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Help! I've been spoofed.

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by netwolf 1 view

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I have a couple of users on my LAN that are getting Virus replies from people they've never heard from. I believe they were spoofed. What kind of threat does this pose to my LAN? What can I do about this in general?

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by djent

This is normal for email virus that propagate to all address book entries. Update the virus definations, scan all machines. Netscape presents a smaller target to Email viruses.

by ghstinshll

the Klez worm/virus had an email generator that rendomly sent out messages to people from various other people, from you, etc...

Update your AV definitions, scan, and if you have to, search your AV provider's site for a removal tool for Klez.

by dennis

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