VIRUS!!!!!!!
Wednesday, July 18, 2001 by Alexandrie | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Please everyone be carefull
I received today 4 emails with same msg in different language with a file attached. I'm sure it's a new virus.
Here is the msg:
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Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
See you later. Thanks
I received today 4 emails with same msg in different language with a file attached. I'm sure it's a new virus.
Here is the msg:
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Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
See you later. Thanks
BoXXi
Reply #2 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:14 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 5:14 AM
I also received 2 of these mails today, they appeared to have been sent by Dangeruss, and were named pseudo_ez and TechAmp. I was immediately suspicious, as Russ and I haven't exactly been on speaking terms since the "Skinz" days, and I doubted he would ask my advice on anything!
Let me stress that these e-mails are NOT from dangeruss, just made to LOOK like they are.
Needless to say, I didn't open the attachments, I just deleted them, as you should do if you receive one. There is obviously someone who is bent on harming the skinning community, as can be witnessed by the recent attack on LotsOfSkins.com,
Where someone abused the delete function and removed many skins.
BE ON YOUR GUARD!!
Let me stress that these e-mails are NOT from dangeruss, just made to LOOK like they are.
Needless to say, I didn't open the attachments, I just deleted them, as you should do if you receive one. There is obviously someone who is bent on harming the skinning community, as can be witnessed by the recent attack on LotsOfSkins.com,
Where someone abused the delete function and removed many skins.
BE ON YOUR GUARD!!
Elwin
Reply #3 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:01 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:01 AM
There is a post from Russ on Devart concerning this:
http://forum.deviantart.com/?fid=general&tid=45060
http://forum.deviantart.com/?fid=general&tid=45060
Elwin
Reply #4 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:06 AM
Reply #4 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:06 AM
Oops - my apologies. He also posted here - guess I should have checked here first...
MurkWorks
Reply #5 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 8:56 AM
Reply #5 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 8:56 AM
Could someone please forward me one of the emails if they get it. Wanting to test our AntiVirus at our company against it. [email protected].!
PixelCargo
Reply #6 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 10:51 PM
Reply #6 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 10:51 PM
Usualy i think the Delete Button is made to Delete emails that have attachements from people you dont know . But thats just me , oh well
Alexandrie
Reply #7 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 11:23 PM
Reply #7 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 11:23 PM
coreg2
2 of them was actually really good friends of mine
2 of them was actually really good friends of mine
Galfant
Reply #8 Thursday, July 19, 2001 10:00 PM
Reply #8 Thursday, July 19, 2001 10:00 PM
I received the same e-mail on 7/18/01. Norton Antivirus didn't flag it coming through my email program. I just deleted it, like any unsolicited attachments.
jtfolden
Reply #9 Friday, July 20, 2001 12:42 PM
Reply #9 Friday, July 20, 2001 12:42 PM
I received one of these msgs, as well...though I didn't recognize the sender the attachment was a .pif file pretending to be a .zip 
honz12
Reply #10 Friday, July 20, 2001 7:29 PM
Reply #10 Friday, July 20, 2001 7:29 PM
Yeah, I got 4 of them as well, didn't recognize the sender though.
dmacdonald
Reply #11 Sunday, July 22, 2001 12:20 PM
Reply #11 Sunday, July 22, 2001 12:20 PM
It's not just happening to you guyz in the skinning community. I got the same messages, and I have a website about Miss Universe, Miss USA, and Miss Teen USA. My sender was 'Tony'. I just deleted them. Just to warn, its an all-around virus.
DavidK
Reply #12 Sunday, July 22, 2001 12:50 PM
Reply #12 Sunday, July 22, 2001 12:50 PM
I thought I had escaped this one but then, yesterday I got mailed a different virus/worm combo that comes in two consectutive emails. It's the W95MTXdr virus and came from someone in Argentina who had asked me about where to send winamp skins.
And then today I started getting the W32sircam virus that this thread is about. The sender is unknown to me and the subject line is "Capital Gain 99". In both cases my virus scanner did not catch it.
I don't believe I've been infected but I'm still trying to determine that for sure. What a waste of time!
And then today I started getting the W32sircam virus that this thread is about. The sender is unknown to me and the subject line is "Capital Gain 99". In both cases my virus scanner did not catch it.
I don't believe I've been infected but I'm still trying to determine that for sure. What a waste of time!
c242
Reply #13 Monday, July 23, 2001 9:26 AM
Reply #13 Monday, July 23, 2001 9:26 AM
Hi, I received one today... Sender unknown with a different attachment-name again...
vahagn
Reply #14 Monday, July 23, 2001 10:06 AM
Reply #14 Monday, July 23, 2001 10:06 AM
eek, yeh i get alot of mails from the "Worms Community" (hehe, nothing to do with bad .worms! i'm referring to a game), anyhow people send me their maps and whatever and i evaluate them all and have to check .zips and stuff for details - Anyway, i got 5 of these damn emails, 1 from a person i know and the other 4 from some-one i didn't ... ah well just adding my little bit here btw.
I searched google.com for any information about this as soon as i got the email virus's/atachments, but there wasn't any info to be found... =/
Maybe you guys will keep us posted?
I searched google.com for any information about this as soon as i got the email virus's/atachments, but there wasn't any info to be found... =/
Maybe you guys will keep us posted?
SickPuppy
Reply #15 Tuesday, July 24, 2001 6:12 PM
Reply #15 Tuesday, July 24, 2001 6:12 PM
www.theregister.com has good info..... it's an extremely virulent virus and is causing major havoc.... it's even made national news in the UK
John Furphy
Reply #16 Tuesday, July 24, 2001 6:36 PM
Reply #16 Tuesday, July 24, 2001 6:36 PM
Yes it is indeed an attachement virus. I was notified about it at work last friday.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, July 18, 2001 4:59 AM