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RE: HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our rea
From: "Ed Carp" <erc () pobox com>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 01:51:43 -0500
It is an existing, well-known (and "old") virus, reliably ID'ed by just about any virus scanner updated since late Feb this year. There are abundant informed and informative descriptions of how it works all over the web. It seems Mr Wood and your good self must be about the only "security experts" who have not already encountered it.
I wonder, how does one make oneself such an excellent target for virii so one can claim bragging rights such as those? "Gee, we were the *first* to discover XXX virus!" Or does that mean someone at the company was stupid enough to double-click on an unknown attachment from someone they didn't know? Or is the trick to subscribe to every known mailing list in existence, so as to be spammed to death in hopes of discovering something new? Of course, most of these so-called "security firms" and such are just a guy in the basement of his parent's house anyway... --Ed the cynic _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Re: HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our readers infected? morning_wood (May 24)
- RE: HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our readers infected? Ed Carp (May 25)
- RE: HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our readers infected? Ron DuFresne (May 27)
- RE: HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our readers infected? Mads Tansø (May 24)
- Re: HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our readers infected? Etaoin Shrdlu (May 25)
- RE: HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our rea Ed Carp (May 25)
- RE: HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our rea Nick FitzGerald (May 25)
- Re: HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our rea morning_wood (May 25)
- Re: HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our rea Nick FitzGerald (May 25)