SV: OT Im being bombarded ..

[Anders Andersson, IT]

> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: Anders Andersson, IT [mailto:andersan at LTKALMAR.SE] 
> Skickat: den 19 augusti 2003 18:08
> Till: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Ämne: SV: OT Im being bombarded ..
> 
> 
> > -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> > Från: Antony Stone [mailto:Antony at SOFT-SOLUTIONS.CO.UK]
> > 
> > On Tuesday 19 August 2003 3:25 pm, Carl Boberg wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > Im as of this moment being bombarded by the I-Worm.Sobig.f virus.
> > > (about 10-20 virusmails/min) This almost feel like a dos 
> > attack but it
> > > is way too lame thanks to MS :-) which is handling things most
> > > efficient.
> > 
> > I run a MailScanner with several anti-virus engines on it, 
> in order to
> > compare performance and speed of updates.   At the moment I 
> > notice ClamAV,
> > F-Prot and AntiVir are all happily detecting the large
> > numbers of Sobig.F I'm getting, but McAfee still isn't 
> > noticing anything :(
> 
> I have not noticed any problem with mcafee, its detecting 
> fine for me.... are you sure you are up2date with software 
> engine and dat files?

ug 19 16:44:51 ns2 MailScanner[14403]: New Batch: Scanning 1 messages,
103969 bytes 
Aug 19 16:44:51 ns2 MailScanner[14403]: Virus and Content Scanning: Starting

Aug 19 16:44:51 ns2 MailScanner[14403]:
/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/14403/h7JEicE2018552/movie0045.pif
Infection: W32/Sobig.F 
Aug 19 16:44:51 ns2 MailScanner[14403]: Virus Scanning: F-Prot found virus
W32/Sobig.F 
Aug 19 16:44:51 ns2 MailScanner[14403]: Virus Scanning: F-Prot found 1
infections 
Aug 19 16:44:52 ns2 MailScanner[14403]: McAfee said
"/var/spool/MailScanner/incoming/14403/h7JEicE2018552/movie0045.pif" 
Aug 19 16:44:52 ns2 MailScanner[14403]: McAfee said "        Found the
W32/Sobig.f at MM virus !!!" 
Aug 19 16:44:52 ns2 MailScanner[14403]: /h7JEicE2018552/movie0045.pif
Found the W32/Sobig.f at MM virus !!! 
Aug 19 16:44:52 ns2 MailScanner[14403]: Virus Scanning: McAfee found 1
infections 
Aug 19 16:44:52 ns2 MailScanner[14403]: Virus Scanning: Found 1 viruses 

> 
> > 
> > Antony.
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > The idea that Bill Gates appeared like a knight in shining
> > armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological 
> > chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling 
> > second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place.
> > 
> >  - Douglas Adams in The Guardian, August 25, 1995
> > 
>