[wplug] email viruses

[Chris]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org] On Behalf Of
> Mike Griffin
> Subject: [wplug] email viruses
> 
> Anyone else notice their email server getting slammed with virus email
> this AM?
> Surprisingly, my qmail server is keeping up with all this, and only one
> xp laptop has been infected.
> 
> While I'm at it, ton of attempts to connect to port 135 over the past
> couple weeks. I figure it's a microsoft thing, and it won't bother the
> linux servers much. Am I wrong?
> 
> 

I believe that the MS Blaster Worm uses port 135.  If that's the case, you
don't have to worry about your linux machines.  I really haven't noticed
anything this morning.  Do you have use the qmail-smtpd-viruscan patch?  It
bounces most emails that have a virus attached to them.

Chris