Virus name: Klez (also known as W32/Klez.gen@MM or W32.Klez.E).
Status: Real.
Origins: The Klez virus arrives as an attachment to
- congratulations
- darling
- eager to see you
- the Garden of Eden
- honey
- how are you
- introduction on ADSL
- japanese girl VS playboy
- japanese lass' sexy pictures
- let's be friends
- look,my beautiful girl friend
- meeting notice
- please try again
- questionnaire
- so cool a flash,enjoy it
- some questions
- sos!
- spice girls' vocal concert
- welcome to my hometown
- Worm Klez.E immunity
- your password
- Returned mail—"[random phrase]"
- Undeliverable mail—"[random phrase]"
- a [random phrase] game
- a [random phrase] patch
- a [random phrase] tool
- a [random phrase] website
- [random phrase] removal tools
Where [random phrase] is one or two words selected from the following list (e.g., "W32.Elkern removal tools," "a special powful tool"):
- excite
- funny
- good
- humour
- new
- nice
- powful
- F-Secure
- IE 6.0
- Kaspersky
- Mcafee
- Sophos
- Symantec
- Trendmicro
- W32.Elkern
- W32.Klez.E
- WinXP
Klez exploits a bug in Microsoft's Internet Explorer
See the links below for more information on how to detect and remove Klez.
Additional Information:
![]() | W32.Klez.H@mm (Symantec Security Response) |
![]() | W32/Klez.e@MM (McAfee Virus Information Library) |
![]() | How to Save Your PC from Virus Attacks (CNN.com) |
Last updated: 28 January 2008