Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 19:08:35 -0600 From: Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> To: Jason Goddard <jasongoddard@charter.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ALERT!!!!!! Someone on this mailing list is infected with a virus!!!! Message-ID: <200311301908.35671.racerx@makeworld.com> In-Reply-To: <200311301649.21713.jasongoddard@charter.net> References: <200311301649.21713.jasongoddard@charter.net>
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On Sunday 30 November 2003 06:49 pm, Jason Goddard wrote:
> I am wishing to alert everyone that someone on this mailing list
>
> is running a Windows system infected with the Virus I-WORM.SWEN
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> who ever you are please get your system cleaned before you
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> continue infecting other less fortunates.
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> your virus only infects windows systems...so I am not affected by it...
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> and there is no reason to be embarassed either...
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> just check out your system at Trend Micro=B4s Housecall site for free...
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> this was just a heads up to anyone using Windows to veiw this list...
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jason Goddard
Jason,
The sad fact of the matter is simply this - a large percentage of the user=
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base (not this list of course) really could care less if they are infected.=
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From time to time I frequent an IRC newbie help channel on an IRC network =
to=20
lend help. You would not believe the amount of users that either don't know=
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or could care less if they are backdoored, infected, hacked - you name it.
Most of the time these same users are the ones that come running and=20
complaining that they lost a channel password, nick password, or even files=
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from their PC.=20
I will agree, Trend is a good place for newbies to go get the PC scanned, =
and=20
even a nice package to buy and install. But you will continue to get this i=
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users just don't care enough to protect themselves.
If they can't do that - what makes you think they are going to heed your=20
words and help protect yours. =20
In the end, it's up to us to protect ourselves. The lists offer some=20
protection, but they just can't do it all.
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Best regards,
Chris
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