On Mon 25 Aug 2003 10:44:09 PM CDT, Jonathan Angliss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I'm sure pretty soon you're going to get fed up of me posting > this... but those on this list I STRONGLY suggest scanning your > computers. > > If any of the following look familiar, I suggest you scan > immediately... > > patmedia.net > attbi.com > VAD-BRUCE-70 > MALNUBAN-PC1 > deldsl.com > UPORABNIK > WEBMACHINE > > Some of them are computer names, so if you recognize it, or any of > the above (attbi.com is a wide net I know), PLEASE scan your > computer, and networks. We're receiving approximately 50-100 > emails a day for these. What I'm sick of is Microsoft stupidity, and the continued irony in people deploying this 'toy' called Windows. Their insistence in supporting this legacy technology is what continues to elevates its status quo. Can't respect anyone who continues to deny reality and refuse to do anything to solve the problem such as removing the patch cord off from the NIC on their Windows boxen. It's the only way windows will ever be secure. Anyone with even the slightest hint of a clue would use Linux or one of the BSD's for the email servers and install procmail. See http://www.impsec.org/email-tools/procmail-security.html for an excellent sanitizer that will protect your users from these silly worms. My users have never ever ever been hit with a worm or virus using this software. It requires a change in policy, A policy that should be adopted anyway. This past week my security inbox has filled with 15000 security alerts from infected emails attempting to infect us. I've found it necessary to temporary turn off the security alert messages to keep things running fast. Yes, I'm pretty frustrated. We are a Linux shop and just dont have these stupid problems, but yet our email servers are being hammered with tens of thousands of worm emails, and it's slowing down our connections to the Internet. Sorry to insult anyone, but I had to get that off my chest. We now return to our regularly scheduled broadcast. Ron ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: VM Ware With VMware you can run multiple operating systems on a single machine. WITHOUT REBOOTING! Mix Linux / Windows / Novell virtual machines at the same time. Free trial click here:http://www.vmware.com/wl/offer/358/0 -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
