New Virus

Pauly
Pauly Posts: 4,519
edited January 2009 in The Clubhouse
Check it

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/116396


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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    We got a warning on this one at work, and my IT guy is usually not a "send out warnings" type of guy. Definitely one to be aware of.

    But seriously, patch your systems people. Windows Update is pretty damned easy to use.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited January 2009
    I got something like this a few weeks ago. And then I noticed that all of my friends who borrowed my flash drive got it too.

    We realized that it spreads by flash drive, which means that I got it from someone else. I think it was a PDF document or so.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    appadv wrote: »
    I got something like this a few weeks ago. And then I noticed that all of my friends who borrowed my flash drive got it too.

    We realized that it spreads by flash drive, which means that I got it from someone else. I think it was a PDF document or so.

    YOU had a computer problem?! I don't believe it!

    ;)
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited January 2009
    That's what you get when you have 6 PC's, 5 of which other people use...

    I also do lend out my laptop to friends for presentations, etc.
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited January 2009
    PLEASE keep us up to date on this when there is a offical FIX for it!

    Then I can re enable my USB settings!

    Don't PPL have better things to do than to frigup other PPL's computers?
    This always makes me mad as hell!!! :mad:

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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited January 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    But seriously, patch your systems people. Windows Update is pretty damned easy to use.

    Gosh I hope they still make patches for Windows XP Home Edition!!
    Not a big fan of Vista and my computer is a Pentium 4 with HT 2004.

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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    Yes they still have security patches for XP. If you're up to date to now supposedly you're safe.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited January 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Yes they still have security patches for XP. If you're up to date to now supposedly you're safe.

    I was up to date when I had the virus but there wasn't a patch for it yet.

    I got a few new patches in January though.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited January 2009
    Wow, thanks for the heads up. I hadn't heard about this one. Good to know my computers all up to date.:)
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  • Serendipity
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    edited January 2009
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    But seriously, patch your systems people. Windows Update is pretty damned easy to use.

    Not if you have a HP Pavilion desktop PC...

    It's well known that some Pavilion machines have incompatibilities with MS patches, I even get letters from HP telling me not to install certain patches until you install the HP fix first.
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited January 2009
    BIG QUESTION!

    Did anyone check this out to see if it's a ligit warning?
    I don't know my way around snops.com (I think that's what it is)
    Many times things like this are spread around Yahoo and various places and they are bogus.

    Just say'in

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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited January 2009
    It's legit. Otherwise how did I get it?
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited January 2009
    If I recall correctly, the document on the flash drive was a PDF file and opening up the file got me infected.
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited January 2009
    appadv wrote: »
    It's legit. Otherwise how did I get it?

    I guess that's reliable enough! :rolleyes::D

    Seems like it'd be on the news or something?


    **** UPDATE ******

    It is in the news!! (CNN)

    http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/01/16/virus.downadup/index.html

    .

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  • Motzart
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    edited January 2009
    Motzart wrote: »
    Gosh I hope they still make patches for Windows XP Home Edition!!
    Not a big fan of Vista and my computer is a Pentium 4 with HT 2004.

    Strike this comment!

    I forgot....duhhhhhh my machine is set to auto update.
    Essshhhhh I hate getting older! :rolleyes:

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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited January 2009
    This may or may not be related, but Adobe released a patch for Reader 8.0 fixing a security vulnerability. It may have something to do with that PDF file I opened.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited January 2009
    F Secure has a removal kit

    http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001588.html

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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2009
    The way the articles talk about it makes it sound like an actual virus.

    Atleast, it hasn't caused too much trouble yet, other then shitting up people's comps.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited January 2009
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    The way the articles talk about it makes it sound like an actual virus.

    Atleast, it hasn't caused too much trouble yet, other then shitting up people's comps.

    That's not enough trouble?

    My friend who recently got a virus on his MacBook Pro was really pissed!!
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited January 2009
    Do the people that start these ever get caught? Whats a penalty for this? 5 million counts of invasion of privacy or something?
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  • Cardinals-1
    Cardinals-1 Posts: 80
    edited January 2009
    www.antivirus.com

    This is the Trend Micro web site. It is one of the best.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited January 2009
    appadv wrote: »
    My friend who recently got a virus on his MacBook Pro was really pissed!!


    Why? Because he cannot say anymore that Apple is immune to viruses?
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited January 2009
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Why? Because he cannot say anymore that Apple is immune to viruses?

    Partially, he thought Apple machines don't get viruses but apparently you have to buy antivirus software for the Mac now...
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2009
    exalted512 wrote: »
    Do the people that start these ever get caught? Whats a penalty for this? 5 million counts of invasion of privacy or something?
    -Cody

    They usually do not get caught, and they're often not from this country so even if they did what could we do?
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2009
    Do you have any news articles or something mentioning the Mac virus?
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited January 2009
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    Do you have any news articles or something mentioning the Mac virus?

    I believe it spreads via social networking sites, such as MySpace. You are asked to perform some kind of update and then your computer is infected.

    You can now get antivirus software for the Mac, such as here:
    http://www.symantec.com/norton/macintosh/antivirus

    I didn't even know they sold virus protection for the Mac!
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  • Motzart
    Motzart Posts: 1,075
    edited January 2009
    BlueFox wrote: »
    Why? Because he cannot say anymore that Apple is immune to viruses?

    Now He has a worm in His Apple! :D

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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2009
    I don't want to take virus protection advice from a website that's selling virus protection.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited January 2009
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    I don't want to take virus protection advice from a website that's selling virus protection.

    I wouldn't either. I posted that link just to show that virus protection exists for the Mac now - something I thought never existed before.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited January 2009
    Oh gotcha. I've known about virus protection for Macs. I think it's been around for a while. Whether it's actually good for protecting you I'm not too sure about.
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