View Full Version : Wow, talk about virus attacks!!
Chuck57
August 20th, 2003, 02:50 PM
Thank you ETrust...... So far, yesterday and today, I've had 19 emails, 14 with virused attachments and 5 apparently with viruses in the email itself. ETrust caught them all, passing through the couple of real emails I got.
What's going on and has anybody else been hit like this?
Technodrome
August 20th, 2003, 03:01 PM
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What's going on and has anybody else been hit like this?
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Not me... :'( ;D
Edit
LOL. I just received one....
Message subject: Thank You
Message BOdy: See the attached file for details
Sure ... ;D ;D
tECHNODROME
Madsen DK
August 20th, 2003, 03:29 PM
Me neither.
Got all the others Sobig variants, when they was hot, but the current F. model
has avoided me ;D
CalamityJane
August 20th, 2003, 03:49 PM
Yes, a lot of people over at DSLR are getting hit with many infected emails from Sobig.f. This is now a High risk worm at McAfee and a Category 3 at Symantec. It is spreading very fast.
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=100561
There is a long discussion with about 85 replies so far over at DSLR on that worm and the kind of emails that people are getting
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,7721861~root=security,1~mode=flat
Also another new one:
W32.Dumaru@mm (also Category 3) mass mailing worm
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.dumaru@mm.html
Sorry I cannot get that last URL to the Symantec write up to appear right...I guess it is the @ in the address or something (?), but I will see if I can find another for you if it doesn't work.
CalamityJane
August 20th, 2003, 03:52 PM
Ok, this is the link for the McAfee write-up on the Dumaru worm.
I know a lot of folks getting these emails too
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=100560
solarpowered candle
August 20th, 2003, 05:03 PM
Wow Chuck 57 thats a load of wacky mail. Really good to hear how the eTrust v7 has been sorting them all out successfully .
Have you ever looked into mailwasher to preview your mail , there is a free version http://www.mailwasher.net/ and a pro version http://www.firetrust.com/products/mailwasherpro/
also from the same site benign.
I use both mailwasher and Benign ..Benign neutralizes or strips out the code that makes viruses, worms, scripts and other potentially harmful things run. 95% of virus etc come thru our mail its worth having good systems in place.
anyways great to hear how successful you have been with e Trust promo :
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