Anybody else getting spammed with W32KlezH@mm virus?

[Squisher]

I'm getting one of these a day and they are all coming to the email address that I only use here at Anandtech: squisher@squisher.net


Just wondering.

Glad I keep up with my Norton Updates.

files:
bgcolor.exe
height.scr
install.exe
target.pif
value.pif

 

[SuperSix]

I get 3-4 per day on my 8 active email addresses..

Norton makes it easy..

 

[Paulson]

I get them daily...

 

[kt]

We get hundreds of those email almost everyday, but it never reach any of the users. Those virus spams get tossed out at our email server virus scanning phase.

 

[Harvey]

The true source(s) may be someone you know who has your addy in their address book. Set your mail prog to show the complete header, and check the address under the heading Return-Path: If you know who owns the address, phone them. E-mailing them may just make the virus send you more.

When klez first his, I received more than a dozen from one of my clients. They all appeared to come from different addresses, but they all had the same machine on his network as the real source.

Symantec klez info page

Symantec Klez Removal Tool Download

Read the page before running the removal tool. It must be done in Safe Mode, and there are further instructions for ME, NT, 2K and XP.

 

[MazerRackham]

I get those all day long too... pretty weak if you ask me.

 

[danzig]

I have been getting 3 or 4 daily

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I haven't been gettin em, but it's circulating around my fiancee's university.

"ooh, a picture! pretty! I think I'll open an untrusted attachment that I wasn't expecting! It must be a cute forward!" *infect* "Oh, now I'll forward it to everyone!"
I told her the only way to stop getting spammed is to disconnect herself from the network. Probably right.

To top it off, Nimda is still running around the campus network there. Yes, Nimda.

- M4H

 

[DannyLove]

Originally posted by: danzig
I have been getting 3 or 4 daily

same here! previously, i did not have any Anti-Virus software running. I noticed a huge slow down in my computer. opened up task manager and noticed some very sluggish performance on a particular system file .exe

After scanning for trojans and using Norton, I found this "Klez" virus ALL OVER my computer. 100+ files infected.

Well, after the clean/deletion of these files, I reformated.

Later I found out the source of this virus, and it was all coming from my emails. A private email address too. Ever since that day, I've been getting them daily, in bulks too. Thank you Norton.

danny~!

 

[Chaotic42]

I get those all of the time.

Good thing I'm running Debian.

 

[bacillus]

nortons saved me on numerous occassions!

 

[Muadib]

You should try to track down the source. It's someone you know, and they probably don't know they are infected.

 

[LS20]

you dont really need Norton Anything....

strange email from stranger with a ~89KB attachment = worm.32.klezh

 

[MadRat]

I get several per day, too. None of the sources surprisingly are people I recognize.

 

[iam4u2nv]

All virus writes suck. I think they all deserve a sever beating but the KLEZ virus writer is the worst and I pay to pummel that dude for a long while. I get these stupid things daily. And our users continue to open them despite our continual warnings. This is why these viruses work because the weak minded continue to open them.
Sad very sad.

 

[iam4u2nv]

Originally posted by: LS20
you dont really need Norton Anything....

strange email from stranger with a ~89KB attachment = worm.32.klezh

Wrong
Klez has the ability to spoof itself making it look as though it came from someone you DO know. This is why it sucks.
One of your friends or co-workers gets it and then makes it look like other people are sending it. Funniest for me was when I got it from myself. HEHEHE I was like oh ok, I mailed myself. Turns out a computer in our company got infected and all of our email addresses were in her address book. What a mess.

 

[FoBoT]

my wife has been getting them, from her family

i sent them all the symantec instructions on how to get rid of it, but some of them have 4-5 year old versions of mcafee with the original definitions and it doens't find it, so they say "i don't have any viruses"

 

[Nocturnal]

I've been getting TONS of that recently