[TheForge] Klez problem

Tue Jul 16 08:28:00 2002

Terry,

Don't tell us, tell Bill Gates!
Better yet, sue HIM for the lost bandwith.

Bill CLemens

"Terry L. Ridder" wrote:

> hello;
>
> i really need to respond to this.
>
> 0. apache is a httpd server, it is not a browser.
> 1. neither linux, or macs running either macos or
>    macos-x are at risk of getting the klez virus.
>    cannot happen, no way, no how.
>
> where linux and macos-x are taking hits is all the
> stupid klez spam being sent out. the mail servers
> are being hammered.
>
> linux and mac users are getting hammered if someone
> who is running a pc with windows has them in their
> address book. the klez virus forges the e-mail headers
> so that it looks like it came from a linux box or
> a mac when in reality it came from a computer running
> windows. currently, the stupid klez virus is eating up
> 18.75 percent of my bandwidth. we are spending way to
> much time tracking down false alarms. the end-users are
> not helping out when they do not forward the virus e-mail
> with full e-mail headers. a forged from e-mail address
> is useless. we need the full e-mail headers in order to
> track down the actual infected computer.
>
> we are really looking at telling end-users that they
> either secure the windows computers or pull them off
> then internet. i have been working on getting a box
> ready to scan outbound e-mail and if the from address
> does not match the headers it is getting flagged and
> dropped. at least it will keep the stupid klez virus
> from spreading out from us.
>
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, [email protected] wrote:
>
> <major snip>
>
> ted>
> ted> By the way you folks out there with Mac and Linux this also
> ted> attacks the Opera, Apache and Mac based browsers!
> ted>
> ted> Ted Jones
> ted>
>
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> Terry L. Ridder ><>
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