hm... how 'bout using decent operating systems? *GD&R* ;o))
a liitle off topic...I do not want to start an "my-OS-is-better-than-yours"
flame war and I know that lots of people simply have to use windows at work.
but if you want to save yourself the hassle at home, get LINUX, BSD or
something similar
for browsing & mailing. no problems with ".exe" and ".vbs" attachments there
;o)
if you *have* or want to use windows, take at least Win2000, use the
privilege system and *don't* do all
your work logged in as "administrator" (I know many developers who do...)
if your "surf&mail" user-account can't do any harm to the core system and
your valuablle data, the virus can't as well.
greetings & cheers to all
> Hi,
> I know , the "moderator or off-list flame virus" will soon be activated
> when
> too many people open their "virus"
> inbox-subdirectory and share the headers with all, but perhaps the
> following
> might help:
>
> a) BugBear has a constant byte size of the attached executable file (-> TV
> news yesterday)
> b) offen the .exe postfix is hidden somehow (carefully open attachment
> with
> "textedit" or auto-scan for "W32" character-sequence)
> c) similar "W32.xxx@yyy" viruses (virii) auto-generate a subject line with
> a
> date (like "Jun 21 2001 18" or even
> "Has been updated on October")
> or a text offering some kind of "tool" ("A special powful tool" or "A
> very
> good tool" - note the SPACE-char before the
> computer generated/inserted adjective - and of course that touch of bad
> English) or they offer a "new game".
>
> The guys at NIPC.gov (eMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]) seem to be highly
> motivated - even to receive KiloBytes of
> virus-eMail headers (of cause they will point you to the newest
> Norton/Symantec/McAfee/... antivirus software.
>
> In the U.K. federal law allows withdrawal of unwanted types of snail-mail
> in
> the main postal service center - perhaps
> recently increased governmental security approach to the internet can
> achieve the same with "BugBear"
> (at least in U.K./U.S.) ?
>
> sincerely,
> U. Penski
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ( a very simple virus firewall can be found in the "servant" package e.g.
> @
> http://uuhome.de/penski/applicat.htm )
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Bentley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 3:23 AM
> To: JDJList
> Subject: [jdjlist] Re: jsp/html editor note
>
>
> Yep got an alert here too :
>
> "The email attachment photo.scr is infected with the
> W32.Bugbear@mm virus."
> ...
>
>
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