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History Forum / General / British History / January 2004Virus Alert
Watch out for anything saying 'Hello' with an attachment, and ditch anything that mentions 'binary' or 'partial message' in the message without opening the attachment. It'll be a W32.nova worm, nastier than the previous ones, as it opens up your machine to a potential download of 'something' on Feb 1st.... not good! Cheers Martin > Watch out for anything saying 'Hello' with an attachment, and > ditch anything that mentions 'binary' or 'partial message' in the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Cheers > Martin A centerfold of the great Black avenging Marvel, perhaps? Shudder! > > Watch out for anything saying 'Hello' with an attachment, and > > ditch anything that mentions 'binary' or 'partial message' in the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > A centerfold of the great Black avenging Marvel, perhaps? Shudder! My supplier has put an extra filter on the mailboxserver and up to now I haven't had anything going thru that. 5 attempts which my supplier reported to me that they stopped. Inger E > Watch out for anything saying 'Hello' with an attachment, and > ditch anything that mentions 'binary' or 'partial message' in the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Cheers > Martin Thank you very much, Martin! Cheers Margot >Watch out for anything saying 'Hello' with an attachment, and >ditch anything that mentions 'binary' or 'partial message' in the >message without opening the attachment. It'll be a W32.nova worm, >nastier than the previous ones, as it opens up your machine to a >potential download of 'something' on Feb 1st.... not good! I an unconvinced of the usefulness of "warnings" like this. Anybody who doesn't know that you don't open email attachments unless you know who sent tham *and* what's in them is going to get viruses. End of story.  SignatureDon Aitken Mail to the addresses given in the headers is no longer being read. To mail me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com". > >Watch out for anything saying 'Hello' with an attachment, and > >ditch anything that mentions 'binary' or 'partial message' in the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > who sent tham *and* what's in them is going to get viruses. End of > story. True - the odd reminder never hurts though. This one was in a slightly different form and from a ".edu" address... it could have fooled the unwary (well, it did, that's how I discovered it... not me of course, ahem!) Cheers Martin >>Watch out for anything saying 'Hello' with an attachment, and >>ditch anything that mentions 'binary' or 'partial message' in the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >who sent tham *and* what's in them is going to get viruses. End of >story. I am convinced of the usefulness of such warnings. I have always found an early "heads up" very useful. Sometimes one of us gets information ahead of the others. On one memorable occasion Paul Gas posted a warning which I acted upon immediately and the next time I went online I got a copy of the very virus under discussion. These things stay in mind... BTW AntiVir has an updated free version which has Mydoom already listed. SignatureBryn Fraser -- We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. Edward R. Murrow -- http://www.finhall.demon.co.uk http://www.thefrasers.com "Paul Gas" [sic] Hilarious! And Accurate... Actually, these warnings are coming several days late. DSH | >>Watch out for anything saying 'Hello' with an attachment, and | >>ditch anything that mentions 'binary' or 'partial message' in the [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] | http://www.finhall.demon.co.uk | http://www.thefrasers.com "Don Aitken" wrote... > >Watch out for anything saying 'Hello' with an attachment, and > >ditch anything that mentions 'binary' or 'partial message' in the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > who sent tham *and* what's in them is going to get viruses. End of > story. absolutely! who needs common courtesy in communication! every man for himself! thanks for sharing that very helpful opinion don. i'm sure everyone started out on a computer with a full range of knowledge about such things as the internet and viruses and worms and executables and ports and backdoors and shells and trojans and socks and DoS and firewalls and spyware and mailsafes, just as you did. > Watch out for anything saying 'Hello' with an attachment, and > ditch anything that mentions 'binary' or 'partial message' in the > message without opening the attachment. It'll be a W32.nova worm, > nastier than the previous ones, as it opens up your machine to a > potential download of 'something' on Feb 1st.... not good! I've been getting about 10-15 of these a day over the past few days. They pose as all sorts of messages, including undeliverable mail. The only common theme is that you get an attachment and need to click on something in the message. Nortons, if current, recognises it and deletes the attachment. It is an attempt to create a denial of service attack on 1st February. It will self-destruct after 12th Feb, but leaves an open back door after that. However, it relys on people being stupid enough to open e-mail attachments without knowing what they are. Colin Bignell > > Watch out for anything saying 'Hello' with an attachment, and ditch > > anything that mentions 'binary' or 'partial message' in the message > > without opening the attachment. It'll be a W32.nova worm, nastier than > > the previous ones, as it opens up your machine to a potential download > > of 'something' on Feb 1st.... not good! > I've been getting about 10-15 of these a day over the past few days. > They pose as all sorts of messages, including undeliverable mail. The [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > back door after that. However, it relys on people being stupid enough to > open e-mail attachments without knowing what they are. AFAIK all this only applies if you are using one particular manufacturer's operating system. If you're not using Microsoft Windows the problems are limited to the bandwidth of the spams and consequent comments about the problem. Including this! ;-( SignatureJohn Cartmell john@ followed by finnybank.com FAX +44 (0)8700-519-527 Qercus magazine & FD Games www.finnybank.com www.acornuser.com Qercus - a fusion of Acorn Publisher & Acorn User magazines ... > AFAIK all this only applies if you are using one particular manufacturer's > operating system. If you're not using Microsoft Windows the problems are > limited to the bandwidth of the spams and consequent comments about the > problem. Including this! ;-( Plus, trying to find staff who are happy to see their future job prospects go up in smoke, because they will stop being current on the industry standard word processing programme. Colin Bignell >> Watch out for anything saying 'Hello' with an attachment, and >> ditch anything that mentions 'binary' or 'partial message' in the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >However, it relys on people being stupid enough to open e-mail attachments >without knowing what they are. I'm using Mailwasher to kill them on the server. -- Julian Richards julian-richards "at" ntlworld.com Usenet is how from the comfort of your own living room, you can converse with people that you would never want in your house. |
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