New Variant of MyDoom on the loose!

[kurttrail]

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/virus/story/0,10801,89494,00.html

Anybody got an old Mac they want to get rid of, because I don't want to
have to stop using email?

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[kurttrail]

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/virus/story/0,10801,89494,00.html

Anybody got an old Mac they want to get rid of, because I don't want
to
have to stop using email?

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

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[GwD]

Maybe you should update your Virus Protection.
You do have virus protection don't you?

 

[kurttrail]

Maybe you should update your Virus Protection.
You do have virus protection don't you?

And what are you supposed to do before your AV company makes that update?
At the time I posted this, Norton's site said you needed the virus def dated
today, but neither Live Update or their Intelligent Updater download site
had todays defs available.

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[GwD]

Your suppose to NOT open attachments from people you don't know and who you
don't expect to be sending you attachments.

Why would you open a .exe or .com attachment from people you don't know?

 

[kurttrail]

Your suppose to NOT open attachments from people you don't know and
who you don't expect to be sending you attachments.

LOL! You do understand that most people get the virus from some they do
know, right?!

Why would you open a .exe or .com attachment from people you don't
know?

I don't but I don't expect my users at work to have my common sense, no
matter how many times I beat it into their head not to open attachments.

And now it's .zip files too. -
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

And with Dumaru, it might look like to the user that they are just opening a
jpeg. -
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

So do you got an old Mac you don't need, or are you just here to yank my
chain?

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[cquirke (MVP Win9x)]

GwD wrote:

And what are you supposed to do before your AV company makes that update?

Answer: http://users.iafrica.com/c/cq/cquirke/riskfix.htm

Also...

http://users.iafrica.com/c/cq/cquirke/safe2000.htm
http://users.iafrica.com/c/cq/cquirke/empath.htm
http://users.iafrica.com/c/cq/cquirke/virtest.htm

....apply. Antivirus is your "goalkeeper of last resort", and while
most goalies will miss quite a few shots at goal (hence the presence
of other defenders on the field), all goalies will miss if they don't
recognise what is coming at them is a football (the "Day Zero" blues)

At the time I posted this, Norton's site said you needed the virus def dated
today, but neither Live Update or their Intelligent Updater download site
had todays defs available.

Sure. That weakness is inherent in av; one lives with it by not
confusing "antivirus product" with "total anti-malware strategy".

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