Worm probes

Bill Larson blarson at compu.net
Tue Sep 18 16:49:29 UTC 2001


I protected against readme.exe specifically several weeks ago. I also
proactively filter all incoming emails for executable attachments.

[Begin sample]
Regarding your message to
x msgid=<x at x.x.net>

You are receiving this message due to the fact a possible email attack was
detected passing through our mail servers
from you. This was probally due to a file attachment. As many of these
attachements can run on their own we only allow harmless file types to be
sent. If you wish to send this file anyway please use a compression program.
If you have further questions please do not hesitate to give me a call at
the number below.

Bill Larson blarson at compu.net
Network Administrator
[Phone numbers here]

REPORT: Trapped poisoned executable "readme.exe"
REPORT: Not a document, or already poisoned by filename. Not scanned for
macros.
STATUS: Message quarantined, not delivered to recipient.

--
Message sanitized on ns1.compu.net
See http://www.impsec.org/email-tools/procmail-security.html for details.
[End sample]

Hopefully the notification does some good.




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