Already the most prolific virus ever, Klez continues to wreak havoc.
By Andrew Brandt, Sep 2002 issue of *PC World* magazine, 1 Aug 2002
The Klez worm is approaching its seventh month of wriggling across the Web,
making it one of the most persistent viruses ever. And experts warn that it
may be a harbinger of new viruses that use a combination of pernicious
approaches to go from PC to PC.
Antivirus software makers Symantec and McAfee both report more than 2000 new
infections daily, with no sign of let-up at press time. The British security
firm MessageLabs estimates that 1 in every 300 e-mail messages holds a
variation of the Klez virus, and says that Klez has already surpassed last
summer's SirCam as the most prolific virus ever.
And some newer Klez variants aren't merely nuisances--they can carry
other viruses in them that corrupt your data. ...
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,103259,00.asp [Monty Solomon via risks-digest Volume 22, Issue 20]
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