And, as important as keeping virus definitions up to date is going to the
Windows Update site regularly!!!!!!
By the way, IE6/Outlook Express 6 are not succeptible to that klez thing,
I'm told.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Lowman" <jmlowman@directvinternet.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] re: weird postings virus?
> Gang,
>
> Yes, Klez and other viruses are running rampant. I've seen many messages
> bounced to me on this and the other mailing lists that I administer, as
> well is in my personal mail. Generally the indication is a message with
> no body and either an odd or sometimes catchy subject line; something that
> one might think was being sent by a friend. I've recently seen several
> messages arrive in my inbox from friends, or from the ARRL forwarding
> service, because their (the friend's, that is) computer is infected and
> I'm in their address book.
>
> Don't be concerned about these viruses being propagated by the list.
> There are many defenses against them; specifically StripMime, which
> removes HTML and attachments. Thus, the empty body of the message.
> Also, unless a member of this list is infected, most will be bounced to
> me as non-member submissions, and they go straight to the bitbucket.
>
> So, users of the popular Microsoft products, specifically Outlook and
> Outlook Express, beware. Get and use Norton Anti-Virus or another
> proven virus scanning-and-removal software product, and keep your virus
> definitions up to date.
>
> 73 de Jim - AD6CW
> Tentec@contesting.com Listadmin
>
>
>
> HGLENT wrote:
> >
> > I think what you are talking about is a worm called KLEZ.E
> >
> > It has infected a group I belong too on Yahoo. It is nasty. Our group
> > has been work about a month trying to get rid of it...
> >
> > I suggest all on this reflector go to a search engine and look for
> > "KLEZ.E" Get a fix and do it. I found several fixes. I searched using
> > google.com and found a Symantec/Norton tool that helped me.
> >
> > I hope this does not get started on this reflector. It is hard to get
> > rid of.
> >
> > Paul K.
> > WA0BAG
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