[dba-Tech] Security measures

Hi Arthur

This is a non-English language area. No domestic people address me in
English, and the sender address I didn't know.

The attached file was a pif file with a stupid filename which no one
would send me just like that - not even William would send me a
"w.i.c.k.e.d screensaver". Further, that e-mail didn't contain any
message except a small sentence and with no signature. Under those
circumstances you have to be plain stupid to run the attached file. I
don't use Outlook so it is safe for me to view any e-mail.

For fun I saved the attached file on my desktop for the AV scanner to
tell me which virus it contained. That was a surprise because it
didn't. And it took three hours before McAffee had a definition file
available ... 

We know have changed our recommended policy for updating intervals of
AV signature definition files to one hour for servers and one day for
workstations.

/gustav


> Date: 2003-08-27 15:17

> How did you catch it by eye?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 2:47 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Security measures

> However, the Sobig we caught by eye and manually had to retrieve
> updated definitions as the antivirus suppliers were left behind the
> incredible speed of spreading of Sobig.