Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list

2003-08-22 Thread daniel
aparantly it was designed to slow the web down, and its proved that, but also aparantly it infects by not even opening an attatchment but it could possibly have vb script within a html email :\ On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 11:11:43AM -0400, andu wrote: Is this worm/virus windows specific? It

Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list

2003-08-22 Thread John Taylor-Johnston
Get your mail sysadmins to install spamassassin, which I believe is OpenSourced PHP, and the filter your {SPAM} directly into the garbaaage. if everyone did this, and therefore stopped opening dangerous mail, maybe we could slow some of this down. :) Oh well, just my 2ยข On Wed, Aug 20, 2003

Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list

2003-08-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, Though many consider netscape to be a poor alternative to explorer as a browser, it's far superior to outlook when it comes to mail. Far safer too. :-)). Most of us on linux use mozzilla for everything - browsing, chatting and email. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: aparantly it was designed to

Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list

2003-08-22 Thread Peter James
As an aside... I wonder what the ratio is of emails *from* the virus vs. emails *about* the virus. The latter certainly doesn't help the impulse response of the attack. :-) -- Peter James Editor-in-Chief, php|architect Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] php|architect The Magazine for PHP Professionals

Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list

2003-08-22 Thread daniel
yes my spamassasin does this it adds spam like {spam?} and viruses {virus?} how can i filter that though in outlook like the damn thing only filters emails. Get your mail sysadmins to install spamassassin, which I believe is OpenSourced PHP, and the filter your {SPAM} directly into the

Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list

2003-08-22 Thread Ashley M. Kirchner
John Taylor-Johnston wrote: Get your mail sysadmins to install spamassassin, which I believe is OpenSourced PHP SpamAssassin is perl combined with C-code. Not PHP. -- H| I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere.

Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list

2003-08-21 Thread Jerry M. Howell II
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 11:11:43AM -0400, andu wrote: Is this worm/virus windows specific? It appears so but considering a good percent of users are MS/Outlook users this is a bad one. Got over 100 yesterday, 100+ the day before and looking at the same today. Considering I hardly ever have