[CH] Fw: New Virus Note.
Organic Chilli Grower (chilli@organicgardenerau.com)
Sun, 5 May 2002 14:41:44 +0800
Hi , I don't know if this helps but afix is available from symsntec .
Address at the bottom of this email.
Computer virus sets Monday as date for disaster
Symantec warns of new Klez virus which threatens to wipe vital files from a
victim's system next Monday
3 May 2002
Computer virus experts say a dangerous new malicious program is stalking
users, with a payload timed to go off on Monday.
The Klez virus is spreading more widely than most computer viruses, and is
particularly dangerous because under some circumstances it can run itself
from an infected e-mail without any attachment being opened.
Normally, a virus can only infect a new computer if an unsuspecting user
opens an attachment to an e-mail containing it.
Once a computer is infected, Klez disables any anti-virus software which is
running, and sends itself to any e-mail addresses it can find... but it
attaches a false return address.
It can also pick a file at random from the infected computer, which may
contain confidential information, and sends that along with the infected
e-mail to its next set of victims.
The most serious threat from the virus is that it has a date related
function which deletes every file on a victim's computer with a "0" in the
file name.
It is next timed to execute this function on Monday.
Virus protection experts Symantec say they have protection tools and fixes
available on their web site at http://www.symantec.com
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