[extropy-chat] SPAM: active virus

[Mike Lorrey]

--- "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury at aeiveos.com> wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> In case you haven't heard the news there are two new active
> viruses/works currently spreading.
> 
> The worst is the MyDoom/Novarg virus.  See:
> 
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/27/0038234&mode=thread
> 
> and links it points to.
> 
> I just got my first copy -- snuck past both filtering agents

I've received about 20 in my Yahoo bulk folder. Only one has made it to
my inbox (on Yahoo, not my machine). All such messages are 31k in size.
I will note that Yahoo's virus scanners are not fuctioning at the
moment due to the overload.

What is worse, script kiddies, self-described hackers, and other types
are openly asking people to send them copies of the virus because they
want to take part in the end result of this worm: a DDoS attack
scheduled for Feb 1st against SCO servers, as some misguided protest
against SCO's legal actions against IBM and Redhat, claiming that linux
contains some of their copyrighted code. Yeah, dude, you are SOOO cool.

As for the Paypal virus, Paypal has said that they will not under any
circumstances ask you by email to confirm or disclose any information.
People who use such a payment method should be aware by now that this
is company policy.

=====
Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
                                       - Gen. John Stark
"Fascists are objectively pro-pacifist..."
                                       - Mike Lorrey
Do not label me, I am an ism of one...
Sado-Mikeyism: http://mikeysoft.zblogger.com

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