RE: [gardeners] virus heads-up
L. Neuru (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:34:12 -0400
Is that a variant of the Blaster Worm? I got it the day before Norton put
the detection on Live Update, and finally got rid of it. I have had it sent
me 4 times since, always detected, fortunately. Lucinda
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardeners@globalgarden.com
> [mailto:owner-gardeners@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of Terry
> Sent: August 20, 2003 2:00 PM
> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com
> Subject: [gardeners] virus heads-up
>
>
> I just to let you all know to extra careful about spam emails you receive.
> For the past two days I have been deluged by spam containing the
> W32.sobig.F
> worm, as have others. For example today in my first morning email check I
> found 70 messages containing viruses; thank goodness I have
> Mailwasher so I
> can delete them off the server without downloading.
>
> You won't get it from the list because viruses and worms are not
> accepted by
> the server but you could get it from other spam.
>
> For those of you who have programs that bounce spam back to the sender, I
> suggest you disable the bounce feature or uncheck bouncing on all large
> emails so you don't get blacklisted by Spamhunter or one of the other spam
> detectors for sending viruses.
>
> Terry
>