Heads up people. There's a new virus on the block.
It seems to spread pretty fast and is pounding our servers damn hard (about 700 in the past half hour).
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_126242.htm
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Heads up people. There's a new virus on the block.
It seems to spread pretty fast and is pounding our servers damn hard (about 700 in the past half hour).
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_126242.htm
thanks SirDice!
its really nice to know whats happening before i get in to work. walk in ... boss says "new virus out" i tell'em "Yup! nai calls it zafi...blah, blah, blah" and im a friggen guru. saves so much time in the morning. hit f5 to refresh last nights page and everything you need to know...
Thanks for the head up.
heh.. i think i should install an AV now-a-days with all the worms and virii running loose.. but it feels sooo nice having my resources unused =P
Exactly my thoughts. Haha it is awesome.Quote:
boss says "new virus out" i tell'em "Yup! nai calls it zafi...blah, blah, blah" and im a friggen guru. saves so much time in the morning.
- Adiz
Hmm... not much of a problem here. I've received a grand total of 3. Must have something to do with my content filtering rule that blacklists any IP addresses that send me virii. :-)
Got 200 emails from a mailserver that "claims" we sent them the virus from an alias account on our domain. If your out there admins turn the autoreply off.
CXGJarrod-
I second, third and forth that motion - Please turn off the autoreply
MEMO
TO: CXGJarrod
From: The admins
Date: Most of the Time
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subject: Auto-reply
Mr. Jarrod
Most of us are out to lunch. Didn't you notice?
Signed
Duty Admin
Thanks SirDice,
madjag291,
:D At least if you use your resources you might have some control over what gets used and what for. If someone decides for you.....oh la la.....what fun they will have. :eek:Quote:
heh.. i think i should install an AV now-a-days with all the worms and virii running loose.. but it feels sooo nice having my resources unused =P
cheers
I just had to install 2 more criticals for xp... 2 for directx... kinda weird, I didn't hear anything about them.
Soda_Popinsky,
Yeah, thanks for reminding me! :D Maybe if I stick my head under the pillow the need will just go away. Seems to becoming a never ending battle. Patch MS, Patch *nix, Patch MS, Patch *nix........
working on the fix for the 2.6.xxx kernal, then off to MS for the criticals... :)
cheers
Can't wait till we have AI's doing the OS programming for us, no more vulns! haha...
Unless the AI was written by a human ;)Quote:
Originally posted here by The Grunt
Can't wait till we have AI's doing the OS programming for us, no more vulns! haha...
The only vulnerability this one abuses is the one inside the lusers head (Oh, look, how nice, an ecard, click-click). Still haven't figured out how to format, reinstall and patch a luser :D
Yeah, have been getting over 1500 of these today (about 1200 yesterday..)
Also them damn "you sent me a virus" auto messages suck..
I have sent some of the admins of such sites a mail along the lines of.
You sir, are not a part of the sollution,
you are a part of the problem !
Turn them *insert strong language* automatic warning mails of !!
It's getting close to 7-8000 a day here :(Quote:
Originally posted here by the_JinX
Yeah, have been getting over 1500 of these today (about 1200 yesterday..)
Also them damn "you sent me a virus" auto messages suck..
I have sent some of the admins of such sites a mail along the lines of.
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The auto-replies suck indeed. If it's a Dutch company I will call them directly. You won't believe what total n00bs I get on the phone claiming to be responsible for the email of their company :rolleyes:
You could also email this link to them:
http://www.virusalert.nl/?show=nieuws&id=559
(Dutch anti-virus site)
Good idea..
I used to call local companies too, but it was not good for my blood pressure, and faith in humanity as a whole ;)
You'd think that with all the media coverage nowadays most admins would be aware..
But on the other hand, you'd expect people to stop opening non-requested attachments too !!
Even though I have not used M$ for almost a year, I do recall the AV program I did use. I would recommend it to anyone.
AVG Free Edition Anti-Virus
[shadow]They have received the VB100% in the test of Virus Bulletin in June 2004 on Windows XP platform.[/shadow]
Also...
[shadow]100% detection rate of AVG Anti-Virus System is continuously certified by independent ICSA laboratories.[/shadow]
You use what you want, but use something! and keep it up to date!
Have a good day.