I have the Norton System Works (with AntiVirus) and it has caught six
attempts by the Klez virus to infect my machine.   Particularly nasty

in

that it apparently disables the AntiVirus program if it is not enabled

and

operating with the latest Norton AntiVirus definitions.

The proceedures for eraticating this virus is rather involved and best
avoided if possible.  You have to reload your antivirus program for

one

thing.

Ed Anderson

Ed does this virus attack only email, or does it eat up other things on

the system?

Our web host catches it on all the emails that we receive. It never
comes down the cable to us.
Royce

Royce, from what I recall, it does capture and use the email system to
distribute itself and while I don't recall that it does anything like wipe
your hard disk, but  it can corrupt files to the point they are useless and
also infects your windows registery which can cause all sorts of problems.
So its worst than just the type that clog the system by sending out multiple
e mails.

You can find out more at this URL
http://search.symantec.com/custom/us/query.html

Ed Anderson

Thanks Ed

Royce

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