Daily Virus in Outlook Exp.

Edward Coles · #1 01-19-2003, 10:37 PM

When I open Outlook Exp, each AM I receive four E"Mails stopped by Norton Anti-Virus with the virus " W32.Klez.H@mm"

Each day they come with various "From" and File Names. They are deleted each day and then pop up again the next time I open Outlook Exp. Checked this out with Norton and they supplied a tool to correct this situation but when the "tool" runs it states my PC is clean. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Ed.

priti · #2 01-19-2003, 10:46 PM

well, i also have the same prob...but atleat u get once in a day..i get so many mails with virus....and everymail will be 46K and the sender is my best frd's dad....now...i asked her ..its not sent by them and even why they will send me a mail daily and so many times.......but thz god i never open the mail....i dont know whts the prob is....by its really annoyin

chrisinthesun20 · #3 01-19-2003, 10:48 PM

Sounds like you might have a friend who's PC is infected with this virus, and as you are in his/her address book, the virus is mailing itself to you to try and infect / re-infect your machine.

I would suggest that you contact your friends and get them to virus check their machines. If you've followed the official Klez removel instuctions, then your computer should be clean, its just that you are being mass-mailed from someone elses machine, who probably has the virus but does not even know it....

priti · #4 01-19-2003, 10:49 PM

and wht is official Klez removel instuctions???

The Tool · #5 01-19-2003, 10:53 PM

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Originally posted by priti
and wht is official Klez removel instuctions???

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...klez.h@mm.html

http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99455

beeboy · #6 01-20-2003, 09:18 AM

Outlook draws virus like bees to honey and once it gets there it sends itself out to everyone else in your contact book. One thing you can do to protect others is enter an illegal addy in the address book - apparently this stops the automatic send to others.

Edward Coles · #7 01-20-2003, 08:13 PM

You were right. I contacted all my E'Mail friends to notify them of the virus and one of them did a scan and found the virus which she did not even know she had. Thanks for the advice.

chrisinthesun20 · #8 01-21-2003, 10:33 AM

Not a problem - you really have to be careful with these latest viruses as its not always immediately obvious that your PC is infected.

General rule of thumb with email attachments is if its got a double suffix i.e, tree.jpg.vba - then don't touch it. - and for emails in general - if its not immediately obvious from the subject field or the email address who the sender is, then don't touch it.

Oh yeah, and get a good virus checker and keep it updated - I've got Norton Antivirus 2002 and its blocked a fair few nasty little bugs......

drddrd53 · #9 01-24-2003, 03:42 PM

To all of you out there who have this virus or who maythink they have it, go to www.housecall.trendmicro.com and do a free computer scan,this is a great site that i used when one of my friends found out he had this virus variant,he wound up having to reformat his harddrive,so i went to this site and ran the scan and had the klez h virus under 81 files,well this software was able to delete it!I see no more traces of this virus now.So go give it a try you might be surprised whats on your computer. Good luck all,drddrd53