First, I am sorry that I passes this worm on to the list.  Fact of the
matter is that I got it from our corporate offices.

This episode is just another example of why gateway security is so
important.  This should not be taken lightly.  Thanks to Greg, I passed his
observations along to Corp.

Second, Thank you all for your patents.  I'll try not to let it happen
again.

Ron Horner
HP3000 Systems Administrator
JCPenney Logistics
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----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 2:54 PM
Subject: Re: OT: The W32.MYPARTY@MM Worm


> X-no-Archive:yes
> I'm sure there are other reasons to not keep a personal address book
(PAB).
> For instance, I believe that newer versions of Outlook allow one to do
with
> their contact list everything that PABS did, such as setup one's own
> distribution lists. But not using a PAB for fear of viruses does strike me
> as overly cautious. I would recommend keeping one's AV scanner and
> definitions file current, as well as keeping Windows and Office patched,
for
> those of us who use them, which is probably the majority of us.
>
> I enjoyed having a look at how our systems handled this copy of the virus,
> and shared with Ron some observations that I hope will prove useful. If
so,
> I hope he will share with the list the results of what he sees. A
co-worker
> also got a copy from an acquaintance, and it was handled by differently,
but
> just as safely.
>
> As for the apparent link, www.myparty.yahoo.com, that is an artifact of
the
> attachment. It was the name of the attachment, not an actual link. But
taken
> as a URL, that address now redirects to
>
<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020128/ts_nm/tech_mypar
> ty_worm_dc_3>, which is a Yahoo! News article, "New Email Worm 'My Party'
> Surfaces, Begins to Grow". That was decent of the folks at Yahoo, to
handle
> it thus.
>
> Besides the original message, this makes the seventh post to discuss the
> original message, for those who are counting.
>
> Greg Stigers
> http://www.cgiusa.com
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