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[RT] Re: Security Alert -- KLEZ virus



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Hello Mark,

Why is it that Pegasus is better at warding off viri than OE?  Is it
because hackers know OE is everywhere or do the other(s) have special
features that protect from viri?  thanks for any info you have on it.

-- 
Best regards,
 Jim Johnson                           mailto:jejohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Monday, April 29, 2002, 1:22:14 PM, you wrote:

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

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

MJ> KLEZ will ...

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

MJ> * Disable anti-virus software. 

MJ> * Propagate itself through your LAN. 

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

MJ> * Infect itself into randomly selected executables on your 
MJ>   system. 

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

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

MJ> For patches that fix MICROSOFT OUTLOOK, visit ...

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

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

MJ> http://www.pmail.com/


MJ> - Mark Jurik


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