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Name: Jason
Date: August 12, 2002 at 11:53:27 Pacific
Subject: Klez virus
Comment:

Is this virus written in VBS? I was just wonding if using Outlook is the only way to launch it. We also use Quickmail for an e-mail client. So I didn't know if there was another way to launch it.


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Response Number 1
Name: michael2
Date: August 12, 2002 at 12:42:48 Pacific
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According to this site and Symantec the virus can infect your machine with out it being opened. See....
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.e@mm.html


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Response Number 2
Name: edsod
Date: August 12, 2002 at 13:48:17 Pacific
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I think it is wise to download this tool and have it in a floppy just in case...
It doesn't work from DOS and it's effective.
http://www.webattack.com/download/dlantiklez.shtml


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Response Number 3
Name: Sean
Date: August 12, 2002 at 21:02:19 Pacific
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The best way I know of to remove the Klez series and the elkern worm it drops is to download a program from Kaspersky: ftp://ftp.kaspersky.ru/utils/clrav.com, I got a hold of this tool while fixing my mother's computer 2 weeks ago as she had contracted klez.h from somewhere....


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