If it was easy, and if every computer user was computer literate and responsible, we wouldn't have jobs...
Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Markus Gufler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 3:17 PM Subject: RE: [Declude.Virus] Sobig- Phase II bombardment > > > Sobig.G will have a line "X-MailScanner: The Sobig.G virus is in the > > attachment, you will be infected if you open it"... and > > Sobig.G will spread just as fast as Sobig.F. > > > It make's me really wonder how many stupid people is not able to patch > the own system (or at least outlook). > > I swear I will light 100 candles the day when a new > Outlook-vulnerability worm will spread and removes any text, number and > picture from any DOC, XLS, and PPT-files he can found. > > Other 100 candles if the worm places a "You're really stupid! Patch your > system or turn your computer of - immediatly!" in any DOC-file. (Maybe > also in other international languages) > > If the worms continue with the actual "destructive" functionality, most > people will never patch the own system. They will only say: "Ouch, how > slow is the Internet today!" > > > What I will say: > Not Sobig.f is frustrating but all this ignorant people that are not > able to patch the own system. > Culpability of MS? As I know they offer patches for all this > vulnerabilities for a long time now. They can't do more. (except write a > worm that install automatically all available patches from MS) > > Maybe the worm I wait for shouldn't delete anything, but change only > some numbers in MS-Documents. I think that's enough to cause the > attention of the end user - and not make work technicians like us day > and night. > > Markus > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
