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Is it just me or are other people getting the same virus delivered 5 times
every 5 minutes its starting to get ridiculous now and my filter isn't doing
what its suppose to.
 
Is it just me or are other people getting the same virus delivered 5 times
every 5 minutes its starting to get ridiculous now and my filter isn't doing
what its suppose to.
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Got 57 of them during the last two hours!
Seems they try something .-))
C.
 
Charles said:
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 23:52:53 +0100, "Lee Marsh"
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Got 57 of them during the last two hours!
Seems they try something .-))
C.
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Is this new wave of Gibe or the Sven that seems to have started in
Europe, today or yesterday?
 
Is it just me or are other people getting the same virus delivered 5 times
every 5 minutes its starting to get ridiculous now and my filter isn't doing
what its suppose to.
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I received a dozzen or so "security" patches, updates, etc. today
also.
 
Is it just me or are other people getting the same virus delivered 5 times
every 5 minutes its starting to get ridiculous now and my filter isn't doing
what its suppose to.
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It's not just you. My email has *quadrupled* just because of this one
virus? I find it quite incredible after all the publicity and warnings
going around. Meanwhile, I'm still virus free. *gloating*
 
Lee Marsh said:
Is it just me or are other people getting the same virus
delivered 5 times every 5 minutes its starting to get ridiculous
now and my filter isn't doing what its suppose to.
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Might want to read through alt.comp.anti-virus,
24hoursupport.helpdesk.


W32.Swen.A@mm or W32/Gibe-F, or Worm Swen.A

"W32.Swen.A@mm is a mass-mailing worm that attempts to spread through
file-sharing networks, such as KaZaA and IRC, and attempts to kill
antivirus and personal firewall programs running on a computer.

The worm arrives as an email attachment. The subject, body, and From:
address of the email may vary. Some examples claim to be patches for
Microsoft Internet Explorer, or delivery failure notices from qmail."

"The worm can also impersonate mail delivery failure notices..."

"The worm spreads through email, KaZaA, IRC, Network Shares, and
newsgroups."

Delete the e-mail. Make sure your AV is up to date. Pass along this
information to those who may benefit from it.

Further information at:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/incident/blast.asp

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

AVG
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_vir_tt.php#1

Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me,
Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP

Systems Not Affected: DOS, Linux, Macintosh, Microsoft IIS, OS/2,
UNIX, Windows 3.x
 
The voice of "Charles D. Bohne" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...
Got 57 of them during the last two hours!
Seems they try something .-))
C.
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Holy Shi...
I just checked and I have over 205 so far, and it's still downloading!
The first was sent Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:54:26 +0000 (GMT).

The new total: 212, and 8 more while I was composing this message, and
I haven't checked how many were kill in my bit bin account yet.
 
You are not alone. I live in Holland and have been getting them all day. I
think it's around 40 or 50 by now. And they are still coming.


Alice
 
If using Outlook Express or any such app(s) that allow you to create RULES for eMail messages =>
If the eMail is over XX KBs then: Do not download it from the server.
XX: 100 or so?
 
Mikey wrote:
| If using Outlook Express or any such app(s) that allow you to create
| RULES for eMail messages => If the eMail is over XX KBs then: Do not
| download it from the server.
| XX: 100 or so?

Thanks, I'll try that when I get the next batch.
 
The voice of "Charles D. Bohne" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...


Holy Shi...
I just checked and I have over 205 so far, and it's still downloading!
The first was sent Thu, 18 Sep 2003 10:54:26 +0000 (GMT).

The new total: 212, and 8 more while I was composing this message, and
I haven't checked how many were kill in my bit bin account yet.
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I have had over 200 as well, Maxx. Do the math -- 200 x 154KB = 30MB+

Nice, eh? }:O\
 
If using Outlook Express or any such app(s) that allow you to create RULES for eMail messages =>
If the eMail is over XX KBs then: Do not download it from the server.
XX: 100 or so?
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That won't protect you. Some incarnations are smaller than 10KB.
 
Alice said:
You are not alone. I live in Holland and have been getting them all day. I
think it's around 40 or 50 by now. And they are still coming.


Alice
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sad that this is what the Internet has evolved to? A constant battle
to protect ones' data and equiptment from sabotage...
 
I've received about a dozen in the last twenty-four hours. Isn't it
sad that this is what the Internet has evolved to? A constant battle
to protect ones' data and equiptment from sabotage...
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That's the kind of world we live in. If there is an opportunity for
someone to hurt you, they will try to do it. Not everyone, but enough.
 
DC said:
That won't protect you. Some incarnations are smaller than 10KB.
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Where the To line does not contain 'myself@somewhere'
Delete it from server/mark it/whatever


will find most of them
unfortunately this will kill many email list posts as well
 
The voice of "DC" drifted in on the cyber-winds,
from the sea of virtual chaos...
I have had over 200 as well, Maxx. Do the math -- 200 x 154KB =
30MB+

Nice, eh? }:O\
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Yep... And I got another 540 yesterday before I drop the three affected
aliases. I can't check the kill count on the old bit-bin alias, but my
guess is that if I reactivate it would get ~300 a day. My Telus account
is limited to only 15MB, so maybe it's a good thing my Domain accounts
don't have that limit. }:8(
 
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