[Wind] can't get rid of my viruses

[wea at swiggartagin.com (Warren E. Agin)]

Symantec has a Klez cleaner available with instructions. The URL is:

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

-Warren Agin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Horne 
  To: BLU Discussion List 
  Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:14 PM
  Subject: Re: [Wind] can't get rid of my viruses


  Eli,

  Write down the exact names of the viruses, and visit www.symantec.com - preferably from another (non infected) computer. Search for the disinfection procedure, and follow it step-by-step.

  Good luck.

  Bill Horne

  Eli Orkin wrote:

  > Fred,
  >
  > I have 2 trojan viruses in my system.  My Antivirus software won't allow me
  > to delete them or quarantine them.  What else can I do to get rid of them?
  >
  > Eli Orkin
  >
  > >From: "fred nothnagel" <fnothnagel at rlstevens.com>
  > >To: <wind at blu.org>, "Ron Newman" <rnewman at thecia.net>
  > >Subject: [Wind] No attachments to the WIND list, PLEASE
  > >Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:47:30 -0700
  > >
  > >ATTENTION:
  > >
  > >Since attachments are what carry viruses, and since we've been plagued by
  > >the nuisance virus Klez, please refrain from sending attachments to your
  > >postings.  It takes very little extra time to cut and paste instead of
  > >attaching your material, and it eliminates the problem almost completely.
  > >
  > >Also -- we should ALL be sure to keep an updated virus scan package running
  > >on our home computers.  Norton, McAfee, whatever.  Doing so is simply in
  > >our
  > >self-interests and in the interest of the community, analogous to checking
  > >the smoke detectors in an apartment.  I'll be asking new subscribers to
  > >sign
  > >off that they have updated virus-scanning software before I subscribe them
  > >to the list.
  > >
  > >Fred
  > >
  > >----- Original Message -----
  > >From: "Ron Newman" <rnewman at thecia.net>
  > >To: <wind at blu.org>
  > >Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 6:08 PM
  > >Subject: [Wind] Please don't send attachments to the WIND list
  > >
  > >
  > > > Please post only plain ASCII text, not HTML and not attached files.
  > > >
  > > > For those of us who receive digests, HTML is very difficult to read,
  > > > and attachments are impossible -- they look like this:
  > > >
  > > >
  > >WztrO3o+KltKCnsb+j4qW0uq2q1tPgsKKtoNHT5bC7pLqtoNHT5a7At7yjtLPlrsOxvKe61t
  > > >
  > >PioKikuq2g0dPltqe3sbKqs+W2p7rW0+C0tqajutbT47CgpLqtqtvT6qyurK2q29PipbO3sK
  > > >
  > >Pipbag0dPipbCsraC8r6Plo77Euq2j56WzutbT5a7CpK2nutbT4K+ipLrW0+2lsKrW0+Cwoq
  > > >
  > > > In particular, I can't imagine why it is ever necessary or desirable
  > > > to send a file of type "audio/x-wav" to this list.
  > > >
  > > > --
  > > > Ron Newman rnewman at thecia.net
  > > > http://www2.thecia.net/users/rnewman/
  > > >
  > > >
  > > >
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