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

date posted 20th August 2003 20:41

None here at all, good but odd

Mike



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> Turner
> Sent: 20 August 2003 22:10
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> 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-----
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> Olival
> Sent: 19 August 2003 19:09
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> Dave Grey wrote on the 19/08/2003 18:40 the following fine words:
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> > 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.
>
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> John Olival
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