From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 28 17:53:49 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from deborah.paradise.net.nz (deborah.paradise.net.nz [203.96.152.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A9FF37B417 for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 17:53:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from ss11232 (203-79-72-40.cable.paradise.net.nz [203.79.72.40]) by deborah.paradise.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 778B0D1DEC; Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:53:42 +1300 (NZDT) From: "Richard Shea" To: Matthew Graybosch Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:52:38 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Yay! A big steaming load of ASCII-turds! Reply-To: rshea@thecubagroup.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <3C064BB6.20873.E369335@localhost> In-reply-to: <200111282003.47571@starbreaker.net> References: <20011129004734.E44B537B419@hub.freebsd.org> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Did you have a question, or is this a new kind of spam? > I think it's the BADTRANS Outlook virus firing off stuff at the mailing list. Details at : http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm.html (bearing in mind the the virus industry has an interest in talking these things up). There are (as usual) fixes to apply to Outlook/IE etc. The most effective one is to de-install Outlook. Sorry to go OT but whilst looking for a summary page regarding BADTRANS on the Microsoft site I came across > Microsoft announces the Strategic Technology Protection Program > (STPP). This two-phase program represents an unprecedented > mobilization of Microsoft's people and resources to integrate product, > services and support. > We will help you get secure right now. Here's how. > > If your business has been affected by a virus-related incident and you > need help, please call 1-866-PC SAFETY in the U.S. (Outside the U.S., > please contact your local Microsoft subsidiary.) > A bit like going back to the doctor who sawed the wrong leg off to have it stitched back on ? Have a nice day. richard shea. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The Cuba Group PO Box 1864 Wellington New Zealand PH +64 4 496 5205 MO +64 21 296 6839 FX +64 4 496 5209 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message