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Security Alert -- KLEZ virus



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The  KLEZ.G / KLEZ.H  e-mail virus is running rampant.

This is a powerful variant of the original Klez worm. All
you have to do is open the email and KLEZ works ***without 
any additional user interaction***

KLEZ will ...

* Write a file to the Windows system directory and add
  a registry key to allow it to auto-execute upon reboot.

* Disable anti-virus software. 

* Propagate itself through your LAN. 

* Propagate itself through e-mail, by using its own SMTP 
  engine to send itself to addresses it finds on your 
  computer. It replaces the "From" header of the e-mail 
  with one it randomly selects from your mail database. It 
  also may include a file randomly chosen from your hard 
  drive. 

* Infect itself into randomly selected executables on your 
  system. 

* Insert and launch the Elkern virus which will randomly 
  pick a day to delete all the files on your hard drive. 
   
For additional info, see ...

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2109157,00.html
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52055,00.html

For patches that fix MICROSOFT OUTLOOK, visit ...

http://www.microsoft.com/office/outlook/evaluation/security.asp

For an even better way to attain e-mail security, replace 
Microsoft Outlook with Pegasus Mail. For more information, see..

http://www.pmail.com/


- Mark Jurik