WARNING..fake klez virus warning...

[Guest guest]

just so you know, there apparantly is a fake klez warning going around..it is a

virus....i've gotten the warning a bunch of times over the weekend, luckily,

since i goit it all at once, i deleted em without opening them...

funny, it only came thru my groups allied with human rights, and the environment

fraggle

 

 

 

Dear Greens-

Apparently anti-Nader motivation is behind the recent targetting of

Green address books and/or lists. The Green Alliance list no longer

carries graphics or attachments, so this list is perfectly safe. But

watch out for other points of contagion.

 

 

Subj: Phony e-mail

12/2/02 7:29:40 AM Pacific Standard Time

info (Citizen Works)

news

 

 

Dear Citizen: Sometime last night, persons unknown sent out a phony e-mail

message to tens of thousands of people who have signed up to receive news

alerts from Citizen Works. The subject heading of this e-mail was

Delete this e-mail immediately. Do not click on any of the links.

Do not open any attachments. We apologize sincerely for any inconvenience

this may have caused. We are deeply disturbed that something like this could

have happened and we are currently investigating the security of our server.

If you have submitted an e-mail request to be d your request will be

processed today. - Your friends at Citizen Works

 

If you are unsure whether you received this spoof e-mail, see below for the

full text of the original e-mail: Klez.E is the most common world-wide spreading

worm.It's very dangerous by corrupting your files. Because of its very smart

stealth and anti-anti-virus technic,most common AV software can't detect or

clean it. We developed this free immunity tool to defeat the malicious virus.

You only need to run this tool once,and then Klez will never come into your PC.

NOTE: Because this tool acts as a fake Klez to fool the real worm,some AV

monitor maybe cry when you run it. If so,Ignore the warning,and select

'continue'.

If you have any question,please mail to me.

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HERE IS THE PHONEY VIRUS LETTER IN FULL:

Can anyone trace the source?

 

Subj: Worm Klez.E immunity

12/1/02 10:15:35 PM Pacific Standard Time

news (news)

news

 

File: parenting_familiesinternet.zip (42523 bytes) DL Time (115200 bps): < 1

minute

 

Klez.E is the most common world-wide spreading worm.It's very dangerous by

corrupting your files.

Because of its very smart stealth and anti-anti-virus technic,most common AV

software can't detect or clean it.

We developed this free immunity tool to defeat the malicious virus.

You only need to run this tool once,and then Klez will never come into your PC.

NOTE: Because this tool acts as a fake Klez to fool the real worm,some AV

monitor maybe cry when you run it.

If so,Ignore the warning,and select 'continue'.