I get 5 emails a day with titles like:
"You have got a trogen"
"You are an idiot"

And all have an attachment and they are all over 100kb in size.
I must be on someone's black list.


BlazeME: Flameus Muchus n00bus

youre on the right track, matt. its Novarg/myDoom and its a mass-mailing worm that is supposed to initiate a DoS attack on www.sco.com starting Feb 1st. Sco are a Unix company that are currently trying to charge Linux users a licence fee as part of a desperate attempt to saty in business, Esq had a thread about it recently. i don't think it's too hard to figure out what's behind this worm..

@Matt8705: The worm is called "Worm SCO. A", and a second one is called "Worm SOB". The second on is for "Worm So Big". Damn viruses...

Hello there, I think you will find that its not their email boxes that have the worm at all. I have scanned, and continue to scan, my email and rest of my comp every single day (yes, the scan is actually online, and is updated daily). I have NOT got anything.

However, i am receiving mailer daemon replies about failed emails sent by me. The virus is "masking" addresses to put it mildly. They are getting sent from ELSEWHERE but masked as sent by me. That is why they are getting returned to me.

So - everyone, GET SCANNING!!! lol. Do your bit!
And with some helpful peices below - you have NO EXCUSE!!!

http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/

http://www.free-av.com and it is called AntiVir

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A spiffy program is being offered by E Trust call EZ armor. Go to the Microsoft update page and click on there three steps to protect your computer and on the anti-virus page you will find a linl to etrust. What is cool is the link allows you to try the software free with full support for a full year. The software itself is a suite of products that includes a anti-virus, email protecter, firewall and cast iron popup blocker all in one easy to use and customize package. I have been using it for about a month now and it is sweet. Besides free for a year is hard to beat

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Just cause your not receiving the mails, DOESN'T mean that your not infected. I scan every morning whilst in the shower - so get to it people!

SCO, the intended target of MYDOOM announced today that it was indeed inundated by e-mails and its server was overwhelmed and forced down. They advise that they will have everything back to sorts tomorrow.

They've posted a $250,000 bounty for the identity of the author. Microsoft also has issued a $250,000 bounty.

Don't know whether SCO really has a copyright case against the Linux community but I hope they don't.

hehe Gotta love have 5 compelte firewalls
The hotmail Firewall
Microsoft firewall
Router firewall
My Firewall
Cable Firewall

Damn and only 1 of them even tells me what it is......


When the Going's get Tough, The Tough get a bigger Battleboat.
"Shotglass moments before the Tiger's claw blew up"

i created the virus! victory is mine! you'll never take me alive!

yeah, and im a little poodle

- Wolf_Demon - aka wolfy, wolf, king of odd, king of spam, and twonk

I got several e-mails with attachments from unknown addresses with .edu.sth extensions. Good thing Yahoo and Hotmail have virus scan. ... and the only PC that can be infected is not mine (I'm using one at my work)

It's better to be a worldwide known drunkard than an anonymous alcoholic!

Did I just hear a confession, Arc? because don't think I won't turn you over for the half a million dollar reward money

its really 500 gs?

- Wolf_Demon - aka wolfy, wolf, king of odd, king of spam, and twonk

Well, I know that it is $320,000 AUD if that helps .

Hi Wolfy,

See my prior post. If you add the two together, yes, its $500K.


Bad things are good
in Bizzaro World