This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KLEZ Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yh.2ADE/1953 Message Board Post: To All; Someone on a message board I subscribe to has a computer infected with the KLEZ virus. I have received 5 email messages carrying this virus. Everyone should have an Anti-Virus program that scans emails. I use Norton Anti Virus 2002. This application scans my incoming & outgoing emails. Please update your systems. The following will describe the KLEZ virus and how to contain it.: W32.Klez.H@mm is a modified variant of the worm W32.Klez.E@mm <http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.e@mm.html>. This variant is capable of spreading by email and network shares. It is also capable of infecting files. Removal tool Symantec has provided a tool to remove infections of all known variants of W32.Klez and W32.ElKern. Click here <http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.removal.tool.html> to obtain the tool. This is the easiest way to remove these threats and should be tried first. Note on W32.Klez.gen@mm detections: W32.Klez.gen@mm <http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.gen@mm.html> 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 cases, the tool will be able to remove the infection.