full-disclosure - HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our readers infected?

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From: se_cur_ity at hotmail.com (morning_wood)
Subject: HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our readers infected?

then my apologies to the the list, the main body of the text is mostly a rip
of the exe anyway,..

wood

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms@...puterbytesman.com>
To: <full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 4:33 PM
Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our
readers infected?


> Another option is for the list-serve software to remove all attached
> executable files from incoming messages it receives before the messages
> are blasted out to the world.  This is a good policy for any email list,
> but particularly important for a computer security list.
>
> FWIW, Outlook 2002 automatically discarded the Update880.exe file on my
> system, so I couldn't even look at it if I wanted to.  A password
> protected .ZIP file is the generally accepted standard for sending out
> malware samples.  However, I don't think malware is appropriate for this
> list.
>
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com
> [mailto:full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com] On Behalf Of
> scheidell@...nap.net
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 2:52 PM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] HEADS UP VIRUS BEING SPREAD one of our
> readers infected?
>
>
> so, should being infected with a virus, or attempting to infect others
> be grounds for automatic unsubscribing?
>
> did a google for update880.exe, found nothing yet.
>
> TZ eastern.
>
> May 24 14:46:15 Solaris postfix/cleanup[1398]: [ID 197553 mail.info]
> DB90F38111: reject: header Content-Type:
> application/x-msdownload;??name="Update880.exe" from
> NETSYS.COM[199.201.233.10];
> from=<full-disclosure-admin@...ts.netsys.com> to=<scheidell@...nap.net>
> proto=ESMTP helo=<netsys.com>: 550 5.7.2 Possible Virus attachment.
> email rejected
>
>
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