No file attached?? David Bell -----Original Message----- From: r-devel@r-project.org [mailto:r-devel@r-project.org] Sent: 02 June 2003 13:31 To: BELL David J Subject: Approved Please see the attached file.
Approved
3 messages · BELL David J, Peter Dalgaard, (Ted Harding)
"BELL David J" <D.Bell@staffs.ac.uk> writes:
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Fairly well-known virus behaviour, but did you really get it from r-devel? (check headers for stat.math.ethz.ch)
David Bell -----Original Message----- From: r-devel@r-project.org [mailto:r-devel@r-project.org] Sent: 02 June 2003 13:31 To: BELL David J Subject: Approved Please see the attached file.
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On 02-Jun-03 Peter Dalgaard BSA wrote [to r-devel]:
"BELL David J" <D.Bell@staffs.ac.uk> writes:
No file attached??
Fairly well-known virus behaviour, but did you really get it from r-devel? (check headers for stat.math.ethz.ch)
There seem to be no instances of the actual virus-laden message in either the r-devel or r-help archives. This is a new variant (SoBig.C) of the SoBig virus which started going the rounds a few weeks ago. That one was always "from" support@microsoft.com, and it picked random "To:" address from the user's [Windows] system. The new one does much the same, but this time it also picks a random address to mail "from". Hence those of you out there who subscribe to r-help or r-devel and have been infected will from time to time send a virus attachment as if "from" r-help or r-devel. When this hits a site that spots the virus and bounces back an error message, the latter will be sent to the apparent sender and so we will all get it -- without the attachment if the site has done its job. This new variant has been out since 31 May, and is not picked up by virus-screening software capable of detecting the earlier version. Only signature files updated since 31 May can do this, so you have to update your virus signature files. (Or migrate to Linux). Best wishes to all, Ted. [PS the word is that this latest variant will expire on 8 June]