Re: OT new virus

From: Jason Bleazard (dml@bleazard.net)
Date: Wed Jan 28 2004 - 21:13:01 EST


KenCo wrote:

> a new one is on the loose, please update your virus scanners
> as this is spreading fast. Ive already recieved 50+ lol

Yeah, we've been getting grundles here. The way our e-mail is set up,
any address at bleazard.net comes to us. We're getting worms to
addresses that have never been used... bill, jane, fred all at
bleazard.net. Sheesh. We've even had bounces from apparently other
people sending the worm hijacking our address, setting the from address
to make it look like it's coming from me (it's not, I checked the IP
addresses in the full header). This is incredibly annoying, but I can't
think of a thing to do about it.

> your infected if you recieved it or checked your mail. period!

I'd disagree with that. The worm spreads through the attachment that
would need to be opened. If you didn't open it and run the worm, I
don't see how it could infect your machine.

Does anyone know of a way to check for sure whether your machine has
been infected? I haven't found anything about that yet.

-- 
Jason Bleazard  http://www.bleazard.net  Burlington, Ontario
his:  '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white
hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black



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