There is an extremely dangerous Klez.E virus going around that claims to offer a free tool for stopping the virus, when in fact it is the virus. Below you will see one of the messages that comes in the body of the message which has a hyperlink asking you to download the free tool.
This virus is rated as HIGH RISK FOR HOME USERS. This mass-mailing worm attempts to send itself to email addresses found on an infected system. It also can spread over a network. You can check this out at the mcfee web site <http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/viruses/klez/> http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/viruses/klez/
One of the things that make this virus dangerous is the fact that it can even infect you from viewing through a prevue pane. Some of the subject lines are:
Subject: A very funny website or Subject: Undeliverable mail-- or Subject: Returned mail-- or Subject: A WinXP patch or Subject: A IE 6.0 patch or Subject: W32.Elkern removal tools or Subject: W32.Klez.E removal tools
-- Kath FindlayThe UK Adhesion Society
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Klez.E is the most common world-wide spreading worm.It's very dangerous by corrupting your files. Because of its very smart stealth and anti-anti-virus technic, most common AV software can't detect or clean it. We developed this free immunity tool to defeat the malicious virus. You only need to run this tool once, and then Klez will never come into your PC. NOTE: Because this tool acts as a fake Klez to fool the real worm, some AV monitor maybe cry when you run it. If so, ignore the warning, and select 'continue'. If you have any question, please (click here) hyperlink