[TheForge] Klez problem

[Gabriel Cain]

Connsmith722@aol.com wrote:
> By the way you folks out there with Mac and Linux this also 
> attacks the Opera, Apache and Mac based browsers!

It does no such thing.  Klez is a windows virus.  It infects windows
executables, which are structured very differently from those found on Linux
systems (I won't speak for Macs - I don't use them).

Klez exploits a vulnerability inherent in Outlook Express, and other windows
e-mail clients that support windows scripting (Active X, and "Windows Scripting
Host").

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.a@mm.html

"The worm exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express in
an attempt to execute itself when you open or even preview the message. "

Microsoft security bulletin:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp



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Gabriel Cain
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