Re: Virus (WORM_MIMAIL.R) not from me !

[Peter Mount <peter@retep.org.uk>]

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, BARTHOLDI Paul wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Many TASS members have received emails from me, mostly unreadable, but with
> an attachement body.exe , body.zip  or message.zip etc.
>
> It is a nasty virus spreading rapidely over the net, named apparently
> WORM_MIMAIL.R . As usual now, the "from" address is a fake, it just happens
> that my email address is "public". Using only Sun Sparc computers with
> Solaris, I am rather immune to viruses, but this does not stop others to
> use my name...

As you, I'm immune as I use Linux for email, but I have been hit mainly by
the volume both as recipient and warning emails where my address was
faked.

I think it's something we are going to live with for a couple of days
until people update their virus solutions (which some don't - I still see
Code Red in the web logs).

At least Spamassassin flags most of them as spam...

> For more informations, look at :
>
>   W32/Mydoom@MM      http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100983.htm
>   W32/Dumaru.y@MM    http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_100980.htm
>
> I hope no one of you got infected!

I do know of at least one company affected big time. Fortunately I don't
have any dealings with them :-)

Peter

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