17 Apr 2002
Sophos users already protected against Klez-H
Sophos, a world leader in corporate anti-virus protection, has
reassured its customers that if they have kept their anti-virus
software up-to-date they are already protected against the latest
variant of the destructive Klez worm.
Media reports have today warned of a new variant of Klez (known
as W32/Klez-H, Klez.H, I-Worm/Klez.H or W32.Klez.H@mm) spreading
across the internet, but users of Sophos Anti-Virus have been
protected against the new variant since 7 February 2002.
The March 2002 (3.55) edition of Sophos Anti-Virus protects
against the new Klez variant via its detection of an earlier
variant, W32/Klez-G.
Sophos first issued protection against W32/Klez-G on 7 February
2002, and recommends all customers subscribe to the email notification service to be
automatically informed when new in-the-wild virus threats
emerge.
Computer users are advised to consider installing a patch from Microsoft which is
reported to fix a vulnerability in some versions of Microsoft
Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, and Internet Explorer. The
vulnerability is exploited by W32/Klez-H and a number of other
viruses.
Please read the instructions
for removing W32/ElKern-C and W32/Klez-H.
Read the analysis of W32/Klez-H.
About Sophos
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
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