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Sobig virus back...AGAIN...new variant.
USA Today | 8/19/2003

Posted on 08/19/2003 11:16:06 PM PDT by LinuxRocks

Sobig.F email work is causing problems!


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: computers; it; lowqualitycrap; microsoft; nolink; operatingsystems; software; technology; unnecessaryexerpt; windows; worm
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Sobig.F, a new variant of a problem email worm, is again causing problems. Servers I manage are getting hit with infected mail clients from Microsoft computers infected with the worm. To quote USA Today: "The new SoBig variant, known more formally as MM/SoBig.F@mm, mainly affects e-mail and Windows network shares. It raids an infected computer's Outlook address book and sends copies of itself as an attachment via e-mail to those listed. If the attachment is opened by the recipient, the worm starts the process again."

I think this one could be big, and everyone needs to take note of this one. It is another Klez virus in the making.

1 posted on 08/19/2003 11:16:06 PM PDT by LinuxRocks
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To: LinuxRocks
Outlook address book

There's your problem. That crappy program is just a virus petri dish.

2 posted on 08/19/2003 11:22:40 PM PDT by Hank Rearden (Dick Gephardt. Before he dicks you.)
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To: LinuxRocks; A Citizen Reporter; ABG(anybody but Gore); Angelwood; arazitjh; b4its2late; backhoe; ...
bttt
3 posted on 08/19/2003 11:23:38 PM PDT by kayak (God bless President Bush, our military, and our nation!)
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4 posted on 08/19/2003 11:25:01 PM PDT by martin_fierro (A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Ping.
5 posted on 08/19/2003 11:25:26 PM PDT by martin_fierro (A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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To: Hank Rearden
Microsoft sucks, period. I hate all of their crappy operating systems and applications. Yet people use their solutions like they are the best thing since sliced bread. I just don't get it. Open Source solutions are way, WAY better I tell you. More usable and more stable, and more thoughtful and secure. Bill Gates and Monkey Boy (aka Steve Ballmer) have got to the wool pulled over the eyes of the world.
6 posted on 08/19/2003 11:26:25 PM PDT by LinuxRocks
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To: Hank Rearden
Im not using Outlook and my inbox has been filled with these emails. My virus is up to date, firewall running and I cant stop them from coming in.
7 posted on 08/19/2003 11:28:36 PM PDT by boxerblues (God Bless the 101st, stay safe, stay alert and watch your backs)
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To: LinuxRocks
glad I stayed up long enough to bump for a morning re-read.
8 posted on 08/19/2003 11:29:22 PM PDT by RightField (the older you get ..... the older "old" is ......)
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To: LinuxRocks
GRRRR. I am truly pissed off. I have spent the last 5 days either patching servers to prevent the stupid damned Blaster bug from getting in or removing the Blaster bug from Microsoft's crappy platforms. Now today...after doing all that I discover that I have a server that's getting hit with infected email clients (out in the wild of the Net) that have Sobig.F. I have THREE MESSAGES A MINUTE from infected email clients on the net trashing up my Inbox...filling virus quarantines on my server, and this fun never ends...because of the way M$ designed their shitty software. I'm so tired I can hardly see straight. The M$ slogan is "Where do you want to go today?" My reply is "I want to leave my computer room and get some sunlight and quit thinking about this. How about that you bastards in Redmond?"
9 posted on 08/19/2003 11:32:54 PM PDT by LinuxRocks
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To: boxerblues
I deleted at least 450 virus-carrying emails yesterday.
10 posted on 08/19/2003 11:33:43 PM PDT by rusty millet
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To: rusty millet
Microsoft SUCKS. They suck the ass of a donkey. They SUCK SUCK SUCK SUCK SUCK. I have dealt with this shit since late last week. They are the reason for this. They SUCK.
11 posted on 08/19/2003 11:35:45 PM PDT by LinuxRocks
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To: rusty millet
How do you stop it short of putting a block on all incoming mail?
12 posted on 08/19/2003 11:39:25 PM PDT by boxerblues (God Bless the 101st, stay safe, stay alert and watch your backs)
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To: LinuxRocks
You need rest.
13 posted on 08/19/2003 11:39:42 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog (And whither then? I cannot say)
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To: LinuxRocks
Yes, I would consider myself a troll at this point, but who wouldn't? This is your brain...this is your brain after working with Blaster for five days and now you've got Sobig choking your server. Sounds like a bad Mardi Gras experience. Too bad it just wasn't that fun.
14 posted on 08/19/2003 11:40:13 PM PDT by LinuxRocks
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To: boxerblues
Got AV filters on my server, problem with that is it quarantines everything, and that will fill up at the rate this is going. A guy just told me that I need a rest. I agree with him. But now I'm obsessed, and this is like some strange Twighlight Zone weird bizarre shit and it's almost funny.
15 posted on 08/19/2003 11:41:54 PM PDT by LinuxRocks
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To: LinuxRocks
Okay, but quit beating around the bush.

Tell us how you really feel.

16 posted on 08/19/2003 11:43:19 PM PDT by technomage
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To: boxerblues
Yeah, you rite. Rust never sleeps, and so it goes in the Big Easy...especially when dealing with sucky Microsoft crap.
17 posted on 08/19/2003 11:43:40 PM PDT by LinuxRocks
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To: technomage
Ok, you asked for it. Microsoft Sucks. There, did I clarify my position on the matter?
18 posted on 08/19/2003 11:44:24 PM PDT by LinuxRocks
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To: LinuxRocks
Oh yeah, I'll add this too. SCO sucks too. Darl McBride is Bill Gate's little pet Pitt Bull.
19 posted on 08/19/2003 11:45:09 PM PDT by LinuxRocks
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To: LinuxRocks
Ken - is that you?

Sorry. You sound just like someone I work with. I guess it's a common opinion.
20 posted on 08/19/2003 11:45:44 PM PDT by Gil4
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