On Wednesday, June 09, 2004 6:50 PM [EDT], jef moskot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Popping up a message on the machine with the proper IP number of the > source of the infection sounds useful at best and harmless at > worst...but is it really harmless? Could these popups interrupt > running processes on poorly configured servers and such? > No, under Windows NT/2k/XP/2k3 its a system service called Messenger that handles incoming messages. All it does is popup a rather intrusive but harmless dialog box that doesn't block other activity from continuing. In Win9x/ME you have to be running Winpopup or one of its variants to get the message. Its worth a shot. I will note that people are welcome to contact me offlist to discuss possibly sending the AHBL data on infected hosts, since I can get them added quick. -- Brian Bruns The Summit Open Source Development Group Open Solutions For A Closed World / Anti-Spam Resources http://www.sosdg.org The Abusive Hosts Blocking List http://www.ahbl.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: GNOME Foundation Hackers Unite! GUADEC: The world's #1 Open Source Desktop Event. GNOME Users and Developers European Conference, 28-30th June in Norway http://2004/guadec.org _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
