LMAO! Good done. On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 18:17, RandallM wrote: > > Problem: Down Syndrome Virus (DSV) > Affected devices: Various web, internet, intranet and PC's. > Severity: DOA (Denial of Access). > Author: Ima Notserious > Warnings: Elevated > Fix: At present no available fixes. > > ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > Overview: > > Many users have been reporting various sites to be "down". > This has a wide spread effect and can be found > across the internet and intranets. The DSV has even been > reported to effect PC's and other devices > > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > Details: > > Internet/Intranet: When user clicks on links or types in addresses > browsers hesitate then display 404 messages. > > PC's: When power buttons are used to start PC, expected > operating systems fail to load with various failed messages. > > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > Reason for Elevated Warnings: > > The DSV was elevated do to the infection spreading to a PC. > A researcher found this after visiting one of the reported "down" sites. > After reboot of PC, the PC failed to load. The site in question was > Amazon.COM. > > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > Fix: > > At present researchers are conducting various tests to find out > how the DSV infects, the mechanism used to spread and > what if any fixes are available. It has been reported that the > possible spread is thru port 25. At present some service providers > have begun to test this by blocking the port. > > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > Work around: > > Do not visit any sites on internet or intranets. Do not turn PC's off if you > > have recently visited any sites on the Web. > > > > Advisory by: WorldWideWatchers.Inc > Copyright (c) 2004 WWW.Inc > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html -- Byron Copeland www.virtualondemand.com
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