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Re: Brace yourselves.. W32/Sobig-F about to mutate...

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Fri Aug 22 14:55:47 2003

To: Fergie <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:41:02 -0000."
             <20030822.114147.23740.24469@webmail12.lax.untd.com> 
From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 14:48:58 -0400
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On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 18:41:02 -0000, Fergie said:

> Thanks for the heads-up, which is (in my opinion) the appropriate
> response -- anything resembling panic, scare tactics, or a
> "Charlie Foxtrot", would only contribute to the problem.

I just mentioned it so we'd all know, in case the next part does
something network-unfriendly a la Nachi.  No need to panic,
just everybody keep an eye open starting in (ummm) 14 mins or so. ;)

/Valdis (who wishes all malware came with such a firm ship date.  Hell,
my *vendors* won't commit to such a firm ship date... ;)

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