ILOVEYOU and Sendmail 10.20

[Berlene Herren]

USE TABS


HSubject: $>Check_Subject

D{MPat}ILOVEYOU

D{MMsg}This message may contain the ILOVEYOU virus.

SCheck_Subject
R${MPat}$* $#error $:553 ${MMsg}
RRe:${MPat}$* $#error $:553 ${MMsg}

FOR 10.20/ Sendmail 8.9.3

Append the above to the bottom of your /etc/mail/sendmail.cf file and stop/restart sendmail.

#sbin/init.d/sendmail stop; /sbin/init.d/sendmail start

FOR 10.20/ Sendmail 8.8.6
Install the patch Melissa.sh, then follow the above instructions for 8.9.3

#sh melissa.sh /tmp
x - melissa-10.20.tar [non-ascii]
# tar -xfv melissa-10.20.tar
x PHNE_mlisa.deport, 542720 bytes, 1060 tape blocks
x README.txt, 1592 bytes, 4 tape blocks
#swinstall -x autoreboot=true -x match_target=true -s /tmp/PHNE_mlisa.depot

THIS IS NOT A FIX! HEWLETT-PACKARD IS PROVIDING A FUNCTION TO HELP BLOCK THIS WORM VIRUS. PLEASE READ TERMS OF USE.