Re: [OT] Re: ATTACK TO MY SYSTEM

From: Wakko Warner
Date: Tue Sep 23 2003 - 10:46:30 EST


> First, apologies to all since this is technically offtopic, but there
> does seem to be enough interest in this subject that I'll provide a
> short answer here.

Hate to keep it going, but...

> The problem with the W32.Swen.A@mm worm/virus became severe enough that
> my home account on 56k dialup was almost unusable. I've been getting
> hundreds of these large emails per day for the past several days, and
> the problem seems to be getting worse, not better.

I'm running my own mailserver and it's hard not to accept it. I have
basically done checks in the from and to headers. If it appears as a virus,
i lockout the smtp sender. It's not permenant. When the virus stops, i
unblock every one.

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