January 2004 - Posts

Microsoft Consumer Virus Alert - W32/Mydoom@MM

Microsoft Consumer Virus Alert

Why We Are Issuing This Alert

W32/Mydoom@MM spreads through e-mail. This worm can disguise the sender's address, a tactic known as spoofing, and may generate e-mails that appear to have been sent by Microsoft. Many of the addresses Mydoom uses are valid addresses that are being spoofed for malicious purposes.

Mydoom Virus Alert: What to Do

Treat all e-mail attachments with caution, particularly .zip files in the case of this virus, even if they appear to be from a trusted source. Learn what to do about virus infections. http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/mydoom.asp

Complete Information: http://www.microsoft.com/security/antivirus/mydoom.asp

posted Friday, January 30, 2004 8:44 AM by DougSeven

AnitVirus Shizzy

Throughout my life I have always been the guy who says, “I don't use anti-virus software - I hate it.” This has been a useful mantra for me, and to date I hadn't gotten any viruses. Until recently....

I picked up a virus from one of two possible places as I see it:

  1. While de-virusing my sister's laptop something jumped across our network and got me
  2. From one of those HTML-based greeting cards that a friend sent me (as he/she is a techie-geek too)

With that said, I have been trying to get my systems all cleaned up and thought, “Maybe I should use some anti-virus software.”

What do you use for Anti-Virus software - any recomendations?

posted Wednesday, January 07, 2004 7:13 AM by DougSeven with 0 Comments