Getting DOS Attack errors
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Thu Oct 16 19:04:10 IST 2003
Hello All
We have a fellow that is trying to send an email to one of our members
that contains a zipped attachment. It is named simply enough DISK2.ZIP
contained in the zip file is an update to a program that one of our
members uses.
We are getting the following error when the attachment is scanned:
Warning: This message has had one or more attachments removed
Warning: (the entire message).
Warning: Please read the "VirusWarning.txt" attachment(s) for more
information.
This is a message from the E-Mail Virus Protection Service
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The original e-mail attachment "the entire message"
was believed to be infected by a virus and has been replaced by this
warning
message.
At Thu Oct 16 11:51:52 2003 the virus scanner said:
Denial of Service attack in message!
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The following e-mail messages were found to have viruses in them:
Sender: someguy at winfirst.com
IP Address: 64.30.98.13
Recipient: anotherguy at pris.bc.ca
Subject: Capitol Systems
MessageID: h9BJfl2A017966
Report: Denial of Service attack in message!
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I have obtained a copy of the zip file and scanned it, it contains no
virus's. I have unzipped it and re-zipped but still get the same error. To
my knowledge this is the first time it has happened.
Thanks for any and all help
Rick
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