karen, ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< > From: Karen J. Bowen > > http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.h@mm.html > > > when you read which kind of attachments it produces - > > graphic ones are possible too. > > This has really alarmed me - this virus can attach/embed > itself within image files?? > > Or is it only that it may pick an image file to send > itself along with, but the virus itself is still an > executable of some sort and will also be attached to > the mail? ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< it doesn't infect the second file it attaches. i'm guessing it picks a second file in the hopes the recipient might have some familiarity with it and therefore trust the email is legitimate and open/execute the first attachment which contains the virus. .jeff http://evolt.org/ jeff at members.evolt.org http://members.evolt.org/jeff/