RE: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-31 Thread Christopher X. Candreva
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > How is the resource useage with clamav? I'm tempted to install it, but > the cpus on that server are already pretty stressed just dealing with > spamc (I already offloaded spamd to another box) and everything else it > has to do, and am hesitant to

RE: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-29 Thread up
How is the resource useage with clamav? I'm tempted to install it, but the cpus on that server are already pretty stressed just dealing with spamc (I already offloaded spamd to another box) and everything else it has to do, and am hesitant to add much more... TIA, On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Richard B

RE: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-29 Thread Richard Beyer
Thanks for all the help guys. I've installed clamav and set it to quietly refuse the Novarg virus (rather than trying to bounce all back to non-existent senders), and it seems to be successfully stomping on the beasty. Thanks again - Regards, Richard -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PRO

RE: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-28 Thread Randal, Phil
And data.zip, which ClamAV detected and McAfee didn't. I've forwarded it to NAI. Phil - Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EM

Re: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-28 Thread Frank Pineau
>he only problem so >far is bounces containing the full, original virus message source aren't >caught. Yeah, what's up with that, anyway? What kind of moronic AV scanner bounces an infected attachment instead of removing it? Check out this interesting rant on Attrition.org: http://www.attrit

Re: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-28 Thread Matthew Trent
On Tuesday 27 January 2004 09:43 am, Chris Barnes wrote: > Let me 2nd this - on the server I run for my dept, we have had ZERO > messages get through with this virus. Otoh, I spent 2 hours on the > phone with a dozen or so friends explaining to them how to get this off > of their machines (sometim

Re: * SPAMASSASSIN * Re: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-28 Thread Ralf Vitasek
he? what's going on here?!? repeat after me: "spamassassin is no virusscanner!" virusscanners need to be able to scan attachments, and this is a thing that SA can't do. have a look here http://www.ijs.si/software/amavisd/ and please stop trying to abuse our spam murdering little ninja, ok? :D

* SPAMASSASSIN * Re: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-28 Thread Kai Michael Poppe
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Re: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-28 Thread up
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, John Hall wrote: > This is a list of all the filenames I've seen so far today: > > body.bat > body.exe > body.zip > data.pif > data.scr > doc.zip > document.pif > document.zip > kcmnw.exe > message.scr > message.zip > pqoew.pif > readme.scr > readme.zip > text.e

RE: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-27 Thread up
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Russell Mann wrote: > I got one of these guys yesterday, then ClamAV has stopped them since. If > you're using a QmailScanner setup, it can easily be configured to block > these guys. I configured qmail-scanner to do just that...I'm not sure I want yet another process on the

RE: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-27 Thread Russell Mann
> Christopher X. Candreva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suggest simply installing clamav and additionally passing mail > > through it. Clam runs as a daemon and is actually much faster than > > SpamAssassin. > > > > Clamav was catching Novarg here almost immediately (I have a cron job > > that c

Re: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-27 Thread Matthew Trent
On Tuesday 27 January 2004 09:43 am, Chris Barnes wrote: > Let me 2nd this - on the server I run for my dept, we have had ZERO > messages get through with this virus. Otoh, I spent 2 hours on the > phone with a dozen or so friends explaining to them how to get this off > of their machines (sometim

[SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-27 Thread Chris Barnes
Christopher X. Candreva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suggest simply installing clamav and additionally passing mail > through it. Clam runs as a daemon and is actually much faster than > SpamAssassin. > > Clamav was catching Novarg here almost immediately (I have a cron job > that checks for viru

Re: [SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-27 Thread Brad Hazledine
> > > Could someone help me cobble together a rule quickly to counteract the > > attachments it's using. Something to catch test.zip, readme.zip and > > body.zip (the most common ones it appears to be using at the moment). > If you go to John Hardin's site http://www.impsec.org/email-tools/local

[SAtalk] Re: W32.Novarg.A@mm virus

2004-01-27 Thread John Hall
"Richard Beyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote ... > We're seeing a lot of activity from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] virus > (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[EMAIL PROTECTED] l) > Could someone help me cobble together a rule quickly to counteract the > attachments it's using. Someth