Re: OT - Windows update virus

Posted in 2003

Paul Watson — Sat, 20 Sep 2003 09:37:45 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

I've got hundreds of these, have a look at www.spampal.org a nice free bit of code to kill spam Scott Burns wrote: > > Hi, > I've received this little gem 64 times today. I'm mildly curoius as > to where they got my email from, and this is one of the few places I've > posted to. Anyone else getting spammed by the little horror? > > -- > Scott Burns > Mirrabooka Systems > > Tel +61 7 3857 7899 > Fax +61 7 3857 1368 -- Paul Watson # Oninit Ltd # Growing old is mandatory Tel: +44 1436 672201 # Growing up is optional Fax: +44 1436 678693 # Mob: +44 7818 003457 # www.oninit.com #

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Ronald Cole — Sat, 20 Sep 2003 14:30:01 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Paul Watson <paul@oninit.com> writes: > Scott Burns wrote: >> I've received this little gem 64 times today. I'm mildly curoius as >> to where they got my email from, and this is one of the few places I've >> posted to. Anyone else getting spammed by the little horror? >> > I've got hundreds of these, have a look at www.spampal.org a nice > free bit of code to kill spam It's the Swen/Gibe.F worm. How it got your email is described here: <http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a@mm.html>; My mail logs claim I bounced over 1200 of these guys in 40 hours. Good thing I run ClamAV on my mailhub... they had virus signatures out very quickly! -- Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412 Ronald Cole <ronald@forte-intl.com> Phone: (760) 499-9142 President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152 My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B