From: Laserlight <laserlight@q...>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:13:03 -0400
Subject: Virus?
I just got an email bounced from the list with a subject "That movie" and a small DAT file attached. Given that I didn't *send* that email.....
Virus?
From: Robertson, Brendan <Brendan.Robertson@d...>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:18:46 +1000
Subject: RE: Virus?
On Wednesday, August 20, 2003 12:13 PM, Laserlight > [SMTP:laserlight@quixnet.net] wrote: Not received here; may have been bounced by the server filter. Brendan 'Neath Southern Skies IMPORTANT: Notice to be read with this E-mail 1. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. 2. This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain confidential information for the use of the intended recipient. 3. If you are not the intended recipient, please: contact the sender by return e-mail, to notify the misdirection; do not copy, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on this e-mail; and delete and destroy all copies of this e-mail. 4. Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender and are not a statement of Commonwealth policy unless otherwise stated. 5. Finally, please do not remove this notice, so that any other readers are aware of these restrictions.
From: TMP Editor <webmaster@t...>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 22:23:36 -0400
Subject: Re: Virus?
> I just got an email bounced from the list with a subject "That movie" It's the virus that's going around right now. Also sends emails titled Wicked Screensaver and Re: Application... The email pretends to be from someone in the infected party's address book.
From: Indy Kochte <kochte@s...>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 23:21:04 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: Virus?
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Laserlight wrote: > I just got an email bounced from the list with a subject "That movie" There's a virus running about right now, sobig.f or something. It played holy havoc with Institute earlier today, but never got near any of the Operations stuff. Our sysadmins have got it flagged and I've been getting a couple dozen warning messages an hour all day and evening from this virus being sent from a number of other places to me (as well as bounce messages with someone using my addr to send the little present to others :-/ ). Mk
From: Andrae Muys <andrae.muys@b...>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:37:03 +1000
Subject: Re: Virus?
> Robertson, Brendan wrote: Does this list block emails containing attachments?
From: Don M <dmaddox1@h...>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:23:18 -0700
Subject: Re: Virus?
Not received here; may have been bounced by the server filter. Brendan Same here, not received...thankfully
From: Matthew Seidl <seidl@v...>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:49:12 -0600
Subject: Re: Virus?
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:37:03 +1000, Andrae Muys writes: Not completely (as that would cut off some members who have trouble turning off their silly mime-ing emails), but most send up falling to one or another filter. Across all the lists I run, I probably deleted 50 bounces virus emails this morning.
From: Allan Goodall <agoodall@a...>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 10:08:14 -0500
Subject: Re: Virus?
On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 23:21:04 -0400 (EDT), Dances With Rocks <kochte@stsci.edu> wrote: > I've been getting a couple dozen warning messages an hour all day That explains the bounce messages I've been getting! I was worried that it was me sending them, but then I realized the bounce messages were for