Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list
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 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 seen a wild virus emailed to me, this is a bad one. -- Jerry M. Howell II -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list
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 2¢ 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 seen a wild virus emailed to me, this is a bad one. -- Jerry M. Howell II -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list
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 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 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 seen a wild virus emailed to me, this is a bad one. -- Jerry M. Howell II -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- http://www.raditha.com/php/progress.php A progress bar for PHP file uploads. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list
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 http://www.phparch.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list
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 garbaaage. if everyone did this, and therefore stopped opening dangerous mail, maybe we could slow some of this down. :) Oh well, just my 2¢ 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 seen a wild virus emailed to me, this is a bad one. -- Jerry M. Howell II -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list
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. + Ashley M. Kirchner mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] . 303.442.6410 x130 IT Director / SysAdmin / WebSmith . 800.441.3873 x130 Photo Craft Laboratories, Inc.. 3550 Arapahoe Ave. #6 http://www.pcraft.com . . .. Boulder, CO 80303, U.S.A. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] OT-Re: worm on th list
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 seen a wild virus emailed to me, this is a bad one. -- Jerry M. Howell II -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php