posted on July 26, 2002 01:19:49 PM new
Is anyone else getting a lot of emails with the Klez virus?
I stopped selling from Memorial Day through the 4th of July and since I've started selling again I've been getting a lot of infected emails. Before Memorial day I was getting 1 or 2 infected emails a week. I just checked the emails that Norton's quarantined and I counted 14 infected emails in the last 5 days, including 6 in one day.
I emptied my quarantine about 3 months ago and since then the only virus I've received have been the Klez virus.
posted on July 26, 2002 01:23:37 PM new
Yep, this virus gets sent to us about 10 times a day. It's been around for a long while and shows no signs of slowing down.
posted on July 26, 2002 01:24:21 PM new
Yep, this virus gets sent to us about 10 times a day. It's been around for a long while and shows no signs of slowing down.
posted on July 26, 2002 01:53:27 PM new
Just got one this morning, I feel sorry for those who do not have Virus protection.
Actually it may be those we have to thank for the proliferation of this virus. As I understand it, the virus infects your computer, then attaches itself to your address book and emails itself to everyone on the list. If some folks are using Outlook's default, they save every incoming email address. So, all their Ebay communication whether buying or selling, all those folks email addresses are in their address book. This is why it continues because your address may be in tons of lists if you trade a lot on ebay. Then if they send one of those joke spams to all the names on their list the count quickly multiplies. It just keeps going and going.
Does anyone know if this virus does real damage, i. e. destroy files etc?
posted on July 26, 2002 01:58:20 PM new
Yes, for the past few days it has been relentless. I looked at the headers and the return path is to a buyer I sold to in February 2002. But, the "sender" is another seller on eBay with whom I have not dealt, but who my buyer has. I wrote to both of them to give them the heads up, and ask them to check their machines.
My Norton software subscription ends in 2 weeks, so I'm updating ASAP.
posted on July 26, 2002 02:03:16 PM new
They call it relatively innocuous. Well I think I saw an estimate that it is now something like 20% of all emails.
posted on July 26, 2002 04:46:23 PM new
is this virus in an attachment? my sister sent me one of those annoying chain jokes and then i received 3 more emails from her, all with no attachments but no subject. i never never open attachments and have my email waiting 20 seconds to open.
I also clean my address book every other month or so. I delete all but family and friends addresses from my book. At least that way if I get a virus I won't be passing it on to all of my buyers.
posted on July 26, 2002 04:55:59 PM new
The virus is in an attachment. The subject line is one of 10 or more "canned" phrases. Junk like "thinking of you" etc. Many times you will get a message like this with no attachment because an ISP server might have stripped out the virus. The thing is that the "sender" more than likely is NOT the sender. So calling the person up and "warning" them is useless. The virus was sent by a person who has the SENDER's address in THEIR address book. The best thing is to use a program like Spam Punisher to send a message to the message originator's ISP.
posted on July 26, 2002 05:23:23 PM new
THANK YOU. WAS I EVER HAPPY TO READ THIS. IT'S LIKE I KNOW THIS A.H. LIKE A FRIEND. GOOD MORNING KLEZ,,,,,GOOD AFTER NOON AND GOOD EVENING KLEZ. AND FIVE MORE TIMES DURING THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SICK OF DELETING THIS OBNOXUIOS B.S. OVER AND OVER ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
O.K.,,,,I AM CALMED BACK DOWN AGAIN, BACK TO WORK. OH, HELLO KLEZ,BACK AGAIN? DELETE!!! JERK!
I have neighbors who use a shared AOL account. It took 6 hours to fix the laptop; but it took going back to the intallation disks to get the workstation back to normal.
If you didn't use an anti-virus software before you got this virus, and you try to install one, the install will fail. The virus redirects all attempts to get rid of it. Real nasty razzafrazza.
posted on July 27, 2002 09:57:16 AM new
Anyone who gets on the Internet for any reason, even to email your kids, should have an antivirus. It is the cheapest $30.00 bucks I ever spent. I"m with you Jack, If everyone had a good antivirus such as McAfee or Norton, it would cut our troubles tremendously.
WHY ARE THERE MORE HORSES AS**S THAN THERE ARE HORSES???/
posted on July 27, 2002 10:27:32 AM new
I just got an email from "semsick" and in the subject line it said "Klez Virus Immunity". I didn't open it, but wonder if it was the virus itself. Anyone know?
posted on July 27, 2002 03:43:30 PM new
Just got an email from lmmpkj. It was a Klez virus. I noticed that it was 127KB. I have 2 email addresses & this is the first one to my personal address that I do not advertise anywhere. I use it for personal use with friends & family. I have had several on my business address & Norton has always quarantined them. Thank goodness for Norton. As a rule if I get an email that is over 100KB I delete it without opening it. I learned sometime ago that all of them have Klez.
[ edited by sanmar on Jul 27, 2002 03:44 PM ]
posted on July 27, 2002 04:09:14 PM new
The "Klez Virus Immunity" email is the Klez virus.
Not only does it pull email addy's out of your address book, but it also searches all documents on your computer, and pulls any email addresses it finds, and sends it there as well.
posted on July 28, 2002 08:32:12 AM new
Ok I need cumputer help for dummies---
Just started again with outlook express also have AOL for next week or so, How do I clean the addresses out the old fashion way- write them down? then delete, or is there a way to print the address book?
Also I have Norton's how do I tell which e-mail the virus was attached to and do I care? I always hit quaritine, it does not do it atuomaticially is there a way to set that up?
Thanks so much sorry about the spelling not enough coffee yet!
posted on July 28, 2002 08:49:03 AM new
To print your address book, open your address book then chose File in the upper left corner, click that and you will get a drop down box then click print and your address book will be printed to a hard copy.
To delete your address book, go to outlook express. At the top of the page on the left upper corner is edit. Click that, then select all and that will highlight everyone in your address book. in your browser right click and you will get a drop down box then click delete and it's gone to your recycle bin, then just delete the recycle bin.
Open up your Norton file from the lower right portion the task bar. It is a small monitor. Click that and it will open your Norton. The first page up has the options that you want to activate. Put a check mark in all of the round circles. Norton will scan you computer automatically.
posted on July 28, 2002 10:39:27 AM new
I was getting snowed under with klez emails so I started really fighting spam. I now clean my cookies every night before I turn the computer off and report every spam to spamcop.net. It is a free service, but they do encourage you to sign up for other things. My email problems are 10% of what they used to be in only a month.
posted on July 28, 2002 05:56:57 PM new
JUST A QUICK CHECK IN. DO NOT!!!!!! DO NOT OPEN ANY, ANY, ATTATCHMENTS FROM ANY ONE YOU DO NOT KNOW.....NEVER. IF YOU QUARANTEEN OR DELETE THEM YOU SHOULD BE O.K.
NOW THIS THREAD HAS REALLY HAD MEANING. KEEP THE INFO. COMING. LOOKS AS THOUGHT THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE NOT AWARE HOW THIS KLEZ VIRUS IS TAKEN CARE OF AN MANY WHO DO AND MANY WHO JUST DID'NT KNOW.
INSTALL ZONE ALARM ALSO....IT'S ALSO FREE. I JUST DID. THANKS K.
SANMAR MADE AWARE OF AN INCOMING VIRUS THEY DO ALL SEEM TO BE OVER 100 K.B.
HAVE OR GET NORTON OR WHOEVER AND INSTALL IT. DO NOT OPEN ATTATCHMENTS FROM UNKOWNS.
I AM SICK OF THIS PIECE OF CRAP. 5 MORE NEW ONES WERE ON HERE WHEN I JUST GOT HOME. HELLO KLEZ,,,,,AAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
[ edited by JACKSWEBB on Jul 28, 2002 07:22 PM ]
posted on July 28, 2002 07:32:28 PM new
THANKS LIBRA I will give it a try.
Really thanks so much to all who take the time to help the helpless!!!
JACK Zone alarm= I use it too but this week it is letting the virus through and Norton is catching it, Let me know if your Zone is working- Crud I may have to check some unknown settings or something... I hate to think that hard.
SEEMS THIS VIRUS IS BACK WITH SCUD MISSLES ATTACHED OR SOMETHING!! REALLY BAD WEEK FOR THIS!!! (HEY SOMEONE SEND THE VIRUS TO IRAQ)
posted on July 28, 2002 07:36:35 PM new
I WOULD LOVE FIGURE OUT HOW TO SEND IT RIGHT BACK TO THE A.H. TIME FOR A PATRIOT MISSLE. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!! RIGHT WHILE TYPING THIS.........I WAS HIT!!!!!!!!! THAT'S IT!!!!!! I AM PUTTING ON 782 GEAR AND HITTING THE TRENCHES!!!!!! NO PRISONERS!!!!!!!
posted on July 28, 2002 08:05:40 PM new
ZoneAlarm is designed to help keep hackers and other snoops out of your computer. It will not stop the Klez virus so you will need an antivirus such as Nortons for that. Nortons seems to be the best one on the market.
posted on July 28, 2002 08:10:43 PM new
KIARA,,,,,,THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION ABOUT ZONE ALARM. SORRY FOLKS, I AM LEARNING TOO. I AM PULLING OUT WHATEVER GUN I CAN FIND. GRENADES,,FRAGGS,,,,,CLAYMOORES, 105'S.....FLAME TANKS. C.S. GAS. WHATEVER IT TAKES. CALL OUT THE MARINES!!!!!!
posted on July 28, 2002 08:20:22 PM new
What Klez does is pull YOUR email address off of someone elses computer, and places it in the FROM: line.
If you are getting these bounced emails, they are possibly not even coming from your computer, but rather someone else's infected computer.
Klez will also send FAKE bounced email notices to you, containing the Klez virus.
Just deleting your address book will not stop this virus. It will search every document on your computer, and pull EVERY email address it finds.
If you are receiving them in Hotmail, you do not have it on your computer, unless you are having all your Hotmail mail sent to Outlook. If not, the email you are reading is not on your computer, but rather on the Hotmail server.
Zone Alarm is a wonderful firewall program. I used to use it on my computer (till I got a new one). It takes some time to set up, but once it is, it works like a charm.
posted on July 28, 2002 08:27:10 PM new
I just installed the free version of ZoneAlarm on my new computer and it only took a couple of minutes to download and set up. They make it very easy to do.
posted on July 28, 2002 08:37:45 PM new
If I only use Hotmail and Yahoo e-mail and don't use Outlook, am I safe from the Klez virus? I do not open any attachments on e-mails and I do not open spam e-mail and delete them.
posted on July 28, 2002 08:49:28 PM new
If you are opening your email on the yahoo server (by logging on to www.hotmail.com), you are safe from the virus. You could even click on the attatchment, and it wouldn't download. That is one of the nice things about web-based email systems.
