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#150864 - 08/22/03 05:52 AM Recieved 40 Email Virus through last night
Graham UK Offline
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Registered: 01/20/01
Posts: 1925
Loc: Lincolnshire UK
I had 40 Virus emails during the night. All relate to a worm by the name W32.Sobig.F@mm Once you get the virus it repeats itself to everyone in your email address book.
Thankfully Norton Antivirus Quantised each email virus, so I am clean.

(Norton) www.symantic.com has a download patch to eliminate this virus if found.

Also anyone interested take a look at this FREE program from www.mailwasher.net It enables you to check your mail before downloading. If you think its a virus you can bounce it back to the sender.

Graham UK

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#150865 - 08/22/03 06:19 AM Re: Recieved 40 Email Virus through last night
Pilot Offline
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Registered: 11/14/02
Posts: 328
Loc: Ontario,Canada
Mailwasher is a great program. Been using it for months. Since most of my email is spam it does a grand job of removing it from the server without having to download it.

Bryan

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#150866 - 08/22/03 09:10 AM Re: Recieved 40 Email Virus through last night
The Pro Offline
Senior Member

Registered: 07/09/02
Posts: 1087
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
I am working with people today who are experiencing the "SoBig hangover". For those who had the virus and removed it, today they are getting dozens of bounced email messages from servers that either detected the virus and refused to send the email through or for email addresses that are not valid. The question of the day is "What's going on? I didn't send any email to Australia!"
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