Re: [cobalt-security] New iloveyou virus

[Theodore Jones <theoj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,

Thanks for your counsel.  Yah, you're probably right that it's only a worry of MS
systems, but it never hurts to be paranoid!.... Just wanted to make sure the Cobalt
RaQ3 mail daemon wasn't vulnerable.  I've heard reports that it can attack actual
mail-servers as well as those dumb enough to open it in their mail unscanned...

~ T

Jeff Lasman wrote:

> In another thread, Theodore Jones wrote:
>
> > PS:  anyone have any prudent advice about this new "love" virus... seems to be,
> > an outlook only weekness...?
>
> Please start new threads for important new topics, Theodore.
>
> There's been a lot of talk on the virus on several lists to which I
> subscribe; I've decided to do nothing about it, we don't censor mail
> based on content, at least not at the moment.
>
> We leave it up to users to fix their systems if they're broke <wry
> grin>.
>
> Do the Cobalt systems use procmail by default?  If so I'll post some
> procmail fixes to trash the virus.  If not, I can post some sendmail
> rules.
>
> Like most virii, it only seems to affect MS products.
>
> Jeff
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