RE: FN-FORUM: [OT] W32.Sobig.F@mm

date posted 20th August 2003 20:37

This virus seems to be multipying itself big time. Only had 5-10 yesterday
but over 100 and counting now plus the notifications from people who don't
realise that the from address is spoofed.
Reports on other forums say that some people are getting 100+ of these an
hour! I think my machines and certainly my virus checker would end up
freezing at that rate.
It seems to be picking up on email addys that have been listed on the
internet. It's not arriving here from any address I use to mail from.

Cheers

Ali


-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] Behalf Of John
Olival
Sent: 19 August 2003 19:09
To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: [OT] [EMAIL REMOVED]



Dave Grey wrote on the 19/08/2003 18:40 the following fine words:

> Just had Norton AV flag up [EMAIL REMOVED] on the email I use for FN-Forum
so
> might be some other mass mailing worm doing the rounds.
>
> [EMAIL REMOVED] or
> shorter version: http://davegrey.com?015
>
> Anyone else had this thru yet?

Nothing through FN, but have had a high number of these arrive today.
Norton only seemed to realise they were viruses after I updated the
VirusDefs. So defnitely a new one.

--
John Olival
Explican Internet Solutions
+44 (0)870 432 4319
http://www.explican.com
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