Re: [LUG] Virus

[kevin bailey <kevin_bailey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi jon,

i think this sounds like a great idea - just make sure the popup is nice 
and big, the words shouldn't have too many syllables and possibly the 
URL of the patch download site :o)  also, penguin icon - plug for linux etc.

Jon Lawrence wrote:

> Speaking of viruses, Nimda/code red etc are really beginning to get on my
> nerves.
> These damn people who run IIS and don't patch it are driving my web logs
> crazy. My var partition isn't massive and it's come close to filling up on a
> few occaisions - obviously this would have cripple my server.
>
> question:
> As these viruses are requesting something from my web server, if my sever
> served say a file called nimba.ida would I be right in saying that this
> would be perfectly legal.
> I have a script (untested at present) which would cause a popup window on
> IIS servers saying that they had a virus.
> I know that code red leaves a huge backdoor on systems that it's infected
> and I'm starting to get to the point where I'll take advantage of it and
> start leaving some nasty messages for incompetent administrators.
>
> Regards,
> Jon Lawrence
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Mepham" <j.mepham@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 9:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [LUG] Virus
>
>
> > So you thought you'd contact the group and let everyone else have it !!
> >
> > well cheers then!!
> >
> >
> > On Friday 11 January 2002  1:18 pm, you wrote:
> >
> > > There's a possibility that I might be infected with a virus that's
> sending
>
> > > itself out.
> > >
> > > It's a Windows virus. W95/Nimda.A@xx
> > >
> > > Sorry everyone
> > >
> > > Matt
> > >
> > >
> > >
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