Re: [nukkad] Virus on the Prowl?

[Harshal Chhaya <>]

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Deepak Amin wrote:
> Is there a virus on the prowl sending out blank messages with random 
> subject lines to multiple id's?

Deepak,

First off, thanks for letting me know about the email you recd. from
my address. 

You are right about it being sent by a virus. The twist here is that
it was not sent from my PC but from someone else's infected PC. 
I am quite sure that a list member's PC is infected with the Klez virus.

Klez is a particularly nasty worm since it not only sends itself to 
everyone in the victims's address book but it also uses a random 
email address from the address book or the Inbox as the 'From' address
for the email message. So the virus-laden emails seem to come from 
someone else making the identification of the infected person nearly 
impossible.

These news articles explain the problem that this virus has been causing:
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52055,00.html
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,52174,00.html

I have been receiving many complaints from people who have been
receiving these emails from my address as well as from other
mumbai-central.com email addresses. Unfortunately, there is nothing
I can do.

Please, please read all the details about Klez at:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.h@mm.html

And if you have the slightest doubt that your PC is infected,
take the necessary steps to remove the virus from your PC. You
will do a great services to everyone you have ever exchanged email
with. 
                        
I apologise for the hassle but unless all of us make sure
that our PCs are clean, these emails will continue to plague
us.

- 'shal



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