Sobig-F Overruns Networks, Email Traffic

[Baddog]

Sobig-F Overruns Networks, Email Traffic
August 20, 2003
By Sharon Gaudin


The latest variant of the Sobig worm is hammering corporate networks, crashing email servers, staggering Internet traffic and accounting for 70 percent of all email today, according to security analysts.

They also say Sobig-F, which was first detected Monday afternoon, is topping off what is being called the worst worm week in history.

"This is unbelievable," says Steve Sundermeier, vice president of products and services at Central Command Inc., an anti-virus company based in Medina, Ohio. ''We have never seen this sort of activity before... Sobig-F is causing substantial impact on business right now. Almost three out of every four messages will be Sobig or it will be a failed delivery message generated by Sobig.''
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/secu/article.php/3066311

[omendata]

Yep pretty bad - on par with Kournikova.
With RPC bug is making things even worse.

Shucks my virus checker never has been taxed until this week....

[dajogejr]

Symantec Corporate Antivirus.

Administrator's dream...

Nuff said:D

[omendata]

mcafee

though norton is tops

[dajogejr]

Think so?
ON a few of my customers (home users) with new Dells, they of course have a free year of MacAffee....

Maybe it's not setup properly...but, I just don't like it as much as Norton...
Too possesive of the machine, I've found.

I was talking Norton for a Domain, anyways...it's the best I've seen!

[Braiii]

I've shut down 50 e-mail accounts and two e-mail servers to combat this and let the dang thing pass...i was getting an infected e-mail about once a minute for a good two days!

The mail servers will probably stay down until sunday, but vacationers will just create a new wave when they get back to their desks on monday.

Gaaah!!!

- Rob :mad:

[omendata]

No substitute for a good systems admin eh
:D

A well configured system shouldnt need shut down.
Virus infections never pass they just become less of a hassle
but it will still be there on Monday!!!

Thats what you get for accepting default settings?
:eek:
:D

[dajogejr]

Originally posted by omendata


Thats what you get for accepting default settings?
:eek:
:D


True...very true Omen!

I've been getting a couple of users here complaining about too many emails...but, whatcha gonna do?

[csamuels]

Originally posted by dajogejr



True...very true Omen!

I've been getting a couple of users here complaining about too many emails...but, whatcha gonna do?

setup a rule to delete certain messages with certain subjects off the server

[dajogejr]

I would...but we're not Exchange here.
This place is old school..using MCI as our POP email provider.

Exchange server coming down the pipe...though.

[omendata]

It'll need to be a fat pipe remember!!!
:D
:t
So many poor sysadmins.
http://www.thisismoney.com/20030822/nm66900_s.html?ito=1453&itc=0

[cdroman]

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030822S0012

[omendata]

The new virus is touted as 11 sept - due to the fact the worm terminates itself on sept 10???

duh?
i wonder why"""

chinese muslim extremists - whatever next!!!
:p
:D

[dajogejr]

We've got a fat pipe...for sure.
And...hardly even putting it to use...most users are on the old school theory "Internet is bad for the workplace"

I try...but to no avail, to tell them that the Net is a source of great information and tools..

Oh well...more bandwidth for me:D

[omendata]

yeah im on a 1gb link - its so fast its boring......
zzzzzzzz

wish i had a fat 'pipe'
so does the gurlfriend.....zzzzzzz