Talked to lots of people yesterday whose offices did just about the same thing. Thank god for ICQ and AIM, as it was the only reliable way to communicate with some people yesterday. Our steps were to: 1) Verify the threat 2) Notify users with a rational email note telling them to confirm all attachments with the sender. 3) Patch sendmail appropriately. Seemed to be pretty effective, we only had 2 instances of infection (from users who don't read emails marked IMPORTANT first), and we haven't received anything since.
Our recommendation to users with respect to attachments in email messages is to always confirm with the sender that they intended to send the attachment. Yes, it can cause delays in communication, but better that than loosing files.
Here in D.C., WMAL Radio (630 AM) has been using the Barney theme song as the lead in to ILU virus spots. During one segment, the announcer got an error message about the device being used, and was convinced (only briefly) that he had contracted the virus somehow.
I just wanted to go down to the studio and slap him around.
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Talked to lots of people yesterday whose offices did just about the same thing. Thank god for ICQ and AIM, as it was the only reliable way to communicate with some people yesterday. Our steps were to:
1) Verify the threat
2) Notify users with a rational email note telling them to confirm all attachments with the sender.
3) Patch sendmail appropriately.
Seemed to be pretty effective, we only had 2 instances of infection (from users who don't read emails marked IMPORTANT first), and we haven't received anything since.
Our recommendation to users with respect to attachments in email messages is to always confirm with the sender that they intended to send the attachment. Yes, it can cause delays in communication, but better that than loosing files.
Here in D.C., WMAL Radio (630 AM) has been using the Barney theme song as the lead in to ILU virus spots. During one segment, the announcer got an error message about the device being used, and was convinced (only briefly) that he had contracted the virus somehow.
I just wanted to go down to the studio and slap him around.