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

[ironrose <ironrose@xxxxxxx>]

I will check into that and I will see if I can get all of my current 
emails that I am saving over to Evolution.  Thanks.  ~Anne

Jeremy Johnstone wrote:

>Try switching to Ximian Evolution. You won't regret it!
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>Jeremy
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>On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 17:38, ironrose wrote:
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>>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
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>>David E Carmichael wrote:
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>>>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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