VIRUS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Page 2

dottie · 21 Aug 2003, 14:15

Picked up my copy of Computer Active this morning Page 6, description of mine to a tee:-

The virus MiMail still threatens PC users. Victims receive an e mail disguised as a message from the user's domain name 'administrator' with an attachment, named message.zip. This creates a file on the receipients computer and then searches the hard disk to harvest e mail addresses from the the victims computer. Have checked out www.virusalert.com and certainly feel more informed now, lots of very good information. Clear again at the moment

Testify · 21 Aug 2003, 14:17

AHHH had 4! deleted them!! thankyou!!

Tim · 21 Aug 2003, 14:18

I've deleted some strange looking windows files.... they don't belong in windows and programs that windows is using....

Hope this computer is clean!

dottie · 21 Aug 2003, 15:00

If these morons are so intelligent, why don't they use their brains creatively for the good of mankind, instead of harrassing people like myself, hope their computers overload and self destruct. I for one would be

Tim · 21 Aug 2003, 15:04

Actually Dottie, i think that some virusus are very handy.... Don't know wich ones... but i've heard of some virussus that are nice.

I would love to have a virus that i can spy on other peoples computer... hhehehe... but that they don't know that it is there, and everything they type will be as a word file.... and sent to me

dottie · 21 Aug 2003, 15:08

Oh Tim, how could you

Well at least I've nothing to hide, come over and have a peek. I'll get my web cam out if it makes things easier

dottie · 22 Aug 2003, 13:33

Keep your machines safe with this guide.....

You can easily detect whether your home computer is currently affected by any of this week's big three outbreaks for free.

Log on to the following websites to run a simple program that will scan your machine and clean it if necessary.

Go to http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger and follow the on screen instructions

Or go to http://securityresponse.symantec.com. and click on the 'check for security risks button - unable to gain access to this site at the moment

To download Microsoft's patch to protect yourself from Blaster, go to
www. windows.com/downloads.

Chris · 22 Aug 2003, 16:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim

Actually Dottie, i think that some virusus are very handy.... Don't know wich ones... but i've heard of some virussus that are nice.

I would love to have a virus that i can spy on other peoples computer... hhehehe... but that they don't know that it is there, and everything they type will be as a word file.... and sent to me

Tim,

The virus you are thinking of is called Back Orifice. I use a modded version at work to track the computers in the other shops are up to. Also very useful for running remote tasks for tech support purposes (and scaring the shit out of people when you start flashing random messages up on their till screen!!!!)

dottie · 22 Aug 2003, 19:19

Back Orifice! Is that for real Chris

Tim · 23 Aug 2003, 13:49

THanks Chris... so there is a virus like that... Wow!!! Sounds cool.

But anyway.. still got the worm virus. Anyone got Norton??

Michel · 23 Aug 2003, 16:29

I've got norton. It warns me when the virus is back. But with the patch, I don't get it anymore.

dottie · 24 Aug 2003, 17:49

Oh Err! I've just checked my e-mail and its BACK!!! Or its a new one

Well here we go again :o

Michel · 25 Aug 2003, 11:19

It is still not back here.

dottie · 25 Aug 2003, 11:39

Hopefully Michel that will now be the end of it - no problem riding myself of them, just a nuisance now

dottie · 26 Aug 2003, 17:35

Well some kind a......e is now sending me the sobig virus - thank you who ever you are, hope your computer implodes and takes you with it.

I have every kind of precaution on my computer but they still keep coming

8 this morning

- I don't know what to do, they look so innocent and some could possibly be sent from one of my contacts, so I just delete the whole lot, just hope I don't miss anything important!

Methinks will have to change my e mail address

I have had another 6 since then

As of 21.47 I have received 20, now if anyone can tell me how to stop this I would be eternally grateful

dottie · 28 Aug 2003, 11:50

5 more this morning, they look normal though, and have things like aol, hotmail in the address, but they all have attachments and I don't recognise the names, anybody any suggestions apart from continue to delete them?

any advice would be gratefully received - thanks

Help!!! please someone out there must know how to get rid of this rubbish that is polluting my e mail box. Is there something else I can do or will it just burn its self out

I'm losing count today... and getting seriously worried...is it interferring with my computer even though I am deleting them ? It is taking a little longer to connect - and I have broadband too

thank you to anyone who takes the trouble to read this and advise :)

dottie · 29 Aug 2003, 12:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by dottie

5 more this morning, they look normal though, and have things like aol, hotmail in the address, but they all have attachments and I don't recognise the names, anybody any suggestions apart from continue to delete them?

any advice would be gratefully received - thanks

Help!!! please someone out there must know how to get rid of this rubbish that is polluting my e mail box. Is there something else I can do or will it just burn its self out

I'm losing count today... and getting seriously worried...is it interferring with my computer even though I am deleting them ? It is taking a little longer to connect - and I have broadband too

thank you to anyone who takes the trouble to read this and advise :)

I've given this a bump, please if anyone knows anything I can do, let me
know. Inbox was chock a block this morning -

Just checked Inbox again - Yahoo Customer Care, have confirmed yet again that these are malicious e mails, and just to keep on deleting them

sherrie87 · 29 Aug 2003, 17:00

Chris said:

Quote:

The virus you are thinking of is called Back Orifice. I use a modded version at work to track the computers in the other shops are up to. Also very useful for running remote tasks for tech support purposes (and scaring the [undefined, soft, usually dark coloured, strong smelling stuff that attracts flies] out of people when you start flashing random messages up on their till screen!!!!)

Chris, I use a program (not a virus) on the kid's computers at the school I work at. When I am watching their computer screen from my desk a tiny pair of eyes appear on their screen. Freaks them out bad! (Though taking control of their computer remotely and typing messages to them is even more fun! They get so flustered).

Dottie,
I had someone send me (quite literally) over 300 emails with the SoBig attachment in about 48 hours. Thankfully it stopped fairly quickly, but the research that I did on it said that it will die off effective Sept 10. So it nothing else, you can look forward to it ending then.

Sherrie

dottie · 29 Aug 2003, 17:34

Hi Sherrie thanks for getting back to me - until that date

......... its made me feel better knowing that you have been plagued by these malicious e mails, I was beginning to think I was alone, I thought I had done something wrong

**The Flying Mouse** · 29 Aug 2003, 17:49

I have a theory on who the culprit could be.
ROY.
He probibily thinks the only way to get you're attention for more than 5 mins is to trash the computer

Or maybe i've been watching too many Scooby Doo cartoons

.

sherrie87 · 29 Aug 2003, 20:25

Flying Mouse said:

Quote:

Or maybe i've been watching too many Scooby Doo cartoons

And he would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you snooping kids!

<typical ending line of every single Scooby Doo episode, for those who are Scooby impaired>

Sherrie

dottie · 29 Aug 2003, 20:32

Well Mousie, I don't know what to say - yes you could be right

but I will hasten to add that I only enter the forum when Roys not home, (he has his own business )and works hellishly long hours, all the better for me

and to top it all Roys a technophobic, wouldn't get him within 100 miles of a computer

dottie · 01 Dec 2003, 23:16

Just an update folks, some nasty individual infected my computer with the Blaster Virus, couldn't access anything and have had to revert back to factory settings losing everything

SO BE VILIGANT

ROSIE · 01 Dec 2003, 23:18

Ihope it wasn't called Joan

Rosie

dottie · 01 Dec 2003, 23:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by ROSIE

Ihope it wasn't called Joan

Rosie

21 Aug 2003, 14:15	#26
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	Picked up my copy of Computer Active this morning Page 6, description of mine to a tee:- The virus MiMail still threatens PC users. Victims receive an e mail disguised as a message from the user's domain name 'administrator' with an attachment, named message.zip. This creates a file on the receipients computer and then searches the hard disk to harvest e mail addresses from the the victims computer. Have checked out www.virusalert.com and certainly feel more informed now, lots of very good information. Clear again at the moment

21 Aug 2003, 14:17	#27
Testify ragamuffin Join Date: 21.05.2003 Location: xxx daydreaming xxx Posts: 5,023	AHHH had 4! deleted them!! thankyou!!

21 Aug 2003, 14:18	#28
Tim The Butcher Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Westervoort, The Netherlands Posts: 10,321	I've deleted some strange looking windows files.... they don't belong in windows and programs that windows is using.... Hope this computer is clean!

21 Aug 2003, 15:00	#29
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	If these morons are so intelligent, why don't they use their brains creatively for the good of mankind, instead of harrassing people like myself, hope their computers overload and self destruct. I for one would be

21 Aug 2003, 15:04	#30
Tim The Butcher Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Westervoort, The Netherlands Posts: 10,321	Actually Dottie, i think that some virusus are very handy.... Don't know wich ones... but i've heard of some virussus that are nice. I would love to have a virus that i can spy on other peoples computer... hhehehe... but that they don't know that it is there, and everything they type will be as a word file.... and sent to me

21 Aug 2003, 15:08	#31
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	Oh Tim, how could you Well at least I've nothing to hide, come over and have a peek. I'll get my web cam out if it makes things easier

22 Aug 2003, 13:33	#32
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	Keep your machines safe with this guide..... You can easily detect whether your home computer is currently affected by any of this week's big three outbreaks for free. Log on to the following websites to run a simple program that will scan your machine and clean it if necessary. Go to http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger and follow the on screen instructions Or go to http://securityresponse.symantec.com. and click on the 'check for security risks button - unable to gain access to this site at the moment To download Microsoft's patch to protect yourself from Blaster, go to www. windows.com/downloads.

22 Aug 2003, 19:19	#34
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	Back Orifice! Is that for real Chris

23 Aug 2003, 13:49	#35
Tim The Butcher Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Westervoort, The Netherlands Posts: 10,321	THanks Chris... so there is a virus like that... Wow!!! Sounds cool. But anyway.. still got the worm virus. Anyone got Norton??

23 Aug 2003, 16:29	#36
Michel Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Stadskanaal, The Netherlands Posts: 1,631	I've got norton. It warns me when the virus is back. But with the patch, I don't get it anymore.

24 Aug 2003, 17:49	#37
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	Oh Err! I've just checked my e-mail and its BACK!!! Or its a new one Well here we go again :o

25 Aug 2003, 11:19	#38
Michel Mega Loafer Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Stadskanaal, The Netherlands Posts: 1,631	It is still not back here.

25 Aug 2003, 11:39	#39
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	Hopefully Michel that will now be the end of it - no problem riding myself of them, just a nuisance now

26 Aug 2003, 17:35	#40
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	Well some kind a......e is now sending me the sobig virus - thank you who ever you are, hope your computer implodes and takes you with it. I have every kind of precaution on my computer but they still keep coming 8 this morning - I don't know what to do, they look so innocent and some could possibly be sent from one of my contacts, so I just delete the whole lot, just hope I don't miss anything important! Methinks will have to change my e mail address I have had another 6 since then As of 21.47 I have received 20, now if anyone can tell me how to stop this I would be eternally grateful

28 Aug 2003, 11:50	#41
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	5 more this morning, they look normal though, and have things like aol, hotmail in the address, but they all have attachments and I don't recognise the names, anybody any suggestions apart from continue to delete them? any advice would be gratefully received - thanks Help!!! please someone out there must know how to get rid of this rubbish that is polluting my e mail box. Is there something else I can do or will it just burn its self out I'm losing count today... and getting seriously worried...is it interferring with my computer even though I am deleting them ? It is taking a little longer to connect - and I have broadband too thank you to anyone who takes the trouble to read this and advise :)

29 Aug 2003, 17:34	#44
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	Hi Sherrie thanks for getting back to me - until that date ......... its made me feel better knowing that you have been plagued by these malicious e mails, I was beginning to think I was alone, I thought I had done something wrong

29 Aug 2003, 17:49	#45
The Flying Mouse Armed ba$tard and Jo's other half. Join Date: 06.08.2002 Location: In the middle of nowhere near the end of the line. Posts: 16,104	I have a theory on who the culprit could be. ROY. He probibily thinks the only way to get you're attention for more than 5 mins is to trash the computer Or maybe i've been watching too many Scooby Doo cartoons .

29 Aug 2003, 20:32	#47
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	Well Mousie, I don't know what to say - yes you could be right but I will hasten to add that I only enter the forum when Roys not home, (he has his own business )and works hellishly long hours, all the better for me and to top it all Roys a technophobic, wouldn't get him within 100 miles of a computer

01 Dec 2003, 23:16	#48
dottie queen post- whore extraordinaire Join Date: 29.01.2003 Location: Still Rockin' at "72" Posts: 13,181	Just an update folks, some nasty individual infected my computer with the Blaster Virus, couldn't access anything and have had to revert back to factory settings losing everything SO BE VILIGANT

01 Dec 2003, 23:18	#49
ROSIE Invisible again! Join Date: 30.06.2003 Location: Suffolk Posts: 1,240	Ihope it wasn't called Joan Rosie