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daTS
Mr. Moosey


Joined: 18 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:51 pm    Post subject:  VIRUS ALERT! Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread


Virus Alert!

Please do not open any attachment sent by LifeOwner. It has an attachment, usually a powerpoint, that has one of the most destructive viruses known to date. CNN had a special on it last night. The virus goes by the code names Nyxem, Blackmal, MyWife, and KamaSutra. and is designed to be released today (February 2, 2006 at 12:00 noon Eastern Seaboard Time, Approximately 2 hours from now)

Delete any suspicious email you get. The media reports that Hotmail, Yahoo, and Gmail accounts will be the first attacked, then the later, less popular email hostees.

The designer went to the media, and reported that no anti-virus has been able to defeat it.

Just a fair warning for u guys.

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gufu
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Joined: 22 Dec 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I'm gonna delet my yahoo account...

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Clazzy
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Joined: 26 Nov 2002
Location: Algae Colony On Mars

PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Blimey, talk about slow. This virus has been known about since early January, but Microsoft has refused to create an update for it in the time they knew of its existence. If you have a habit of opening dodgy emails (or use Outlook Express) then I'd recommend backing up .doc, .xls, .ppt, .psd, .pdf and any other kinds of document. If you've been infected then you'll lose all your data once the virus is activated.

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Suiseiseki
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

How to avoid this in two easy steps:
1) Don't use outlook
2) Have common sense

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Oshog
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Best idea ever.

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Clazzy
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

It's actually recommended to not use any built-in Microsoft products (or Office, for that matter) since they're all hardwired to the Windows kernel in some form or another. If one is compromised, they're all compromised and the whole OS is at risk. In simple words, use Firefox instead of IE, Thunderbird instead of OE, WinAmp (or something else), Gaim instead of MSN, etc.

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Oshog
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Even better idea.

Also,always put the spam defences up in your mail.

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DoMiNaNt_HuNtEr
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Thank god I always use public computers.

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Havoc
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Joined: 04 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Or maybe freezing the pc might help.

Yahoo!'s SpamGuard will do its job for sure (even my friends' e-mails get in the bulk folder Very Happy).

I'm not scared of any kind of virus. I backup my stuff often on dvds and cds. Also I have the patience to remove any crap that would contain the virus stored in the spam/trash/bulk folders from my e-mail accounts.

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Sir Modsalot
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Joined: 28 Sep 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I get ZERO bad/stupid e-mails, soliciters, or spam with Yahoo! Mail. My friend with GMail is another story...

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Tratos
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

It is my opinion that only really stupid people, i.e. those people in a habit of opening all mail from people they don't know or who regularly visit dodgy pron sites are really at risk from any form of virus.

A little bit of common sense goes a long way.
Any sensible person uses anti-virus software, the majority of whom pay for this software to be up-to-date and it usually is.

I find it odd that viruses still create sheer panic amongst most pc users, even those with anti-virus software. They usually only affect a few people before an antidote is written.

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Clazzy
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

http://it.slashdot.org/it/06/02/03/1950207.shtml
Looks like it didn't cause much harm anyway, and it was vastly overhyped. All the virus has done is get more people to go out and buy antivirus software, which is by no means a bad thing.
Tratos is quite right, though, although viruses can have a large impact on the business market. Businesses think that picking Microsoft software is better than other alternatives (it comes free with the operating system, it must be high-quality!) so that's where the problem starts. Put dozens of bored men in front of computers with little knowledge of security and computing other than how to construct a document of some sort, they open an email and then it infects one computer, which will then send to everyone else in his address book (i.e. the office), infect them and then it'll spread to the server and then to the outside world again.

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Vincent93
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 4:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Tratos wrote:
It is my opinion that only really stupid people, i.e. those people in a habit of opening all mail from people they don't know or who regularly visit dodgy pron sites are really at risk from any form of virus.



Agreed, im not one of those people either

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Oshog
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Well,I do get into "doggy porn sites" from time to time,but I never register or open theyr mails.So I think I'm safe! Very Happy

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Suiseiseki
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Joined: 06 Oct 2003

PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

CCCP Gosho wrote:
Well,I do get into "doggy porn sites" from time to time,but I never register or open theyr mails.So I think I'm safe! Very Happy


We really don't need to know about your tendancies towards bestiality thanks...  Confused

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Oshog
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Isn't "doggy porn site" a lesbian porn site?

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Suiseiseki
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Joined: 06 Oct 2003

PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Doggy - Informal terms for dogs...
I'm sure you can work out where the whole wrongness factor of saying you go on 'Doggy porn sites'...

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Oshog
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Woops,Is that what doggy porn means?!

No way man,I've never been in such a site.I'm not a zoofil.I thought you ment doggy as in "hard".
My bad.

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Apex
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

well viruses that are sent to everyone that uses yahoo is considered spam(unless its a yahoo ad), so if it does attack all yahoo users at once it will be considered spam and be put into the bulk folder

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Red Dragon
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Joined: 23 Feb 2006
Location: Bodegraven, The Netherlands

PostPosted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Í had that virus once in a mail... But I di'n't trusted it so I threw it away... Lucky for me...

Why do peoples do this???

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