Re: Good Advice Re: Anti-Virus Companies had a Virus Update Almost Immediately for MyDoom

[lennons () comcast net]

Tom:

I guess I run more on the paranoid side.  My Trend server does an 
hourly check.  Whether I need it or not.  Gives me a much narrower 
window of opportunity for something to get through.  It also allows 
us to update the clients as soon as they start showing up on the 
Network.

steve

lennons at comcast.net





From:                   "Tom Milliner" <milliner () gdar org>
To:                     "'Bruce Martins'" <BMartins () extend COM>,
        "'Tom Milliner'" <tom.milliner () verizon net>, <beleguese () yahoo com>,
        <incidents () securityfocus com>,
        "'Ivan Coric'" <ivan.coric () workcoverqld com au>
Subject:                Good Advice Re: Anti-Virus Companies had a Virus Update Almost Immediately for MyDoom
Date sent:              Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:55:41 -0600

> The advice/suggestion below would have helped me if
> I had thought to look for the immediate update provided
> by our anti-virus company (and I assume other companies
> had interim updates as well).  I made the mistake of 
> waiting for the automatic update to our signature files
> which occurs each morning.  So, I'll thank the group for
> the many suggestions offered to my inquiry!
>
>
> Tom Milliner, CPA, MCSE
> Director of Information Services
> Greater Dallas Assc of Realtors
> 8201 N. Stemmons Frwy
> Dallas,  TX  75247
> www.gdar.org
> mail to: milliner () gdar org
> (214) 540-2741
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Martins [mailto:BMartins () extend COM] 
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:31 AM
> To: Tom Milliner; beleguese () yahoo com; incidents () securityfocus com;
> milliner () gdar org; Ivan Coric
> Subject: RE: Novarg - Stopping .Zip Files
>
> To be fair Mcafee actually had an EXTRA.DAT file out almost immediately
> which did detect the Mydoom Virus which they did indicate on their
> Mydoom Virus Information page I know this much as I d/l it and installed
> it on all of our machines and server  
>
>
>
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