FILTERING SOBIG MESSAGES

Aug 27, 2003 | security, spam

Messages generated by the Sobig virus arrive in your mailbox with one of nine randomly chosen subject lines: – Re: Details – Re: Approved – Re: Re: My details – Re: Thank you! – Re: That movie – Re: Wicked screensaver – Re:...

SOBIG AND THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNET

Aug 27, 2003 | security, spam

This article in The Register discusses the long-term effect of spam and viral messages, which are undermining the potential usefulness of e-mail and might lead inexorably to a less open Internet. Someone on a mailing list got the Sobig virus and I’m under attack...

SOBIG VIRUS

Aug 19, 2003 | security

Yet another virus making the rounds today, and it must be really efficient at sending new copies of itself – I’ve gotten more than two dozen messages today carrying the virus, and a couple of clients reported being flooded with them as well. Here’s...

BEWARE OF VIRUS HOAXES

Aug 16, 2003 | security, spam

E-mail messages are already circulating that purport to be from Microsoft, urging recipients to execute an attachment to the message to install a security update against the MSBLAST worm. Microsoft never distributes software by e-mail. No responsible vendor will send...

BLASTER WORM REMOVAL

Aug 12, 2003 | security

If you’re infected by the Blaster worm, download and install the security update from Microsoft on this page. Then click here to download Symantec’s removal tool. Save it to your desktop. Then go to Symantec’s explanation of the removal tool and...

NEW VIRUS ATTACKS WINDOWS PCs

Aug 11, 2003 | security

A new virus was launched today that exploits the security hole acknowledged by Microsoft on July 16. (See my writeup on August 4.) You’ll likely see newspaper articles on Tuesday with more details. Systems protected by a home router or firewall probably...