virus

[curvacious]

I have been receiving infected emails through my lit account and now I'm receiving emails saying that emails I sent out were undelieverable and I see they are viruses. Just wanted to let people know that it is a worm called Klez (look up on sarc.com). I am not infected with it but someone has my email in their address book and klez is using it to send out emails to others in the address book.
So, I apologize if anyone has recieved such an email from "me". Just wanted to let people know that I'm not trying to intentionally infect anyone. I keep my antivirus software updated and do scans often. Hopefully the infected person soon realizes that they are infected and uses the tools necessary to clean their computer.

 

[Dillinger]

Information for Klez and how to remove it if you're infected, including a tool to remove it.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.removal.tool.html

Note about W32.Klez.gen@mm detections:
W32.Klez.gen@mm is a generic detection that detects variants of W32.Klez. Computers that are infected with W32.Klez.gen@mm have
most likely been exposed to either W32.Klez.E@mm or W32.Klez.H@mm. If your computer is detected as infected with
W32.Klez.gen@mm, download and run the tool. In most case, the tool will be able to remove the infection.

What the tool does
The W32.Klez Removal Tool does the following:

It terminates all processes that are associated with W32.Klez@mm or W32.Elkern.
It deletes the W32.Klez@mm services.
It removes the registry entries that were created by W32.Klez@mm.
It detects all types of W32.Klez@mm and W32.ElKern infections, and repairs files that can be repaired.


NOTES:

A file that is infected with W32.Klez.E@mm or W32.Klez.H@mm includes a link to the encrypted host file. If the encrypted file
does not exist at that link, the tool deletes the infected file because it is not repairable, and the encrypted file is not restored.
The W32.ElKern repair removes the viral code from the file. It does not ensure that a file that is repaired from W32.ElKern will run
because this virus often corrupts files.