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Dx431
| | Posted on Friday, August 29, 2003 - 11:41 am: | 
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I am sure you all have heard about the W32.Sobig, virus.
W32.Sobig is a mass-mailing, network-aware worm that sends itself to all the email addresses it finds in certain files on your PC."
I have been getting this virus daily now. I do have an anti virus program and my isp has a mailing filter with a virus program which filters out the junk and any potential viruses before it reaches my in box.
I have neen getting 30-40 of these a day. It's really a nuasance.
If you haven't already, you should update your antivurus definitions and apply any and all patches available.
You can get more information on this virus and and many others at:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html?prodid=nav2003
Have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend.
431
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Allagator
| | Posted on Friday, August 29, 2003 - 6:45 pm: |
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Hey DX431 dont feel bad yesterday i got 30 and today i got 50 man this thing is bugging me LOL !!!! Its a good thing i up dated my Norton
Allagator |
Taz
| | Posted on Friday, August 29, 2003 - 8:06 pm: |
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If you use linux you dont have that problem. |
applejack
| | Posted on Friday, August 29, 2003 - 9:32 pm: |
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jeeze everything i know about computers wouldn't fill a matchbook. when i got the worm i put up a firewall and went to the website for the tool to whatever and followed all the directions for the patch but was never able to download it for some reason. so i gave up. i was online with it last weekend for about 3 hrs and it only shut off once. as far as the email thing i haven't used the computer since last weekend so i dont know. thats what i like about webtv. its immune to those problems. |
Taz
| | Posted on Friday, August 29, 2003 - 10:11 pm: |
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Applejack. You obviously use XP.
XP has a built in firewall for blocking ports used by netbios, 135-139.
Taz |
Dx431
| | Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2003 - 1:14 am: |
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Taz, as soon as i get a new hard drive for my other machine I will be installing Linux. |
bruce
| | Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2003 - 8:43 am: |
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you know i never have these problems on my comodore 64 |
Czar
| | Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2003 - 6:47 pm: |
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I have one better Bruce,I never had these problems with my old Timex computer either,LOL |
bruce
| | Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2003 - 8:26 pm: |
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czar I HAD one and from ZBERA electronics i had the keyboard that under it you mounted the cpu the 16 K expand module it also had a power supply nice little machine for 1982. The later ones were Timex/Sinclare |
Taz
| | Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2003 - 9:03 pm: |
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I never have these problems with my computer. You should have read microsofts release notes with it.
Besides 431, your firewall should be blocking those ports, and so should your isp.
Your ISP is in violation of homeland security's new security act. |
applejack
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 9:37 pm: |
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taz netbios 135-139 HUH? but i did enable the firewall, and re-upped the sub for norton anti virus (after the worm) |
Taz
| | Posted on Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 1:00 am: |
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Yes sir applejack,
As a matter of fact, ALL ISP MUST BLOCK those ports as the Homeland Security said so about a month ago.
If you want, try zonealarms free firewall. Its excellent. |
Crafter
| | Posted on Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 3:49 pm: |
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You know I havnt got not one in my outlook mailbox nor my yahoo, Guess I been lucky. |
