Re: [PcTech] Recovering XP Pro after Thinkpad hard disk

["Adam Lang" <aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sobig is email based.  My email server has been blocking hundreds a day.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Johnson" <sjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 10:21 AM
Subject: RE: [PcTech] Recovering XP Pro after Thinkpad hard disk


> Who says they have not???  As far as I know msblast looks for a certain
open
> port and gets in thru that way.  Email is not involved.  Not sure how
sobig
> spreads.
>
> I use Yahoo.com and my pc is behind a linksys router and I have never had
a
> problem with viruses. I don't even have virus software.  You have to
realize
> that most of the viruses attack Outlook.  So if you are using a web based
email
> account, you are shielded from most viruses.  As for attachment viruses,
Yahoo,
> scans the attachment when it is downloaded. I would have to guess that MSN
and
> hotmail offer the same service.
>
> -- Scott
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Booth Martin
> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 8:22 AM
> > To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [PcTech] Recovering XP Pro after Thinkpad hard disk
> >
> >
> > I am curious why the msn.com and hotmail customers have had
> > zero problems
> > with msblast or sobig?  How come Microsoft gets it right for
> > them yet blows
> > up the rest of the World??
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > at http://archive.midrange.com/pctech.
>
>
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