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Canada: DisAbled Women's Network Canada Virus Information KLEZ.Worm - Virus Tip
KLEZ.H Worm - A characteristic of this virus -- one of the most active e-mail borne virus in circulation -- is that it spoofs the return address when it sends itself out. (please refer to the document Email spoofing) This has two main effects: 1. It prevents the infected person from learning that they are affected because the bounce messages generated by e-mail servers that scan for viruses go to the person who's address was spoofed instead of to the infected person. 2. The people who get the bounce message panic thinking they are infected and will shell out big bucks to have a technician look at the machine. For more information about the virus and its behavior, check out: http://www.antivirus.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_KLEZ.H&VSect=T
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