Charlie M. wrote:
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September 6, 2003 07:32 pm, Eric S. Dye wrote:
Dear List,
I received two viruses (both sobig) from the newbie list......from
HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED] and HYPERLINK
"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED] I would suggest
getting a good antivirus program. I am using a combination of Norton,
Trend Micro, AVG and Benign. AVG can be gotten for free, though I use
the registered version. Benign is a wonderful program that just came
out that neutralizes any suspicious mail. It can be secured from
HYPERLINK
"http://www.firetrust.com"www.firetrust.com. There is a 15 day trial
on it and then you have to buy the program. McAfee has a good
program. I am using XP at the moment, but also have Lindows
installed. I have the Mandrake 9.0 as well, but it is not installed
at the moment. Having gotten a number of viruses from the Newbie
list, I am surprised because I thought Linux was pretty much
impervious to viruses. I don't know which of the above programs can
be used with Linux.
Eric S. Dye, HYPERLINK "mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]"[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I seriously doubt you got the virus (either of them) from the list. What
you got was from an infected Outlook Express 6. similar to what you are
using. Version and software I mean, not the infected part. I have no
idea whether yours has a problem.
The "list" itself is a sympa server that doesn't know s**t from shinola
about the troubles with Microsoft Viral Transport System. The people
that help one another and any strays that show up to ask questions are
highly unlikely to send you any infected messages.
You can figure out where the mail really came from by checking the
headers even in Outhouse Infect. Look under the "View" button for "Full
Headers" or similar.
Have fun Eric. Just don't preach anti-virus software to GNU/Linux users
from a Windows computer; OK?
Regards;
Charlie
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Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-5mdk
19:37:49 up 10:20, 1 user, load average: 0.21, 0.38, 0.33
Only someone with nothing to be sorry for smiles back at the rear of an
elephant.
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I believe what he means is at least two messages were posted to the list
that contained the sobig virus. I've counted at least two tonight.
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