Will MailScanner pickup the W32/Bagle-Q virus?

DNSAdmin dnsadmin at 1BIGTHINK.COM
Thu Mar 18 21:20:56 GMT 2004


At 03:59 PM 3/18/2004, you wrote:
>Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote:
>>Just to be clear ... 4.28.6 will not catch these?
>
>Wouldn't it be possible to pick these up with an SA rule looking for the
>"link"? Someone good at writing rules should give it a try and post here
>for those who can't upgrade right now.

Peter, and all those concerned,

At the firewall, block outgoing port 81/tcp, which is how you get infected
in the first place, and 2556/tcp incoming/outgoing. 2556 is the port used
once you are compromised.

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=PE_BAGLE.Q

Cheers,
Glenn



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