Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me)

2003-08-16 Thread Alex
So, the last version is 4.5? (I know they made a 5.0 Server - Aurora, I think). Alex Sarbu - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 11:23 PM Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 08/15/03

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2003-08-16 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Message - From: Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 17:16 Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) Yes, it´s like the good old days using Unix on XWindows. Instability is one crash each three weeks, not three each day :-)

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2003-08-15 Thread Keith Whaley
True, Cameron, but I'd like to elaborate a little. I use one of the older Macs, a 3rd rev. Beige G3 PowerMac, with OS 9.2.1. I've paid for and maintain a good virus program, and it's always checking the incoming, but since 1986 I've never got a virus attack! Well, not quite true, I did get a worm

Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me)

2003-08-15 Thread Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
Hmmm... maybe it's time for IBM to revive the OS/2? ;) Alex Sarbu - Original Message - From: Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 12:47 AM Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) On 14 Aug 2003 at 15:00, Cameron Hood wrote

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2003-08-15 Thread Cotty
True, Cameron, but I'd like to elaborate a little. I use one of the older Macs, a 3rd rev. Beige G3 PowerMac, with OS 9.2.1. I've paid for and maintain a good virus program, and it's always checking the incoming, but since 1986 I've never got a virus attack! Well, not quite true, I did get a worm

Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me)

2003-08-15 Thread Dan Scott
On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 10:49 AM, Cotty wrote: Keith, you should try OS X - stability like you wouldn't believe. And a nice bonus, I use 'Safari' - Apple's own web browser (still in beta) and so have rid myself of all MS software on my Macs. Having said that, the Mac team at MS do a very

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2003-08-15 Thread Herb Chong
i am still with Win98 because i still run some software that won't work right on 2000 or XP. Herb - Original Message - From: zoomshot [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 18:30 Subject: RE: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) Well get XP, been

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2003-08-15 Thread Cotty
Well get XP, been running here for over a year with no problems Commiserations, friend. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=| www.macads.co.uk/snaps _ Free UK Mac Ads www.macads.co.uk

Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me)

2003-08-15 Thread Dr E D F Williams
quickly. Herb - Original Message - From: Dag T [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 17:16 Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) Yes, it´s like the good old days using Unix on XWindows. Instability is one crash each three

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2003-08-14 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Gallery Updated: July 31, 2003 - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:54 AM Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( Hi! On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 18:30:48 +1000 Paul Ewins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

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2003-08-14 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, Thursday, August 14, 2003, 12:54:09 AM, you wrote: In today's environment, if you are running XP and you're not checking for updates on a daily basis, you got rocks in your head! probably the overwhelming majority of people running Windows are ordinary, non-geeky types who haven't a

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2003-08-14 Thread T Rittenhouse
: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 10:14 AM Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( What's an AVG, please? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus

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2003-08-14 Thread brooksdj
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 August 2003 13:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( Hummm. My (XP home version) computer at home just recently started giving me a message saying something along the lines of terminating program restarting computer

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2003-08-14 Thread John Coyle
is just another CPU. - Original Message - From: Anders Hultman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:13 PM Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( John Coyle: I'm not sure that I understand the difference betweem hardware and software

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2003-08-14 Thread David Chang-Sang
mainly WinNT4.0 on desktop systems 2) Our Security staff stay on top of every single MS Update/Hot Fix that is released Cheers Dave -Original Message- From: Paul Ewins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT Virus warning

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2003-08-14 Thread Paul Ewins
Thanks Rob (and others). I got home tonight to find a message from my girlfriend and sure enough, she's got it. I read the report yesterday but didn't think too much about it as I am using my dad's old iMac at the moment until I get around to reinstalling XP and Office on the new PC (the SATA

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2003-08-14 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 18:30:48 +1000 Paul Ewins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I stopped doing that when one of those XP updates disabled my cable modem. The general rule of thumb at work for our *home* machines is to install service packs only. For the machines at work, mostly Win2000, we do a

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2003-08-14 Thread brooksdj
://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: July 31, 2003 - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 5:34 PM Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( Rob Studdert

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2003-08-14 Thread David Chang-Sang
4:42 AM To: John Coyle Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( Hi, Thursday, August 14, 2003, 12:54:09 AM, you wrote: In today's environment, if you are running XP and you're not checking for updates on a daily basis, you got rocks in your head! probably

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2003-08-14 Thread Antti-Pekka Virjonen
At 08:19 13.8.2003 -0400, you wrote: Antti-Pekka Virjonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 07:46 13.8.2003 -0400, you wrote: Yep, the worn installs itself directly through Port 135 - you don't have to have any software at all running. If you have a real firewall (a hardware firewall, *not* one of

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2003-08-14 Thread Keith Whaley
://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto - Original Message - From: Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 10:14 AM Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( What's an AVG, please? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG

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2003-08-14 Thread brooksdj
Thanks Don. I updated Norton last week,Wednesday/Thursday.I'll check for something when i get home. I went to the link Mark supplied but there are a number of patches there.Which one did you load up.Is it the MS patch or something from Norton.??? I wonder if this is why i am also having one hell

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2003-08-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My mail client is virus resistant and I haven't used virus protection on this system for at least seven years and I've not been infected until now. Good luck. Yep, the worn installs itself directly through Port 135 - you don't have to have any software at

Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-(

2003-08-14 Thread Geoff Moes
. Remember that this virus was built for and targets WindowsXP but can also attack any other Windows O/S in time. Good luck, Dave Original Message: - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:32:05 US/Eastern To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT Virus warning

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2003-08-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
in time. Good luck, Dave Original Message: - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:32:05 US/Eastern To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( Thanks Don. I updated Norton last week,Wednesday/Thursday.I'll check for something when i get

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2003-08-14 Thread Paul Ewins
I stopped doing that when one of those XP updates disabled my cable modem. The general rule of thumb at work for our *home* machines is to install service packs only. For the machines at work, mostly Win2000, we do a couple of days testing before applying each of the patches. Paul Ewins

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2003-08-14 Thread Ann Sanfedele
:)But thanks for confirming what I gathered from other sources annsan the lucky -Original Message- From: Ann Sanfedele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 3:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( Well my server

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2003-08-14 Thread Keith Whaley
Hear! Hear! g keith whaley Bob Walkden wrote: Hi, Thursday, August 14, 2003, 12:54:09 AM, you wrote: In today's environment, if you are running XP and you're not checking for updates on a daily basis, you got rocks in your head! probably the overwhelming majority of people

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2003-08-14 Thread Dr E D F Williams
://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery Updated: July 31, 2003 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:32 PM Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( Thanks Don. I updated Norton last week

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2003-08-14 Thread Rob Studdert
On 12 Aug 2003 at 18:34, Gary L. Murphy wrote: Press Ctrl + Alt + Del Choose Task Manager Choose the Processes tab Click on the 'Show processes for all users' option Click on the heading 'Images' to sort the list alphabetically. Look down the list for msblast.exe If you find it, click on

Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-(

2003-08-14 Thread Dr E D F Williams
Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Better get your crash helmets ready for this one MS OS users :-( http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,83922,00 .html Get your patch at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads

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2003-08-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Antti-Pekka Virjonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 07:46 13.8.2003 -0400, you wrote: Yep, the worn installs itself directly through Port 135 - you don't have to have any software at all running. If you have a real firewall (a hardware firewall, *not* one of those software firewalls) you're

Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-(

2003-08-14 Thread Herb Chong
there many, many people, who do blame the manufacturer. Herb - Original Message - From: David Chang-Sang [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 07:32 Subject: RE: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( To borrow again from your analogy; sure, we

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2003-08-14 Thread Jostein
I think know the answer to this yourself, John, but...:-) Basically, a hardware firewall implies that you have the firewall software running on a different piece of hardware than your normal PC. Software firewalls are intended to run on your normal PC. The other piece of hardware may of course

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2003-08-14 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Well my server company (RCN) sent out a warning on this and a link to the Microsoft page, listing 4 operating systems that would/could be affected - none of which were mine. I'm running Windoze 98 and using Netscape 4.6. Have had no problems (knock wood) from Blaster, but as RCN was not only

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2003-08-14 Thread John Coyle
warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Anders Hultman wrote: A hardware firewall is a dedicated computer with two (or more) network interface cards, one being connected to the Big Bad Internet, the other(s) to the inside network(s). Doesn't have to be a dedicated computer

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2003-08-14 Thread Lawrence Kwan
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Anders Hultman wrote: A hardware firewall is a dedicated computer with two (or more) network interface cards, one being connected to the Big Bad Internet, the other(s) to the inside network(s). Doesn't have to be a dedicated computer. One simple hardware firewall setup

Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me)

2003-08-14 Thread Cameron Hood
AGAIN! On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 10:54 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:56:38 -0400 From: Lon Williamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us

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2003-08-14 Thread David Chang-Sang
] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 7:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( On 12 Aug 2003 at 18:59, Brendan wrote: I have removed this little pest from 10 pcs so fr today, man too bad I can't charge money for doing this ( or maybe I can

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2003-08-14 Thread Rob Studdert
Better get your crash helmets ready for this one MS OS users :-( http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,83922,00.html Good luck, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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2003-08-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Better get your crash helmets ready for this one MS OS users :-( http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,83922,00.html Get your patch at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en Do it now. -- Mark Roberts

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2003-08-14 Thread brooksdj
Message: - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 13:32:05 US/Eastern To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( Thanks Don. I updated Norton last week,Wednesday/Thursday.I'll check for something when i get home. I went

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2003-08-14 Thread Gary L. Murphy
Rob Studdert wrote: Unfortunately this is not the case, in most instances you will find that 'End Process' will have no effect after the RPC has been compromised. Nor can you move/delete or edit/copy/paste whilst it's running, nasty. Yes it works very well. You just need to run the removal

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2003-08-14 Thread Gary L. Murphy
This worm is getting a lot of press-- with good reason; it can infect computers across the Internet without using email. To check whether you're infected (WinNT-style OS's only): you can see if the worm program is running. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del Choose Task Manager Choose the Processes tab

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2003-08-14 Thread brooksdj
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( Thanks Don. I updated Norton last week,Wednesday/Thursday.I'll check for something when i get home. I went to the link Mark supplied but there are a number of patches there.Which one did you load up.Is it the MS patch

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2003-08-14 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cameron Hood Subject: Re: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) You, obviously, haven't tried a Mac lately. The current virus attracks are ALWAYS against Microsoft software, because people are mad as hell and fed up with their crap. We have a small

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2003-08-12 Thread Dr E D F Williams
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 3:59 PM Subject: RE: OT Virus warning (no hoax beleive me) :-( So do you think i may have been infected with something or is being booted out of a program and having windows automatically restart itself a problem