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Klez, The Virus that Keeps on Giving

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the isnt-that-special dept.

kylus writes "Wired is running a story about the continued escapades of the Klez virus, and the damage--both to finances and reputations--that it is leaving behind. Between emails from a dead friend and porno spam appearing to be sent from a priest, I think "Don't Believe the 'From' Line" is the correct lesson." God bless microsoft email viruses. I'm on a modem for a few weeks and downloading countless megs of mail viruses is extremely frusterating. Course I'm still getting sircams.

2 of 683 comments (clear)

  1. STOP MODERATING THE PARENT UP! by tswinzig · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It's a frigging troll. The information given is not about Klez!

    --

    "And like that ... he's gone."
  2. Re:Klez virus analysis by malevolence · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Um.....No.

    This is the W32/Badtrans-B virus. You can find out about it here.

    We are actually talking about the different variants of the W32.Klez.gen@mm virus.

    If you are really an "engineer" at a small security firm, you might want to try looking at the correct virus next time.