subject: RE: [YCCC] Virus problem cleared!
>Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 11:21:44 -0400
>
>FYI to all - Norton is putting out antivirus updates at the rate of two or 
>three a day the last few days.
>
>I strongly recommend having the latest version of Norton AV 2002 with 
>automatic updates and with all protections set to high.
>Recent klez virus variants find email addresses in files and many places 
>and can do significant damage to your PC's files.
>
>An extract 
>from 
>http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]
>
>Large scale e-mailing: This worm searches the Windows address book,
>the ICQ database, and local files for email addresses. The worm sends an
>email message to these addresses with itself as an attachment.
>
>73, John, K1AE
>
>John Allen
>[email protected]
>978 779-6189
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> > Mills, Wayne N7NG
> > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:35 AM
> > To: 'jsschuster'
> > Cc: '[email protected]'
> > Subject: RE: [YCCC] Virus problem cleared!
> >
> >
> > Jack:
> >
> > The "klez" family of worms has been upgraded per below. Note that it
> > "spoofs" the From: field by entering an address it finds on your 
> machine, so
> > you don't know where the infection came from.
> >
> > 73,  Wayne, N7NG/1
> >
> >
> >
>
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