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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. /. -ed by nnnneedles · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh no! That Klez article has been attacked by the Slashdot virus!

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  2. Re:Hemos, CmdrTaco by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 0, Redundant
    "Filtered e-mail: 90% Klez, 9% Spam, 0.45% Troll, 0.45% Flamebait, 0.05% Stupid, 0.04% Real, 0.02% Complaints About Slashdot Math"?

    Uh, I'm gonna assume that that was a joke since it adds up to more than 100%. Still, if it was true slashdot math, it would add up to a negative percentage.