This Klez virus thing is getting out of
hand. I am getting four or five a day.
Two from Tracy Crook alone.
I must compose messages off line and send them out
before I down load new messages.
Despite having the latest Norton anti virus
software I get infected as soon as
one of the new down loaded klez messages containing
the virus is selected.
After I download new messages I go off line without
reading or selecting any of them.
Then I read all messages and that is when the klez
executes. If you are disconnected
they can't do thier dirty work until you connect
again.
After deleteing all
Klez messages (they flash the screen so you can
tell which ones are klez. Klez messages
also all have
attachements). I then shutdown the computer and reboot in safe
mode (necessary) and run the free "Fixklez" program
I down loaded from the Norton web site.
That gets rid of them until the next upload and
download email session happens.
Then I have to do this all over again.
Does anybody know how to turn off auto view
attachements in Windows 98 version
of Outlook Express? Perhaps if I could turn off the
auto view the virus would not
execute unless the attachment is
viewed.
This is going to bring the internet to a screaching
halt unless the ISP's like
Earthlink figure out how to filter this stuff
out.
Paul Lamar