On January 27, 2004 01:13 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > MyDoom has been nasty to me (as I'm sure many others), mostly in > 'undeliverable mail' messages from servers that have detected the virus in > a spoofed address. Otherwise, even though everything 'out there' may be > shutting down, I feel relatively snug in my *NIX only environment ;-). > Perhaps it's time to change the protocols governing email and start > properly training people to operate on the Internet. Maybe an elective > course, supported by ISP's who offer reduced fees every month to > individuals that have completed the course and become certified 'net > ready'. This would be similar to the reductions offered by insurance > companies for people who have completed drivers ed.
On that note maybe people need a surfing license [semi-sarcastic remark]. The 'net has turned into a war zone and for those running w32-randomvirus susceptible machines its not pretty. Not to mention the > benefits the ISP's themselves would experience by not getting slammed so > hard everytime something like this happens. > > Despite what some libertarians might say (and I would like to be able to > agree with them) the Net is by no means a right that should blindly be had > by all, it can be a very dangerous tool and should require a minimal amount > of knowledge to have access, knowledge that obviously many people don't > have. > > Sorry about the rant, just kind of sick of seeing things happen that can be > easily avoided if people just knew better. > > J > > Stanley A. Schultz wrote: > | One and All: > | > | First, please forgive the cross postings to various lists and any > | duplicate mailings. > | > | Next, I have recently received a number of responses from various mailer > | daemons stating that one or another E-mail posting that I may have sent > | was infected with a virus. The virus identified in one was > | "W32/MyDoom-A." > | > | Be advised that I do all my E-mail on the University of Calgary's mail > | server, not my desktop. Their server runs a variant of UNIX, neither a > | Windows nor a Mac mutation. Thus, it is highly unlikely that I would be > | responsible for sending virus infected E-mails simply because of the > | differences inherent in the operating systems and the remote execution. > | > | Next, because I do not use the Windows based mailers on my desktop, and > | indeed have uninstalled them, they could not be sending infected E-mails > | under cover. > | > | It is also highly unlikely that my messages would be infected with this > | or any other virus because most of the addresses that they are sent to > | are not listed in my address book on the UNIX system and I keep no such > | E-mail address listing on my desktop. > | > | Still, in an effort to be absolutely sure, I have uninstalled the version > | of McAfee Antivirus that I had been using and installed the latest > | version, updated all the appropriate virus definition files, then run a > | complete virus check on my desktop over the weekend. The result was that > | my desktop is absolutely, squeaky clean. No viruses. No worms. No Trojan > | horses. > | > | WE ARE ALL AWARE THAT THE CURRENT GENERATION OF VIRUSES MASK THEIR TRUE > | ORIGIN BY SUPPLYING DUMMY SOURCE ADDRESSES, and this appears to be the > | case here. Somewhere, someone has my E-mail address on their desktop and > | a virus is using it with reckless abandon. > | > | Should you receive an E-mail posting directly from me (not through a > | mailing list), you are urged to send a confirmation query to me before > | opening that message, ESPECIALLY IF IT CONTAINS ANY ATTACHMENTS. I almost > | never send attachments, certainly not to complete strangers. > | > | Like the man said "Most of my faults aren't my fault." > | > | WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU UPDATED YOUR ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE? YOU *DO* RUN > | SOME SORT OF ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE, DON'T YOU? > | > | Are you the problem or the solution? > | > | > | > | Peace, health, wisdom and wealth. > | Live long and prosper. > | > | > | Stan Schultz > | Marguerite Schultz > | 4411 Edmonton Trail. NE > | Calgary, Alberta T2E 3V7 > | CANADA > | > | Phone (days): (403) 220-8570 (Leave message.) > | Phone (eves): (403) 230-1911 (Leave message.) > | Phone (cell): (403) 667-6697 (Forget it! It's never on!) > | FAX (24 hrs): (403) 270-8928 > | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Web: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/ > | > | "We are *NOT* tourists! We've been here for just hours and hours!" > | > | ***************************************************************** > | > | GREAT NEWS! You should visit > | http://www.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/motorhome.html. > | > | ***************************************************************** > | > | > | > | _______________________________________________ > | clug-talk mailing list > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > - -- > "No, mon, let's go home to Jamaica. I and I been in Babylon too long." -- > Homer Simpson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFAFsZqLeoSBberRbgRAv33AJ9x6tsHh2vtWZSEZecNLnkJNe+/bgCg1iJy > uNIGdvo+uPHvzdjisE0VsB8= > =8vGQ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca -- Nick W (nickw77 at shaw.ca) Registered Linux User #324288 (http://counter.li.org) MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: foolish_gambit ICQ: 303276221 It's not our fault, we're outnumbered by stupid people ten to one. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
