a bit off topic but you can disable the windows-problem by going to your internet prefs, disable active x and such contents, I did that and I've stopped maybe 10 attemps of installing without asking me first up til now :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "KitFox Fyn'k'chra" <kitfox_at_firstlight.net>
To: <SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [VIRUS ALERT] Re: [SkunkworksAMA] I thought some would like that already...
> At 04:46 AM 7/12/2002 -0500, Istanbul wrote:
> >Could someone please explain to me what exactly KLEZ *does* aside from
> >replicate itself?
> >All anyone has ever said is that it copies itself...which seems relatively
> >innocuous, to be honest.
> >(BTW, I apologize in advance for bringing this up.)
>
> No problem. :) Getting new information is important sometimes.
>
> Klez has two main functions: Reproduce itself via Email, and disable
> Antivirus software. It is what is known as a 'concept' virus. It has no
> destructive payload. It won't wipe out your hard drive, or corrupt all your
> image files and MP3's. However, there is nothing to STOP somebody from
> adding a destructive payload to it. Anybody could look at the virus, say "I
> think this should blow things up." and add another virus to it that will
> blow things up.
>
> The next thing to consider is that this is another virus that takes
> advantage of a hole in Microsoft software and installs itself without the
> user needing to actually run it. This is bad. This means that Klez is not
> the only thing that could be installed this way.
>
> Anyways... First off, "Sending email" is not all that 'safe'... Remember
> the Melissa virus? Several email servers actually were shut down because of
> the sheer quantity of mail the virus generated. (Trust me, I was working
> for an AV company at the time, I got to see some mail servers get wasted by
> it.)
>
> And if somebody is on a dialup, sending itself out can cause the person's
> internet connection to bog down, thus making them pay for an internet
> connection they can't use.
>
> But the most dangerous thing this virus does is pass "Proof" and
> "Knowledge". It means that a BUNCH of people now know how this kind of
> virus can work, and therefor have the information needed to make something
> extremely nasty, instead of something that just spreads itself... And of
> course, if they DO make something nasty, well, Klez has killed the AV
> software, so they can get their nasty thing in undetected. And Klez has
> given them PROOF that it works, so they may spend the time to make it.
>
> Anyways, keep your system safe!
>
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Received on Fri Jul 12 2002 - 13:24:32 CDT