The Klez virus "spoofs" or fakes e-mail addresses it finds in someone
else's computer - and then others getting e-mail from that infected
computer, but with your "spoofed" return address on it, thinking it came
from you, and not being knowledgeable about Klez, then send you a
message telling you that you are infected. If you ran "current" virus
detection and it did not show up, you can be confident that YOU ARE NOT
INFECTED.
Just don't worry about it. You can't do anything to stop it because
many/most people don't understand or care enough about it to effectively
deal with it. Just be sure that YOUR computer is virus protected and
otherwise ignore it. One of the bigger and more confusing problems in
the industry today.
I have to deal with this stuff every day for a living.
-Jerry Erbesfield
73 B Black Beauty roadster
jerbesfield@mindspring.com
website- http://jerbesfield.home.mindspring.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of JAMES SCHULTE
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 8:55 AM
To: Mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Computer virus Q
Computer experts,
I received a return email saying I have a klez type
virus. I ran Norton through a live update and then
cleaned my drives with no virus detected. What else
can I do?
Jim
/// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool
/// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
|