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Michael S. Mimoso, Editorial DirectorThe Klez worm, like many others, uses an Internet Explorer security breach (IFRAME vulnerability) to start automatically when an infected message is viewed.
The Microsoft patch is found at www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-027.asp.
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This was first published in April 2002