Is your inbox filling up with mydoom virus emails?

[theavonlady 2]

This is crazy! I was just seeing the demise of that last major virus, where you're told that Microsoft would love to give you a security patch.

Now this timewaster starts coming in droves!

Spam-Sent MyDoom Worm Threat to PC Users

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A new computer worm called MyDoom, which is spreading across the Internet via spam, can potentially allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to personal computers, security experts said on Monday.

The new worm, also dubbed Novarg or Shimgapi, doesn't take advantage of any software flaws or vulnerabilities, but rather is designed to entice recipients of an e-mail to open an attached file and run programs contained in the attachment.

[WhoCares 0]

For some reason I almost voted the last one, esp. because I sit at the office right now.

No, not a single one received yet.

[theavonlady 2]

Unless your a sysadmin, you'll likely not see these at work.

Since one of the things I do at work is manage email accounts, I'm getting ridiculous amounts of these in. That includes my AvonLady.org accounts.

Norton AV is intercepting all of them and none have been sent out from here.

But the amounts coming in are absurd.

[WhoCares 0]

I knew, there must be some use for those Admins  

They actually informed as about another worm attack they managed to block this morning, mimail.r.

Just read, this is the same worm...

[havocsquad 0]

Bah, I got my foolproof method of keeping myself safe from worms, viruses, and security holes.  It's the new and improving security device called "broke ass poor protection", by Hobos Incorporated.  

If can't afford internet at home, dead air insulating your PC from the internet is a sure protection against those nice worms that wreck havoc on your internet and other Windows XP functions.  You can get virses and some other worms from programs brought home, but it's much more difficult for them to enter when you scan everything at both locations before it touches your PC.

If that fails, I got my Minigun waiting right in the closet if the bugs start mutating migrating into real life like the bird flu went from birds to humans.  If they do try to march out of my PC, da SOB's won't make it outta the monitor, neither will my PC either with 7.62mm splattering everywhere....    

[Postduifje 0]

Haven't seen any virus nor bugs comming out of my pc

[Supah 0]

Haven't seen any virus nor bugs comming out of my pc  

Me neither, i did once have to pull a kitten out of it that was being a bit to curious Does that count?

[der bastler 0]

Well, my student account inbox received no worm mails today, but the university's mail server does a good job on filtering this stuff.

Anyway, I love my Sylpheed-Claws (branch of Sylpheed).

(read my signature... )

[buggs 0]

I've just loged in to my account and i  had 21 new emails, 9 had viruses. all intercepted by Norton.......

I usually get one every two months or so.

[toadlife 3]

Here at work we block executable extensions outright and scan all attachments at the server level, but when this outbreak started, we just added 'zip' to the list of blocked extensions temporairly. Problem solved.

[kegetys 2]

I get a few per hour, so not as much (yet) as with some similar worms in the past.

[Placebo 29]

Haven't received any and I use Mailwasher to clean all the spam crap out of my Emails before I download the remaining proper Emails

[SKULLS_Viper 0]

None.Zero.Natta.

[ralphwiggum 6]

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A new computer worm called MyDoom, which is spreading across the Internet via spam

for safety of BIS forum members, i now will temporarily PR our king(or rather queen) of spam, Avon.

[theavonlady 2]

for safety of BIS forum members, i now will temporarily PR our king(or rather queen) of spam, Avon.

Wow! That was real temporary!

[Bordoy 0]

It was so temporary that he couldn't be arsed to press the ban button (or whatever it's called).

dam it the spam is spreading to my fingers, stop me please.

[theavonlady 2]

So far, my virus report says that the accounts I'm in charge of have received a total of 70 of these today!

[Apollo 0]

Well i did some course on system and network administration and have worked in multiple company's as as pc support so i understand Avon's gripe.Though i'm not the administrator at our office ,i only do pc support (making and loading immage files ,making backups ,checking cable connections and printers etc. ) ,the servers and the firrewall isn't my responsibilety. (thank god)

Never had a virus on my home computer ,although multiple came in by spam.But i'm not that inclined to open spam mails let alone their attachments.

[denoir 0]

Nada. Zip. Nothing. My mail server has a protection system that is so paranoid and evil that it makes the Spanish Inquisition look like a fluffy pink bunny and it's security is as impenetrable as a pair of medieval armored underpants.

[theavonlady 2]

Nada. Zip. Nothing. My mail server has a protection system that is so paranoid and evil that it makes the Spanish Inquisition look like a fluffy pink bunny

edit: More accurate comfy chair portrayal:

[Placebo 29]

Oooh looks like I got my first one,

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[theavonlady 2]

Think I should download the attachment?

No need to. Just doubleclick on it.

[Placebo 29]

Too late I deleted it from the mail server before it got anywhere near me, gotta love MailWasher

[Harnu 0]

The only spam mail I get is the <Insert title here, usually some free medicinal drug> followed by zxcgdfr... And so on. None of these viruses yet though.

[m21man 0]

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