E-mail Viruses (Virii???)

Tour2ma
Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Received multiple mailings of a nasty little worm virus tonite, so heads up for the following:

Delivery attempt came in:
Sender: dcelander <dcelander@hotmail.com>Subject: NOSHADE CLASS

Delivery attempt came in:
Sender: sci <sci@vampirewire.com> Subject: Fw:honey

Delivery attempt came in:
Sender: orders <orders@towerrecords.com>Subject: Visibility

All messages had something called the "W32Klez" worm in the attachment.
More later,
Tour...
Vox Copuli
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

"Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
"It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
"There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited April 2003
    Originally posted by Tour2ma
    Received multiple mailings of a nasty little worm virus tonite, so heads up for the following:

    Thought that you were goin into your intro.....:lol:

    Thanks for the info.....i suppose....... ;)
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited April 2003
    Klez has been around for a while. I would suggest avoiding it at all costs. It's pretty nasty. I just worked on a machine that had 663 files infected with it. Fortunately, SARC has a cleaning tool ( www.sarc.com ) for it. Also, it may prevent a virus scanner from being installed (like if you don't have one already), however, Trend Micro's PCCillin ( www.trend.com ) will scan for, and quarrantine viruses BEFORE it trys to install, thereby essentially ridding the machine of the virus that is preventing the scanner from being installed. Pretty cool.

    nadams
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2003
    Klez sucks
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited April 2003
    The TrendMicro product is excellent. After Norton AntiVirus failed to detect the Nimda virus on one of our servers, we switched to the TrendMicro product and have never looked back. Have not had a virus since.
    Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support
    group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.
    -Drew Carey

    There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
    -Unknown

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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited April 2003
    Wife has TrendMicro on her Sony VAIO laptop. I am very impressed with it. No virus has entered. Catches everything.
    Sean
    XboxLive--->avelanchefan
    PSN---->Floppa
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  • jgido759
    jgido759 Posts: 572
    edited April 2003
    I've always had the scary theory that most viruses are written by the virus scan software manufacturers to stay in business. It amazes me how fast they come out with a "fix" to a newly discovered virus almost as soon as it is discovered. Makes you think that they have "inside information".
    Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support
    group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.
    -Drew Carey

    There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
    -Unknown

    My DVD Collection
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited April 2003
    Wow jgido, I have seriously never looked at it that way before. Sometimes I am very niave in that sense, but when you think about it it could easily be that way.

    Of course a lot of ex-hackers etc.....work for these companies now because they get paid a lot of money to crack these viruses.
    Sean
    XboxLive--->avelanchefan
    PSN---->Floppa
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited April 2003
    Another just hit me with same virus
    ...
    Sender: ckaione <ckaione@yahoo.com.hk>
    Subject: A very new game

    Message in preview window invites you "to play my new game"... I don't think so...
    More later,
    Tour...
    Vox Copuli
    Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. - Old English Proverb

    "Death doesn't come with a Uhaul." - Dennis Gardner
    "It's easy to get lost in price vs performance vs ego vs illusion." - doro
    "There is a certain entertainment value in ripping the occaisonal (sic) buttmunch..." - TroyD
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited April 2003
    Tour, you must be a virus magnet :lol::lol:

    Welcome back, Mister Kotter! ;) where's the sunfire/ref50 review, bud?
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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