google is down
Printed From: Web Wiz Forums
Category: General Discussion
Forum Name: General Discussion
Forum Description: General discussion and chat on any topic.
URL: https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=11303
Printed Date: 31 March 2026 at 9:29pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.08 - https://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: google is down
Posted By: the boss
Subject: google is down
Date Posted: 26 July 2004 at 2:22pm
|
google is down and i need it soo bad right now we are soo dependent of google!! ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss"> 
|
Replies:
Posted By: MadDog
Date Posted: 26 July 2004 at 2:36pm
|
No its not ------------- http://www.iportalx.net" rel="nofollow"> 
|
Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 26 July 2004 at 3:23pm
|
now it works. it was for past 1 hour or so!! ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss">
|
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 26 July 2004 at 4:06pm
|
Apparently they had some variant of the MyDoom virus. ------------- 
Lead me not into temptation... I know the short cut, follow me. |
Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 27 July 2004 at 3:44am
|
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1090863713848_86272913/?hub=World - http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/10908637 13848_86272913/?hub=World ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss">
|
Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 27 July 2004 at 5:13am
Mydoom! 
|
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 27 July 2004 at 9:07am
|
Apparently the MyDoom.M version involved made it past Symantec's AV scanning. After I read about it, went and downloaded some updated AV defininitions. About 5 minutes later had a MyDoom.M show up in the inbox. -------------
Lead me not into temptation... I know the short cut, follow me. |
Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 27 July 2004 at 2:45pm
| Not good timing for Google with their IPO. |
Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 27 July 2004 at 8:52pm
|
my Symantec protection updates twice a day... 7A 7P mostly gets all the virus definitions before i get a virus ------------- Paul A Morgan http://www.pmorganphoto.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.pmorganphoto.com/ |
Posted By: Semikolon
Date Posted: 28 July 2004 at 7:27am
|
I havn't got any MyDoom.M emails yet.. Jodohost's POP3 virus scanner stops them before reaching my inbox and instead of the virus I get a notification email for each virus..
|
Posted By: Semikolon
Date Posted: 28 July 2004 at 7:28am
| and if anything gets through JH, my Trend Micro IS stops everything.. (it's always updated) |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 28 July 2004 at 10:22am
|
The point with this latest virus was that it got past all the AV checks - had a different signature than a regular MyDoom. It spread to a large number of people before any AV solution was available. There's been some discussion that some time this year we'll see a major email virus spread to millions of people within 10-20 minutes. They expect to see an IM type virus propagate to a similar number within 30 seconds sometime in the very near future. No way you or the AV companies can keep pace with those distribution rates. Takes a least a couple of hours for the virus to come up in their awareness and for them to develop and test a fix then make it available for distribution. Most of us are used to depending our local and upstream AV detection to protect us as long as we keep it current. With the new generation of extremly fast spreading viruses coming out, that will no longer be enough. In the very near future, we'll have to be taking system restore points and backing up email address books on a dailly basis. There's a need to reduce the detection, fix, and distribution time of the AV companies but it will still be measured in hours while virus distribution will be measured in minutes or seconds. This latest virus was a wake-up call for me. within 10 minutes of finding out about it, I was able to download an update from Symantec - even though they hadn't had time to update their main page with info about it (that happened about an hour later). The lesson I learned is that although I have two forms of upstream AV protection, and 2 forms of it on my local PC, it's not going to be enough. The chances of my getting a virus this year are substantially higher than in the past - it's no longer a matter of "if", but "when" and I need a better, more frequent, back-up and recovery scheme. -------------
Lead me not into temptation... I know the short cut, follow me. |