New virus outbreak

Michael Baird mike at TC3NET.COM
Tue Jan 27 00:12:58 GMT 2004


Well, Mcafee hasn't actually released a new .dat pack for it, so
MailScanners auto-update doesn't help, you need to download the
extra.dat from their website, and manually install it in the
/usr/local/uvscan dir., note it's uppercase in the zip, I changed it to
lowercase, and it works.

Regards
MIKE

> > Yeah, looks like McAffee, Symantec and Clam take the honours!
>
> eTrust also has new versions prepared but not yet released which is quite strange... :
>
> Aliases reported by other AV products are listed here:
> (W32/Mydoom.A at mm) (W32/Mydoom at MM) (MyDoom.A at mm) (WORM_MIMAIL.R)
>
> CA antivirus products address this malware as follows:
> ------------------------------------------------------
> eTrust Antivirus 7.x/6.x, InoculateIT 6.x (VET engine)
>     Engine                Update version        Last Update
>     11.2.0                11.2.8111             27 Jan
>     The signature update is currently undergoing extensive testing. It
>     should be released within 24 hours.
>     Once the signature file is ready, it can be downloaded here:
>     http://support.ca.com/Download/virussig.html
>
> eTrust Antivirus 7.x/6.x, InoculateIT 6.x (InoculateIT engine)
>     Engine                Update version        Last Update
>     23.63.0               23.63.79              27 Jan
>     The signature update is currently undergoing extensive testing. It
>     should be released within 24 hours.
>     Once the signature file is ready, it can be downloaded here:
>     http://support.ca.com/Download/virussig.html
>
>
> So what they are saying is: Yes we know this one and we will have it in our new sig files.... Once they are ready...
>
> LOL
>
> Regards,
>   JP
>



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