Author: Günther Simon
Date: 15:20:14 04/27/04
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On April 27, 2004 at 17:55:17, Mridul Muralidharan wrote: >On April 27, 2004 at 16:52:31, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On April 27, 2004 at 16:26:07, Mridul Muralidharan wrote: >> >>>On April 27, 2004 at 15:36:22, Christophe Theron wrote: >>> >>>>On April 27, 2004 at 13:04:14, Peter Skinner wrote: >>>> >>>>>On April 27, 2004 at 09:20:26, Günther Simon wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>"Return-Path: <icd@icdchess.com> >>>>>>Received: from marek.org ([213.173.216.226]) by mailin06.sul.t-online.de" >>>>>> >>>>>>marek.org seems to be a strange site BTW... >>>>>>http://www.marek.org/ >>>>>> >>>>>>Günther >>>>> >>>>>I have recieved the same. Someone on the board probably has ICD Chess in their >>>>>address book, and it is sending to everyone in it. >>>>> >>>>>Just in case I ever do get a worm virus it isn't going anywhere. Just create a >>>>>new contact in your address book with the name 0000, and no email address. It >>>>>stops the virus from proceeding. >>>>> >>>>>Peter. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>I don't see why it would stop a virus from proceeding with the next entry in >>>>your address book. >>>> >>>>Urban legend? Hoax? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Christophe >>> >>>Most of the new "viruses" (more like worms by script kiddies) are horribly buggy >>>and not very well thought out :) >>>If indeed this "0000" solution stops this particular virus - then it points to a >>>bug in it ... looks like not only commercial s/w and chess programs , but >>>viruses also have bugs in them ;) >>> >>>Mridul >> >> >> >>What about: >>1) not opening attachments that end with .pif .com .exe .bat .scr .vbs and so >>on? >>2) using a more secure operating system (Linux comes to mind) >> >>I have been doing 1 for many years and never got infected when I was using >>Windows (and I have received thousands of virii in that period of time). >> >>I'm doing 2 now and have a good laugh at those your_document.pif attached files. >> >>If you believe that creating a 0000 contact in your address book will protect >>you... go ahead... you can also use paper condoms. >> >> >> >> Christophe > >True , prevention is better than cure .... though you cannot implictly assume >that using linux means assured more security than windows (which gives the >impression to be amazingly insecure !) - there are indeed worms , exploits , etc >for linux which can have as much effect on your machine as a virus/worm in >windows : though definitely they are less common and typically require some user >negligence to infect/propogate. > >I have been using windows , solaris and linux for many years now without any >worm/viral infection on my machines .... mails are not the only virus entry >points to your machine , though nowadays it is the most common one. >Using some mail clients which automatically execute macros , etc can also be an >invitation for infections. > >In the above case though , it is someone else who is infected and Günther Simon >got a mail from the infected system ... >I do hope that Peter did some "testing" before arriving at the 0000 solution to >combat this virus ;) >(BTW bloodhound , indicated above, is not a virus name but indicates that >Günther Simon might be using nav and it detected unknown virus) > >Mridul Yes though I use Windows, I was never infected by anything in my life, I just wanted to warn some other users here about possible dangers, as I suspected more CCC people would get that mails. (NAV called it Bloodhound, beneath that I also use a firewall...) Günther
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