Re: Virus! [Moderator's message]

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Piotr Gasiorowski" wrote:

> I have received complaints from various places concerning
> virus-infected email purportedly circulated via Cybalist.
> It's the notorious Sobig.F worm, which spoofs the "From:"
> field and tries to send copies of itself to addresses stolen
> from the address book of an already infected machine [...]
> It seems that at least one Cybalist member has the virus.

It is possible, but it is not necessary. It is enough that
cybalist e-mail address is to be found in someone's mailbox
(not member of cybalist) or somewhere in his files: Sobig.F
can pick it and use it in the "From:" field. Agreed, most
users having cybalist address on their HDD are its' members.

> I'd like to ask all those who aren't running updated good
> quality antivirus software to read the description of the
> virus and take elementary precautions a.s.a.p.

... like upgrading to a true OS, also virus-free: linux. :-)

Regards,
Marius Iacomi