[muglo] Re: Entourage VIRUS Warning

Thanx Mary I've sent a message to Symantec as I really do have the bug and
it interferes with my e-mail.

> At 3:01 PM -0400 4/8/04, Eurogarth wrote:
> 
>> Mary, they ARE NOT HARMLESS!
>> 
>> The virus was operating from my imac sending out email to people on my list.
>> 
>> Checked with Rogers and they reported out-bound activity when I was in "send
>> only" mode as a test... The damn thing even sent an e-mail FROM me TO me...
>> Which was the way I knew for sure I was infected.
>> 
>> You may be infected and not know it.
> 
> 
> 
> Check here:
> <http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/num.nsf/docid/2003082109055811>
> 
> 
> ----quote----------------------------
> 
> Are Macintoshes affected by mass-mailing viruses or worms?
> 
> Situation:
> You were told or you suspect that your Macintosh is infected with a
> mass-mailing virus, such as Sobig, Klez, Bugbear, Aliz, Goner,
> Badtrans, Sircam or Nimda.
> 
> Solution:
> To date, there is only one known mass-mailing worm that can infect
> the Macintosh. This worm, known as Mac.Simpsons@mm, is an AppleScript
> worm that can infect a Macintosh running Mac OS 8 - 9 and cannot
> infect Mac OS X. Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh versions 5 through 9,
> with virus definitions dated July 2001 or later, can detect this worm.
> 
> Some Windows-specific mass-mailing email worms exploit a
> vulnerability in the Windows versions of Microsoft Outlook and
> Outlook Express. The Macintosh versions of Microsoft Outlook Express
> and Entourage do not have this vulnerability.
> 
> ---- end quote----------------------------
> 
> Thing is, there have been (AFAIK) zero reports of the Simpsons virus
> showing up for years. So, what you've got going there is still a
> mystery, IMO.
> 
> [Note: There has been some talk of a mass-mailing Trojan (involving
> MP3 files) that OS X may be vulnerable to -- but AFAIK, it only
> exists as a "concept", a "potential" vulnerability.]
> 
> Mary
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