The Newspaper Shop -- Friday edition

[TankGirl]

Thank you, WT!

Originally posted by walktalker
Turning red over Klez virus
The latest variant of the Klez worm sometimes chooses to hitch a ride on sensitive documents, resulting in victims' confidential information spreading with the malicious program, Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky Labs said Friday. Known as Klez.g, Klez.h and Klez.k, depending on the security advisory, the newest incarnation has spread worldwide, sending itself in e-mail messages with infected documents attached. Most antivirus vendors, including Symantec, McAfee and Sophos, have offered Klez.H patches since Wednesday.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-887354.html

This bug seems to be highly active at the moment and the viral e-mails reported recently by some forum members are probably Klez variants. The worm also utilizes an older Microsoft vulnerability in its spreading so if you use Outlook or Outlook Express check this Microsoft bulletin for further info and a security patch (no need to run the batch if you have IE6 or IE5.01+Service Pack 2 installed). Never open EXEs or other dubious e-mail attachments unless you are sure they are safe, even if you seem to know the sender. Worms like this use people's adress lists to pick targets (and also to forge sender names) so a malicious e-mail may seem like a message from a friend. If you are not expecting an attachment don't open it.

- tg