[linux-help] Re: Nor my system! Re: Virus found in your message Thank you!

[ironrose <ironrose@xxxxxxx>]

I don't think that the SoBig virus has any effect on linux systems.  For 
those of us who use linux to get our email, we should be safe.  It adds 
some extra motivation to switch to linux.  Good luck with windoze and I 
am very glad that I have alternate computers with an alternate OS that I 
can surf the internet with.

My mozilla is crashing frequently since I upgraded to RedHat 9 and it 
may be because I have ~120 unread messages.  I keep trying to read the 
messages and it is crashing just about everytime I try to delete some 
emails.  I have to delete the emails one at a time and after about 5 
that I delete, moxilla crashes again.  Everytime it crashes, then I get 
another duplicate of the emails and is compounding the problem.  Mozilla 
apparently doesn't like being constipated with emails.  No OS is immune 
to problems, but at least mine is an email problem and not crashing the 
OS.  ~Anne

David E Carmichael wrote:

>To All:
>
>I use Norton AV with email scanning to catch any virus..
>
>If you know how the "SOBIG" viruses work.. they randomly choose a
>name from the users address book and then sends out emails as if
>that user was the sender.
>
>After getting the below message I made sure that I had the latest
>version of NortnAV and rescanned my system.
>
>Please make sure that you have your Antivirus up to date and that
>your system is not infected!!
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <firewallteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:20 PM
>Subject: Virus found in your message Thank you!
>
>
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>
>>A malicious mobile code (virus) has been detected in your mail.
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>This could
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>>mean that your computer is infected.
>>The mail you sent has not been delivered.
>>The virus is known as Scenarios/Incoming/Accept mail:
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>'Selected'.
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>>Scenarios/Incoming/Incoming Virus: A virus has been detected:
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>'W32/Sobig-F'.
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>>Scenarios/Incoming/Virus file *.PIF found: A filename matching
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>the file mask was detected: 'your_document.pif'.
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>>This event has been logged and reported to our administrators.
>>Contact your local staff for info about cleaning your system.
>>
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