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Klez: a closer look

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-at-PURE-EVIL dept.

sheriff_p writes "Anyone recieving even a small amount of email is likely to have encountered Klez varients of some form in the last few months - Message Labs shows it as being the biggest email-transmitted virus of all time by some way. So just how boring is it? Virus Bulletin has an indepth look at what makes Klez tick." And today alone, Klez virus e-mails were 90% of my e-mail by bytecount. YAY Outlook!

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  1. Defenition of unpopular... by karot · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...is when even viruses don't send you mail :-(

    Steve ;-)

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  2. Re:Stupid Address Books by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It would only help if the addresses were encrypted with a one-way hash ;)

  3. Re:Good way to filter UCE by HiQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dear Sir,

    I don't know how you know my E-mail address, but thanks to you the spam will arrive in huge amounts
    if readers were to follow this example. Now I have get myself a new address.

    Sincerest,

    ignoreme@example.net

  4. Re:Hemos, CmdrTaco by quantaman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah but if all the viruses are gone the spam won't have anything to keep it company :)

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  5. New poll! by Webmoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    The virus I've had the hardest time getting rid of:

    [ ] Nimda
    [ ] Klez
    [ ] ILoveYou
    [ ] Sircam
    [ ] Hybris
    [ ] Whatever CowboyNeal has

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