On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:19:35 -0800,
"Security " <Security...grc.com> wrote in message
<10402101619.AA53275833...grc.com>:
> Your eMail to Gibson Research Corp. was intercepted by GRC Security...huh?
> The eMail you recently sent to GRC was intercepted by our eMail
> filters.
> It was immediately deleted and *NOT* delivered to its intended
> recipient...is this the _famed_ wintendo "security" site? <looks/> Yes! ;-)
> The most common cause for this is the inclusion of an executable file
> attachment of the sort often propagated by eMail viruses. Because
> these are often dangerous, large, and unintentional, we do not accept
> such eMail...aaaaaha. Some spammer playing games.
Show us security, go _get_ them! ;-)
> If you wish to send us one or more executable files, please
> encapsulate them in a .ZIP archive and send that. ZIP files are
> execution-safe and will be permitted through our incoming eMail
> security...on linux, very wise. On wintendo, I saw advice to the contrary?
This last virus also used ".zip" in the virus code name, no?
..Steve, if you wanna come onboard this list, you'll need to subscribe
first. There are 4 options for each debian list, subscribe, digests (one
biiig XXX mail with say the usual 150-250 mails per day), one-by-one
and ofcourse, unsubscribe. Details in this message's footer.
_No_ zip option yet, AFAIK. ;-) (Zipped digests could be an idea?)
> If you did *NOT* recently send us eMail containing an executable file,
> either your return address was "spoofed" and forged in the eMail we
> received -- thus leading us to believe that the eMail was from you --..see above "aaaaaha." ;-)
> or your personal computer may be infected with some form of Mail virus
> which is sending out viral eMail to everyone in your address book.
> Please be sure to keep your anti-virus and anti-Trojan data files up
> to date...with Linux, the chances of such an audacious infection, would
really be rather small, judging by the track records. ;-)
> The eMail we received, apparently from you, had the subject of:
> hello..sounds _very_ much like the _famed_ wintendo virus, that the SCO Group
had the foresight, or some such, to report to the SEC, as a business
threat, early in the final week of the month of January AD 2004. ;-)
..according to their SEC filing, this virus was supposed to DDOS
www.sco.com off Internet on Feb 1'st thru 12'th, but somehow failed
to uhmmm, elevate latency on sco.com and www2.sco.com on the same
box, and ftp.sco.com, mail.sco.com etc on the same sub net, until they
were reported still online on Groklaw, then these suddenly disappeared,
too, ;-) details over at
http://groklaw.net/ . ;-)
> It was addressed to: steve...grc.com
> Regards,
> GRC Automated Security...I'm pleased to welcome Steve onboard, should he choose to subscribe
now, or later, there is still going to be a lot of "security" generated
business the next couple of years, and then, the wintendo converts
will need to learn about secure computing. Welcome. ;-)
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.
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