X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FFF9D1B513 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 09:39:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [64.117.224.130]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01391-03 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:39:47 -0300 (ADT) Received: from curry.tmsl.demon.co.uk (tmsl-adsl.demon.co.uk [80.177.114.181]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25F67D1B508 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:39:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: from bacon.tmsl.demon.co.uk (bacon.tmsl.demon.co.uk [192.168.7.102]) by curry.tmsl.demon.co.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h8J9d0a19456 for ; Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:39:01 +0100 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:38:57 +0100 From: Paul Thomas To: "pgsql-sql @ postgresql . org" Subject: Re: virus warning Message-ID: <20030919103857.E1582@bacon> References: <3F6A9F95.9020909@klaster.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <3F6A9F95.9020909@klaster.net>; from jasiek@klaster.net on Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 07:17:57 +0100 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.2.3 Lines: 27 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200309/188 X-Sequence-Number: 15166 On 19/09/2003 07:17 Tomasz Myrta wrote: > Hi > Recently I receive massive mail attack. This attack comes from some > postgresql mailing list users. All send-to adresses are taken from users > mailboxes which contain postgresql posts. Currently I found two kinds of > viruses: > 1. Empty post with "Undelivered message to..." body > 2. Microsoft "Dear Customer... " based on www.microsoft.com design. > Both mails contains some .exe attachement. > > Regards, > Tomasz Myrta So far I've had nearly 150 of these in the last 12 hours or so. Somebody on these lists has a lot of explaining to do! Fortunately my spam filters are up to scratch and I run Linux :) Others may not be so lucky. -- Paul Thomas +------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+ | Thomas Micro Systems Limited | Software Solutions for the Smaller Business | | Computer Consultants | http://www.thomas-micro-systems-ltd.co.uk | +------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+