Digital BW, The Print

Sorry, I should also have stressed that this incident was historic, and not
related to this 'outbreak' that might be associated with Digital BW.

Best regards,
nij



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nij [mailto:nigel@...]
> Sent: 05 June 2002 10:11
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Virus/Worm Caution
>
>
> Martin,
>
> I too have been recipient of emails from someone with Klez. The important
> point to note is that, whilst the email may appear to come from different
> users in e.g. Outlook list-view, the _actual_ original sender can often be
> seen inside the Header of the email. In outlook, you can right-click on an
> email (in list mode) and view 'Options...'.
>
> The sting in the tail for me was that whilst I received empty emails,
> someone else always received an email _purporting_ to be from me, but with
> the virus attached. Again, viewing the email header showed the real source
> of the email.
>
> There is also often a subtle difference in the way that users are
> identified
> in such emails - often being seen as their email address, rather than e.g.
> their 'name' like Nij in my case.
>
> SO... please to all, don't rush to blame on such an issue, as the
> virus does
> like to cause that :(  However, do notify the 'apparent' sender, and also
> the actual originator. If it turns out you are the originator,
> download some
> fixes from the internet (ideally on a clean PC) and disconnect from the
> internet until you have cleaned all your machines of the virus. That means
> disconnect your modem, ADSL cable, whatever. There is NO reason why you
> can't clear this worm in one day flat and without infecting a single other
> person... though it would really help if people would apply
> security patches
> etc to Outlook / Internet Explorer etc that prevented auto-runnign scripts
> and so on.
>
> Best regards,
> nij
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Martin Wesley [mailto:mwesley250@...]
> > Sent: 05 June 2002 05:56
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Virus/Worm Caution
> >
> >
> > All,
> >
> > For the last several days I have received 2 or 3 e-mail every
> > evening containing a worm virus known as W32.Klez.H@mm. Each
> > night it is from a different e-mail address. The e-mails are
> > addressed to my two personal addresses and to me as list owner of
> > this group. So I suspect that some group member or former group
> > member's computer is infected with this worm virus.
> >
> > (The virus is not coming in with messages from the list. Yahoo
> > has antivirus software in place to block that.)
> >
> > You can read all about this virus at:
> >
> >
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.h@...
>
> The damage it causes in rated as moderate but it is difficult to
> remove if your computer becomes infected. It is one of those
> worms that resides on your computer, searches for e-mail
> addresses and then does mass mailings to those addresses using
> randomly selected files from your computer for the text, itself
> as an automatically executing attachment, and a randomly selected
> e-mail address from your computer as the sender. At this point it
> is a nuisance as my Norton Anti-virus cannot do a repair but can
> only quarantine the file so I have to delete it manually.
>
> So everyone please take this as a reminder to use antivirus
> software, keep it turned on and keep your virus definition files
> updated regularly. All of us who are very active on the Internet
> need to protect ourselves and our friends.
>
> Thanks,
> Martin Wesley
> http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html
>



Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and
other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint

Please follow these basic guidelines:
- Include your full name with your message.
- Include the address of your website, if you have one.
- As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep
them short.
- As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header.
- Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or
"flames."
- Complete your Yahoo profile.
- Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various
resources on the homepage.




Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/