Re: Take a look at security update for Microsoft Internet Explorer

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 21:15:37 GMT, Brent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Snowmane wrote:
>
>> Watch out for this!!!! It appears to be the SWEN (sp) worm that has been 
>> going around. I get about 15 to 20 e-mails a day in my hotmail box with 
>> some type of this thing. DON'T OPEN IT or RUN THE FILE IT RECOMENDS. 
>> Check the various sites for the security updates!!!
>> 
>> Snowmane
>> 
>
>I'm getting about 250 per day trapped in my spam blocker.  Problem is 
>it's filling up my email folder and the ISP keeps threatening to disable 
>my email.

Set your mail program to automatically pull mail every few minutes,
then leave it running in background.  That will keep your mailbox from
filling up.  This new attack is actually a DDOS because it uses an old
exploit that most PCs are immune to now.  The volume is high because
the PCs that aren't updated and are infected are spewing these out by
the hundreds per hour.   The writer wasn't expecting to infect many
PCs, just jam the servers with the sheer volume.  
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