RE: New Virus

  • From: "KEN MORRIS" <KMORRIS@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 22:34:28 -0500

Just reading an article about it:
http://hispeed.rogers.com/news/tech/story.jsp?cid=z012615A
Seems the filtering that Chris suggests may be a good thing to do.

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: Chris Wall [mailto:Chris.Wall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
        Sent: Mon 1/26/2004 7:40 PM 
        To: [ExchangeList] 
        Cc: 
        Subject: [exchangelist] RE: New Virus
        
        

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        Getting hammered with it as well here.  GFI is catching them....
Seems that
        most of the e-mails contain 'Hi', 'Hello', 'Test' or 'Error' in the
subject
        field.  You may want to implement a Subject block on these for a
while.  I
        have quarantined over 550 in the past 3 hours.  I will pass along any
info
        when I get it.
        
        Chris
        
        -----Original Message-----
        From: Yoon Sang Ahn [mailto:ys_ahn@xxxxxxxxxxx]
        Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 7:31 PM
        To: [ExchangeList]
        Subject: [exchangelist] RE: New Virus
        
        http://www.MSExchange.org/
        
        Yes got several, it has a readme attachment. With a ZIP and SCR
extension.
        
        
        >From: "Mark Fugatt" <mark@xxxxxxxxx>
        >Reply-To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        >To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        >Subject: [exchangelist] RE: New Virus
        >Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:30:58 -0500
        >
        >http://www.MSExchange.org/
        >
        >Yep, I am getting hammered with it at the moment :-(
        >
        >
        >Mark Fugatt
        >MCSE, MCT, Microsoft Exchange MVP
        >Pentech Office Solutions Inc
        >Rochester, NY
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        >
        >
        >   _____
        >
        >From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
        >Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 5:30 PM
        >To: [ExchangeList]
        >Subject: [exchangelist] New Virus
        >Importance: High
        >
        >
        >http://www.MSExchange.org/
        >
        >
        >There is a new virus spreading rapidly. The AV vendors are working
on it.
        >
        >
        >
        >This one is going to be bad, as it is using zip attachments as well
as pif,
        >scr and exe.
        >
        >
        >
        >Be prepared.
        >
        >
        >
        >John Tolmachoff
        >
        >Engineer/Consultant/Owner
        >
        >eServices For You
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