Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/09
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OK. Some theory and it will (I hope) save us many days of hot
discussions, unsubscriptions and similarly childish acts.. :P
1.) Klez is a virus, which CAN potentially activate itself
if a user of OUTLOOK click on it and wants to display
a message.
2.) If run, despite other devastating actions, Klez will
take RANDOM ADRESSES from Outlook's Address Book and
send emails via his own post client, using one RANDOM name
from Address Book as a sender, other RANDOM name as a
target.
3.) Klez will also SPREAD via Windows network
So:
1.) If you see a letter from LUG or Brad Daly or Doug Herr, or me,
it may be really a letter from ANYONE having my (or LUG or Brad or Doug)
email in address book
2.) If you want to use Outlook Express, UPGRADE to version 6.0
AND select checkbox 'Do not allow to open unsafe attachments'
or sth like this in Tools -> Options -> Security
3.) As, as you say, this letter came from 'LUG', it was sent by someone
having a LUG in his address book. I suggest everyone running Windows
and Outlook, to run this tool:
http://watteau.neurosoft.net/mysite/kleztool/
I mirrored from Kaspersky Lab. preferably shuttinmg down other programs.
I have a slow computer and can accept only 4 connections at once,
if you can't get it, just wait a minute :)
4.) Do NOT open mails 'Klez Removal Tools' - this is (definitely funny)
version of Klez, masking itself az a anti-klez soft :)
And finally - having a virus is no dishonour :) and friends
should help themselves in battling them - just like in case
of veneric diseases :)
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St.
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