Klez: The Virus That Won't Die
Already the most prolific virus ever, Klez continues to wreak havoc.
Andrew Brandt
>>From the September 2002 issue of PC World magazine
Posted Thursday, August 01, 2002
The Klez worm is approaching its seventh month of wriggling across
the Web, making it one of the most persistent viruses ever. And
experts warn that it may be a harbinger of new viruses that use a
combination of pernicious approaches to go from PC to PC.
Antivirus software makers Symantec and McAfee both report more than
2000 new infections daily, with no sign of letup at press time. The
British security firm MessageLabs estimates that 1 in every 300
e-mail messages holds a variation of the Klez virus, and says that
Klez has already surpassed last summer's SirCam as the most prolific
virus ever.
And some newer Klez variants aren't merely nuisances--they can carry
other viruses in them that corrupt your data.
...
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,103259,00.asp
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