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Virus Alert.
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:03 am
by Master_Makayo
A new Mass mailer worm is on the loose.
I forget what it does though.
Here is its form in email.
From: "Microsoft" <
[email protected]>
To: <insert email here>
Subject: Subject: Use this patch immediately!
Message: Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
More than 500.000 already infected!
This also comes with an attachment.
Attachment: Patch.exe
Whatever you do, do not, i repeat do not use that program, it is a trick.
Microsoft never sends attachments.
If you do recieve this, and have opened the attachment, your computer is at risk and should consult Microsoft for help.
This kind of virus's email has been altered to look like Microsoft Support.
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:10 am
by MasterNeoChief
Crap man, it's always Microsoft mimickers.
Thnx for the warning.
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:33 am
by Xhzjang
I can't believe people fall for these email things, they are so obvious... i never open attachments that i get unless i know what they are and why they have been sent.
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:48 am
by MasterNeoChief
well duh, and if you have a good virus scanner it will scan the email when it comes in, and it will warn you.
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:49 am
by maca_§
thanx 4 the warning makayo
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:05 am
by EqUiNoX
well... yeh...microsoft never sends emails unless they are advertising....they just ask u to go to their critical update pade and they give u the patch there....
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:38 am
by Master_Makayo
yeah, also, people who want to give you a virus can somehow mimic somebody you know and send you a file
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:40 am
by Xhzjang
Yeah but the stuff they put in the email is always crap anyway, and you should only open it if the person has said they are gonna send it...
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:45 am
by Master_Makayo
Xhzjang wrote:Yeah but the stuff they put in the email is always crap anyway, and you should only open it if the person has said they are gonna send it...
exactly.
I recieve that Kind of crap in my yahoo account all the time...
quite sad, these people think i am that freakin stupid.
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 4:07 am
by Spartan III
Thanks for the warning, i got one like that today, then deleted it of course!
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:35 am
by EqUiNoX
good...there have been 14 new widespread viruses....i know the source code for 2 of em....they are not pretty...one is like loveletter but after sending the mail it delets evrything on ur HD.....the writer's of these things have no fuckin life...
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:37 am
by Spartan III
Equinox wrote:good...there have been 14 new widespread viruses....i know the source code for 2 of em....they are not pretty...one is like loveletter but after sending the mail it delets evrything on ur HD.....the writer's of these things have no fuckin life...
Too true...but i make joke programs. Don't worry, the next HTFOR demo won't be one!
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:40 am
by EqUiNoX
yeh...it is funny to make vbs programs that freak teh user out and shut down their computer as a joke...I did that to my mom....she got really pissed....
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:42 am
by Master_Makayo
you mean a joke prog that when u open it, you get continuos errors poppin up whenever you close 1?
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:43 am
by maca_§
lmao u did it 2 ur mum
wtf!
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:44 am
by EqUiNoX
yeh...kinda...like it says it is deleting your files...theyy get all scared when there computer is forced to shutdown by vbs commands...they turn it back on and nothing happens....
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:51 am
by maca_§
yeh i got 1 of them before
i was so pissed afterwards
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:53 am
by EqUiNoX
but it is a relief to find out ur comp wasn't destroyed huh???
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:58 am
by maca_§
hell yes!
my friend had got it a week before
i should of seen it coming
o well good thing it was just a show
Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2004 8:07 am
by Spartan III
Heh, well i have almost finished 1, and making another.
The first one says that there are missing country files in Windows, you can't close it and CTRL+ALT+DELETE continues it. It then runs tests, the last one fails, and that's panic time, it then pretends to delete the C: drive.
Another is where every second, 2 pop ups of Bill Gates laughing appear.
Heh...not released em yet, will do sometime. Gotta make HTFOR at the moment.