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Wednesday, March 06, 2002
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article/0,,10_985581,00.html Virulent Worm Set to Return Thor Olavsrud On Wednesday, as it does on the sixth day of every odd-numbered month, the Klez.E e-mail worm will unload its destructive payload. First discovered in January 2002, Klez.E has been spreading steadily and is currently rated the second most active virus in the world according to mail service provider MessageLabs. MessageLabs rates viruses and worms according to how many instances of each it intercepts in a 24 hour period. "We have seen a significant peak in confirmed infections over the last 30 days of Worm/Klez-E, over this period it has been our top infector," added Steven Sundermeier, product manager for Medina, Ohio-based anti-virus firm Central Command Inc. "This poses a serious problem for all Internet and e-mail users since tomorrow it unleashes its vastly damaging payload."...
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