[TheForge] Possible Klez on your computer

Fri Sep 27 06:44:00 2002

What if I just got  a couple of emails bake that I had sent someone?
Just, replied to sender, back no change or acknowledgement?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Spencer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:07 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Possible Klez on your computer

>
> I just got a copy of the Klez worm at my old ceci.mit.edu address
that
> has, as its bonus file, a tiny JPG image that looks like some kind
of
> iron object photographed on a quilt.  The quilt pattern is red
> boomerang-like shapes on a white ground.  Internal text data inside
> the image files says, "Created by AccuSoft Corp."
>
> If you have a photo like this on your machine, you're probably
> infected.
>
> (FYI: Klez forges mail headers so it's essentially impossible to
> determine the origin.  It sends its infectous payload and also a
> "bonus" file, randomly selected from the victim's HD.  In this case,
> the bonus file looks like it might have come from a blacksmith, thus
> this message to TheForge.)
>
> - Mike
>
> ---
> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada
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> [email protected]
> http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/
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