[lug] N00b: Security Warning Fun

[The Matt]

On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 13:27, Ryan Wheaton wrote:
> I've noticed an unsual high amount of spam coming through as well.  Some 
> with this subject, some with others, but all with a .pif attachment.  My 
> firewall filters out .pif's so i'm not too concerned, but it's driving my 
> users crazy (sometimes, emails come once a minute or so).  Anyone else seen 
> this or have an explanation??

It is Sobig.F:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sobig.f@mm.html

Whee!
-- 
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all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good
and crazy, ooh ooh ooh, the sky's the limit!" -- The Tick
  The Matt -- http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~thompsma/
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