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January
28-04 (8:01 AM CST)
Temporary
BAN on all .Zip attachments continues.
We have seen no signs of this latest round of
.zip viruses slowing down, as to date are blocking
about 1500/hr. We will continue the temporary ban
on .zip files for the time being. If you have any
questions, or concerns, please email us at
support@mia.net
January
27-04 (8:01 AM CST)
Temporary
BAN on all .Zip attachments)
We have instituted a temporary ban on the
receipt of .zip attachments. After the latest rash
of Microsoft Viruses, we have had no other choice
but to ban all .zip files. We tried to write
several filters to try to combat the various
variants of .zip virus attachments only to find
that the virus names change at will. For the time
being the best way to protect our customer base
from the spread and damage of this virus is to ban
.zip attachments. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.
You can of course send your attachments, or
instruct your sender to send you attachments as
.gzip. If you are using Linux, BSD, Mac or MacOSX,
there is no threat from this virus. .sit files can
still be sent and received. Again, sending files as
.gzip is the best method for sending compressed
files under the Windows platform.
Once we are confident that this virus threat is
over, or we are able to create a filter that
negates the need for banning .zip files, we will of
course pull the ban. In the mean time, please use
.gzip.
January
26-04 (1:22 PM CST)
VIRUS ALERT
(Temporary BAN on all .Zip attachments)
There is a new Virus floating around on the net
it is named "Mimail.r - W32/Mydoom - W32.Novarg.A"
It appears to be another DOS/SPAM Zombie. We
believe that "Mydoom" opens a connection on TCP
port 3127, an indication of a remote access
component. We have temporarily blocked all .Zip
attachment as this virus is sent as a .Zip in many
cases. Some of the names of the file that is
attached are:
"Body.Zip" and "MyPhotos.zip" More information
is available from Symantec Online here:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.novarg.a@mm.html
The Temporary BAN on all .Zip Files will remain
in affect indefinitely.
If you need help removing the virus, if you
downloaded it, please send us an email at
support@mia.net
January
19-04 (6:27 AM CST)
VIRUS HOAX
ALERT PART 2
There is another internet hoax being emailed to
Mia.Net users that again, claims to have caught a
virus. The message has "VIRUS ALERT" in large
letters at the top and claims to come from the
"mia.net Billing Department". This hoax appears to
be the same as the "mia.net virus department" email
mentioned on 1/18/04. It again, asks you to click
on a link and then tries to download a file to your
computer. Do not do as this message asks. The file
itself is a virus. If you have already downloaded
this file, we suggest you again, update your anti
virus software and scan your machine. We have
written new filters to block this email and are
specifically targeting the subject and body
contents. As mentioned previously, WE WILL NOT PULL
THIS FILTER FOR ANY REASON WHAT SO EVER.
As always, if you need help removing the virus,
if you downloaded it, please send us an email at
support@mia.net
January
18-04 (8:35 AM CST)
VIRUS HOAX
ALERT
There is a new internet hoax being emailed to
users that claims to have caught a virus. The
message has "VIRUS ALERT" in large letters at the
top and claims to come from the mia.net virus
department. This hoax asks you to click on a link
and then tries to download a file to your computer.
Do not do this! The file itself could be a virus or
other security threat. If you have already
downloaded this file update your anti virus
software and scan your machine. We have written new
filters to block this email and are specifically
targeting the subject and body contents. WE WILL
NOT PULL THIS FILTER FOR ANY REASON WHAT SO EVER.
If it causes false positives, then it causes false
positives.
If you need help removing the virus, if you
downloaded it, please send us an email at
support@mia.net
January
1-04 (12:00 AM CST)
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