Re: BTW Update on SOBIG.F

John A. wrote:

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:59:34 +0100, Alex Gogan <meta (AT) fbi (DOT) ie> wrote:

Just a quick update, not only did or Virus blocking work with little or
no bounces to real email addies, but it is now slowing down.

Each morning when I came in there was on average of 50-70,000 emails
blocked on our servers. This morning it was only 649 (ok could change at
the end of the day)

The total since friday of this puupy stopped on our servers was
1,9345,632 and we are a small hosting player in Ireland. Just imagine

Was that supposed to be 19,345,632 or was the "3", "4", or "5" a typo
resulting from hitting two keys in one stroke?

JA
Hi John

Actually it it should have being 1,945,632 emails.

Brother, the virus only slowed down because it was caught and blovked by
people. People were coming back off their holidays and did not update
their scanning software first. People know better now..... well until
the next virus anyway >:¬}
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Alex Gogan - meta (AT) fbi (DOT) ie
"The pen is mightier than the sword" - Earle Edward George
Bulwer-Lytton
(1803-1873)

On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 14:20:11 +0100, Alex Gogan <meta (AT) fbi (DOT) ie> wrote:

John A. wrote:

On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 09:59:34 +0100, Alex Gogan <meta (AT) fbi (DOT) ie> wrote:

Just a quick update, not only did or Virus blocking work with little or
no bounces to real email addies, but it is now slowing down.

Each morning when I came in there was on average of 50-70,000 emails
blocked on our servers. This morning it was only 649 (ok could change at
the end of the day)

The total since friday of this puupy stopped on our servers was
1,9345,632 and we are a small hosting player in Ireland. Just imagine

Was that supposed to be 19,345,632 or was the "3", "4", or "5" a typo
resulting from hitting two keys in one stroke?

JA
Hi John

Actually it it should have being 1,945,632 emails.

Brother, the virus only slowed down because it was caught and blovked by
people. People were coming back off their holidays and did not update
their scanning software first. People know better now..... well until
the next virus anyway >:¬}

From what I hear, it's actually programmed to slow its own activity,
then do something or other on 9-11.

JA