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Klez worm on the loose again
News A new variant of the Klez worm managed to squirm into computers in some parts of Asia on Tuesday and appeared to be spreading in the United States and the UK as of Wednesday. Alternately known as Klez.g, Klez.h and Klez.k, depending on the security...
[April 18, 2002, 8:50]
Klez worm refuses to die
News A month after it started spreading, the Klez.h worm isn't slowing down, said antivirus experts on Friday. Klez.h can also send out a random file from the PC as an attachment, along with the e-mail that carries the worm, potentiall passing...
[May 20, 2002, 9:19]
Klez worm variant infests UK
News A variant of the Klez worm which resurfaced earlier this week has begun to spread extremely quickly, with the UK as its top target, according to an antivirus firm. UK-based MessageLabs said the Klez.H worm, which spreads via email, has proliferated...
[April 19, 2002, 16:23]
Deadlier Klez worm on the prowl
News A new variant of the destructive Klez worm has had moderate success, prompting one antivirus company this past weekend to release free tools to deal with its spread. Based on how many instances of each worm and virus the company has intercepted in...
[February 12, 2002, 10:01]
Mimail supplants Klez as virus spreads
News The Mimail worm has snatched prime position away from Klez by becoming the fastest spreading Internet menace, according to mail filtering company MessageLabs. Despite being far less complex than the Klez worm, which used network shares and emails...
[August 8, 2003, 8:55]
Chernobyl virus hitches a ride
News The Klez worm just keeps on giving. The report says that a virus known as W95.CIH.1049, a slight variation of the W95.CIH bug dubbed the Chernobyl virus when it began spreading four years ago, has been detected in recent infections of the Klez worm.
[May 7, 2002, 8:54]
Klez worms its way to the top of the virus charts
News The latest fast-spreading versions of the Klez worm have so far infected more than 7 percent of PCs worldwide, surpassing totals chalked up by previous threats such as SirCam and Nimda, according to a new survey by an antivirus company.
[April 30, 2002, 8:35]
Klez variant strikes unprotected PCs
News More than a week after it first started spreading, the latest variant of the Klez worm continues to infect PC users that haven't taken steps to protect themselves. While the number of computers infected by the Klez.H variant falls short of such...
[April 25, 2002, 8:56]
Klez virus passes confidential info
News The latest variant of the Klez worm sometimes chooses to hitch a ride on sensitive documents, resulting in victims' confidential information spreading with the malicious program, Russian antivirus firm Kaspersky Labs said on Friday.
[April 22, 2002, 10:16]
News Schmooze: Security alert!
News Just look at this week's warnings: a problem with the Java Virtual Machine for Windows, the Klez worm programmed to destroy on Wednesday (although it didn't seem to do much destroying), a security hole in PHP that could lead to a new Code Red...
[March 8, 2002, 12:40]
Report: Viruses spreading on the double
News Various forms of the Klez worm were the worst offenders, responsible for more than half of all infected messages. Klez, which started off as a fairly innocuous mass-mailing worm, mutated into nastier versions as virus writers tried to improve on...
[June 19, 2002, 9:35]
Bugbear tops virus charts
News W32/Bugbear-A (Bugbear worm) 29.4 per cent W32/Braid-A (Braid worm) 8.5 per cent W32/Klez-H (Klez variant) 7.7 per cent W32/Opaserv-A (Opaserv worm) 5.4 per cent W32/Opaserv-C (Opaserv variant) 5.1 per cent W32/Flcss (FunLove worm) 4.6 per cent...
[December 2, 2002, 7:38]
Klez still surfing the virus top ten
News Comparing Klez to newcomer Lovgate, Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said: "The Lovgate worm may have been the most talked about virus in February, but it certainly wasn't the most prolific, reaching only number nine in the...
[March 3, 2003, 16:04]
Bugbear set to stick around
News With the publicity surrounding Bugbear, many Klez victims finally downloaded new software and banished the older worm, but many more have been left vulnerable to Bugbear. This pattern emerged with the Klez virus, variants of which have lingered at...
[October 7, 2002, 14:06]
Klez still dominates the virus top 10
News Yet again Klez was the most common source of virus reports during the month of April, as measured by anti-virus firm Sophos. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos Anti-Virus, said: "While Klez refuses to go away, a new entry this...
[April 30, 2003, 13:31]
Bugbear rise knocks out Klez
News The Bugbear worm is shaping up into the most serious Internet threat in months, according to security researchers, as it surpassed the lingering Klez.H to become the fastest-spreading virus of the moment.
[October 3, 2002, 16:05]
Braid virus winds its way through email
News Although the company has seen only 43 copies of the virus -- indicating an extremely slow start -- W32.Braid shares some attributes of the widely spread Klez family of viruses and could have similar success.
[November 5, 2002, 8:16]
Klez overtakes SirCam in virus stakes
News Rid your computer of the Klez worm with this free Klez removal utility from ZDNet UK's Downloads section. Klez.h appears to be overtaking SirCam as the most virulent computer virus to date. This particular version of the virus surfaced in April...
[May 28, 2002, 12:55]
Golden-oldie worms top the hit list
News A third antivirus company, Russia-based Kaspersky Labs, released a Top 20 virus list for March, placing the Klez worm, released on the Internet in mid-January, in the number one position. Antivirus company Trend Micro's virus-tracking center placed...
[April 2, 2002, 11:05]
Summer brings virus relief
News With outbreaks of worms such as Klez, and warnings about possible large-scale worm attacks on the horizon, industry pundits are urging businesses to take heed. While the number of attacks may have decreased, the number of viruses on the prowl...
[August 1, 2002, 10:45]
