RES: OT Im being bombarded ..

[Rodrigo Scarano]

Antony,
Please take a look at the nai ftp for the 4287 Dat File:
W32/Sobig.f at MM was first discovered on 08/19/2003 and detection will be
added to the 4287 dat files (Release Date: 08/19/2003).

Regards,


Rodrigo Scarano
Target Sistemas
http://www.targetsis.com.br/
rscarano at targetsis.com.br


-----Mensagem original-----
De:     MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Em nome de
Antony Stone
Enviada em:     Terça-feira, 19 de Agosto de 2003 13:06
Para:   MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Assunto:        Re: OT Im being bombarded ..

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 :(

Antony.

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