Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Warning: a LUGger's computer may need a shot of penicillin
From: Dennis Painter <dennis@hale-pohaku.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:10:00 -0700
References: <000001c24517$67200030$2002a8c0@SAM>

Sam's link is a good one to visit if you have not been running a virus
protection program.

Another good link is Steve Gibson's "Shields Up"
https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

If you aren't running a firewall (Zone alarm highly recommended) you may be
surprised at the results of running Steve's "Shields Up"

Dennis

Sam Krneta wrote:

> Michael,
>
> You did a pretty good job explaining the virus. Klez is probably the
> most prevalent virus out in cyber-land and has many variations. Norton
> had a tool you could get on their web site that would check your system
> and clean it of the Klez virus. I don't think you have to own Norton to
> use the tool.
>
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.gen.html
>
> Sam Krneta
>

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