RE: MS Outlook booted off campus

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: Wall David Civ AETC/DOXD <David.Wall () RANDOLPH AF MIL>

Is it just me, or is somebody burying their heads in the sand?  
Whatever happened to maintaining the latest antiviral signature files
so you don't get hit in the first place?

Am I missing something here?????

Dave Wall

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Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 4:56 AM
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Subject: [ISN] MS Outlook booted off campus


http://www.vnunet.com/News/1131823   [Corrected URL  - WK]

By Steve Ranger [22-05-2002]

Cambridge college sick of virus attacks

Cambridge women's college Newnham has banned the use of Microsoft
Outlook and Outlook Express because it is tired of clearing up after
virus attacks.

The college, which has around 700 users, took the decision after the
latest Klez virus outbreak.

The university mail servers blocked around 200,000 copies of the mail
but the college had a number of infections which took a while to clean
up.

Users were informed of the ban on 26 April.

[...]



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