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Notification Emails Cause Virus-like Chaos
News Heiser believes that the auto-notification feature may have worked as an incentive for virus writers to use email spoofing to give their viruses more time to infect users: "[Spoofing] is a preventive mechanism that the virus writers put in partly...
[January 28, 2004, 14:20]
Notification Emails Cause Virus-like Chaos
Talkback On the one hand side, yes, the vast majority of virus emails have a spoofed sender address, hence, the notification will be send to an innocent third person, which will probably rather consider the email as spam than as a helpful hint.
[April 26, 2004, 8:14]
Notification Emails Cause Virus-like Chaos
Talkback How to turn a virus into SPAM! Those that leave this facility on, do so to the virus writers’ pleasure. you do not have a virus! In the same token I cannot send out the global message, "Ignore these messages" because even the possibilty of one...
[January 29, 2004, 10:24]
Notification Emails Cause Virus-like Chaos
Talkback I'm getting more of these return notifications than actual virus emails at the moment by a factor of about 2-1, my email address has been spoofed off my (required) website contact address so I know where they got it from.
[January 29, 2004, 8:41]
Symantec Throttles Automatic Virus-notification 'spam'
News According to Heiser, a TruSecure survey conducted after the MyDoom worm showed that 14 percent of companies had their email perimeter filters configured to send notification emails. Symantec has shown the way for other antivirus firms to finally...
[May 17, 2004, 12:20]
Symantec Throttles Automatic Virus-notification 'spam'
Talkback I am being inundated with spoof e-mails from Mailer Daemon, can I forward them to you for disposal?
[May 17, 2004, 23:00]
Notification Emails Cause Virus-like Chaos
Talkback When I started to get these from the recent attacks, I started sending my own response: Please update your scanner not to send these responses to addresses on emails sent as a result of viruses which are known to spoof the FROM field - you are...
[January 29, 2004, 9:58]
Lovgate Worm Starts To Spread
News This notification message is present in both WORM_LOVGATE.B and WORM_LOVGATE.C, suggesting that both variants have been created by the same virus author. According to Trend Micro, a notification message is sent to two addresses: 54love@fescomail...
[February 24, 2003, 15:49]
MSN Photo Virus Remover
Downloads Version 5.8 added automatic update notification + 2,531 virus detected. This tool removes the Photo Virus Please note, you may need to have an administrator account to completely remove the MSN Viruses.
[April 8, 2008, 21:01]
Fake Microsoft Security Email Hides Malware
News Along with the vulnerabilities posed by the flaws for which Microsoft released patches on Tuesday, users of the software giant's products have a new obstacle to grapple with: a fake notification mailing that looks remarkably legitimate.
[October 15, 2008, 8:36]
SpamExperts Desktop
Downloads SpamExperts is compatible with all IMAP & POP3 e-mail clients, features automatic connection interception and automatic e-mail retrieval and notification, adds self-learning filtering. Global spam engine with SSL support will keep you inbox secure...
[February 5, 2008, 17:46]
Mailtraq
Downloads Instant messaging, remote address book access, and new e-mail notification is provided by the free Mailtraq Assistant utility.Version 2.12.1.2362 complete SSL/TLS server support for SMTP, POP3, IMAP, and Mailing List integration with address books...
[May 15, 2008, 23:01]
Swen Worm Tops Virus Charts
News One of the emails that Swen uses to spread is a professional-looking message that appears to come from "MS Technical Assistance", and contains a notification of a "September 2003, Cumulative Patch", along with the virus attachment.
[September 19, 2003, 15:55]
Is That A Virus, Or A Malfunction?
News The user received an e-mail with an odd attachment and opened it with unexpected results, such as the appearance of odd dialog boxes or a sudden degradation in system performance.There is a double extension on an attachment that the user recently...
[October 28, 2002, 17:03]
'Swen' Worm Poses As Security Patch
News One of the emails Swen uses to spread is a professional-looking message that appears to come from "MS Technical Assistance", and contains a notification of a "September 2003, Cumulative Patch", along with the virus attachment.
[September 18, 2003, 17:50]
New Varieties Of Bagle Should Be Toast
News Trend Micro said that the new offshoot, which it calls Bagle.AZ, is distributed as an email attachment that cloaks itself as a delivery notification or confirmation. Antivirus companies are reporting the spread of a new variant of the mass-mailing...
[January 28, 2005, 7:55]
Trojan Masquerades As Windows Patch
News A fake email message, sent to ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com, purports to be a Microsoft security notification about problems with the Windows operating system. Antivirus company Symantec said the file is not listed in the virus database, so it...
[January 27, 2005, 7:55]
Sober Worm Turns To Paris
News The e-mails carrying them purport to be a message from an e-mail service provider or from support staff providing notification about a changed password or suspended account. It's a minor modification of the "Sober" virus that has flared up several...
[November 23, 2005, 8:45]
How Cooperation Can Beat Viruses
Talkback Once an executable is authorized it can run without any further notification. A mitigating technology that prevents infection from these virus threats is described as an “Executable Authorization Management” technique.
[April 16, 2004, 19:27]
Fee-based Services Considered For MSN
News Calendar Plus, an e-mail event notification and invitation service. Microsoft, apparently serious about turning software into a service, is testing the US waters with a number of new, fee-based MSN services, including virus protection, music...
[March 7, 2001, 13:34]
