Re: Problem (fwd)

what is this guy talking about?? you got a virus from something
(tarball)you didn't even run (not even compiliable/excutable) on your
win9x box? sounds like it's not the squid tar ball that's the problem..but
something else <shrug>.

> win 98 machine does a dns lookup for www.squid-cache.org every hour and
> causes my linux firewall to dial the ethernet

dial the ethernet?? what is that? why don't you just figure out where
the problem lies...the pc or the server/firewall?

-a-

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Andrew Stack
UNIX Systems Administrator
State University at New Paltz
Phone: 914.257.3828

One good solution to solve all your windows problems
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On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Duane Wessels wrote:

>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 02:08:09 -0700
> From: Lewy's <lewis@wizzards.net>
> To: squid@ircache.net
> Subject: Problem
>
> I don't know what you have done in your web site and or ftp download
> site. But it might as well be considered the SQUID VIRUS. I recently
> downloaded an old version of squid to compile on Linux. I downloaded it
> on a win98 machine on my local net. Then transfered the file to a linux
> machine still zipped. I have not even configured or compiled it yet. My
> win 98 machine does a dns lookup for www.squid-cache.org every hour and
> causes my linux firewall to dial the ethernet. I deleted all internet
> files ,all cookies and every thing every where I thought that it could
> be stored. But you have put something on my computer that I don't want.
> and have not been able to get rid of. I require that you reply and
> tell me how to get rid of it.
>
> Sincerly
> Lewis Baughman
>
>
Received on Fri Jun 16 2000 - 09:57:36 MDT