-=PCTechTalk=- Re: virus!! My Thoughts
- From: ~OoO~ <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 16:41:59 -0500
You can run a scan if you'd like. But, if your scanner definitions are
up-to-date, and you have it constantly scanning emails, you "should" be safe.
But, never hurts to run a separate manual full-scan. Just make sure your virus
definitions are up-to-date.
::: Troth :::
_____________
ICQ: 1717439
_____________
::: Original Message
::: Sent Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:27:41 -0600 by Jeff Ross
| Should I be worried. We have McAfee ASaP in our sonic wall and nothing has
| come up being Klez. Should I scan, myself, or not be concerned? Just got in
| on this.
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 3:17 PM
| Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: virus!! My Thoughts
|
|
| > Here's how you can tell if its coming from the list or not... hit the
| REPLY button to the email, and see if the return message your composing gets
| addressed to PCTechTalk.
| > ::: Troth :::
| > ______________________
| > ICQ: 1717439
| > MSN: SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx
| > Yahoo IM: SirTroth
| > AIM/AOL: SirTrothX
| > ______________________
| >
| >
| > ::: Original Message
| > ::: Sent Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:37:05 -0800 (PST) by Glen
| > | My thought on the virus....
| > | Since it is the Klez virus, then the headers are
| > | forged. The only way to tell who it is from is by the
| > | originator's IP.
| > |
| > | Second...
| > | I don't think this virus came through the list.
| > | I suspect one of our members is infected and they
| > | probably use outlook or outlook express.
| > |
| > | Since this is a list everytime some replies or post to
| > | the list, their emails will sit in someones inbox.
| > | Lets say outlook. Klez scans all folders in outlook
| > | for email address, then starts mailing itself out.
| > |
| > | Now that Klez is sending out the virus to everyone
| > | that posted to PCTechTalk. Since PCTechTalk is put in
| > | the subject line by FreeList and nearly everyone has
| > | filters set up on incoming email to drop PCTechTalk
| > | emails to a specific folder, then this looks like it
| > | is coming from PCTechTalk.
| > |
| > | Just my thoughts.
| > |
| > | Glen
| > |
| > |
| > | --- ~OoO~ <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| > | > Its not attached though, or at least I don't think
| > | > so. Attachments should be dropped. I got the message
| > | > to, but not with an attachment. Maybe its reading
| > | > the binary of the attachment and dropping it into
| > | > the message as text, hence all the crazy letters...
| > | > and virus scanners I believe can read the binary as
| > | > well, and hence the scanner catching it.
| > | > Arghhh.... whatever... as long as I don't get
| > | > infected.
| > | >
| > | > :::Troth :::
| > | > ____________________________________
| > |
| > |
| > | __________________________________
| > | Do you Yahoo!?
| > | The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search
| > | http://shopping.yahoo.com
| > | To unsub or change your email settings:
| > | //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk
| > |
| > | To access our Archives:
| > | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/
| > | //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/
| > |
| > | For more info:
| > | //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk
| >
| >
| > To unsub or change your email settings:
| > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk
| >
| > To access our Archives:
| > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/
| > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/
| >
| > For more info:
| > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk
| >
|
| To unsub or change your email settings:
| //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk
|
| To access our Archives:
| http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/
| //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/
|
| For more info:
| //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk
To unsub or change your email settings:
//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk
To access our Archives:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/
//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/
For more info:
//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk
Other related posts:
