EMAIL VIRUS alert
Wednesday, July 18, 2001 by Dangeruss | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
If you've received email from me with the message:
Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
See you later Thanks
DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT(s)
I've been infected with an email virus that's mailed all of my skinning contacts. Opening the attachment will infect your Outlook as well.
Norton is not finding any virii, so I can't acertain how malicious this is.
Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
See you later Thanks
DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT(s)
I've been infected with an email virus that's mailed all of my skinning contacts. Opening the attachment will infect your Outlook as well.
Norton is not finding any virii, so I can't acertain how malicious this is.
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CRUMBUT
Reply #42 Sunday, March 28, 2004 2:53 PM
Reply #42 Sunday, March 28, 2004 2:53 PM
Sorry used the search feature so I wouldnt have to make a new thread.
BradW I have been getting emails from you for over a month from your Stardock account. All are these virus emails with stuff like document.zip and passwords etc.. I tried to reply to one of the first ones a month or so ago so you could be alerted to the problem.. but I have recieved many more since then.
Please take me out of your addres book. Thanks.
Glad to see Stardock/WC/GuiOlypics doing so well.
Chad (aka crumbut)
BradW I have been getting emails from you for over a month from your Stardock account. All are these virus emails with stuff like document.zip and passwords etc.. I tried to reply to one of the first ones a month or so ago so you could be alerted to the problem.. but I have recieved many more since then.
Please take me out of your addres book. Thanks.
Glad to see Stardock/WC/GuiOlypics doing so well.
Chad (aka crumbut)
IPlural
Reply #43 Sunday, March 28, 2004 3:11 PM
Reply #43 Sunday, March 28, 2004 3:11 PM
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sorry to hear you got hit with it Russ and anyone else who happens to have...
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sorry to hear you got hit with it Russ and anyone else who happens to have...
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HG_Eliminator
Reply #44 Sunday, March 28, 2004 3:54 PM
Reply #44 Sunday, March 28, 2004 3:54 PM
hey russ good to hear from you again .. even if it's under these circumstances. i hope all is well. dont blame ur self these things are being written to target a more personalized user.these just like spam are being sent with "hey buddy look at this " and other phrases just to see if they can get ya to open it. heck they keep trying with my nick... a good rule to follow anymore is ... if you get sent a e mail with a file you werent expecting..... contact the person who sent it to you, and verify the e mail, before you open it . i learned this the hard way......believe me bro ur not alone ......
sig101
Reply #45 Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:22 PM
Reply #45 Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:22 PM
You might try McAfee's Stinger, a free stand alone program that deals with several of the most common viruses. It's frequently updated so it may help those who are having problems. Available for download on this page: http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
sig101
Reply #46 Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:59 PM
Reply #46 Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:59 PM
Crumbut: it may be that someone that had both you and Froggy in their address book was infected. The way these email work it the sender address can be spoofed so it doesn't necessarily mean that the sender address was either the source of the email or infected.
sig101
Reply #47 Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:59 PM
Reply #47 Sunday, March 28, 2004 4:59 PM
Crumbut: it may be that someone that had both you and Froggy in their address book was infected. The way these email work the sender address can be spoofed so it doesn't necessarily mean that the sender address was either the source of the email or infected.
[Message Edited]
[Message Edited]
wulfn1
Reply #48 Sunday, March 28, 2004 6:25 PM
Reply #48 Sunday, March 28, 2004 6:25 PM
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]
IPlural
Reply #50 Sunday, March 28, 2004 6:53 PM
me also 
Snowman pointed it out to me in channel, actually slapped me with a smelly trout! meanie
Reply #50 Sunday, March 28, 2004 6:53 PM
me also 
Snowman pointed it out to me in channel, actually slapped me with a smelly trout! meanie
DesignCaddy
Reply #52 Sunday, March 28, 2004 9:43 PM
Reply #52 Sunday, March 28, 2004 9:43 PM
i was just going to say ..... 'guys, you know this is from three years ago, right?' hehehe
i was going to say something also but saw 'ain't 24 hours old yet' and 'july 2001'. said .. oh..
i was going to say something also but saw 'ain't 24 hours old yet' and 'july 2001'. said .. oh..
BbB55
Reply #56 Monday, March 29, 2004 9:43 AM
Reply #56 Monday, March 29, 2004 9:43 AM
Outlook Express gives you the option to save attachment. That's what I did with the latest batch of virii/worms that got sent to me (not by Russ). I was curious to know what they were. I did change the saved file extension from ZIP, SCR or EXE to something that wouldn't automatically run if I accidently launched it. Highlighting the file to rename it still created a rather high pucker-factor.
I than scanned the file with my AV program. Most were something like {Moodown} worm.
At least the latest pests e-mails going around made me update my AV signature files. At first, the scans wouldn't detect what these latest wormy critters were ...
I than scanned the file with my AV program. Most were something like {Moodown} worm.
At least the latest pests e-mails going around made me update my AV signature files. At first, the scans wouldn't detect what these latest wormy critters were ...
wulfn1
Reply #57 Monday, March 29, 2004 9:54 AM
Reply #57 Monday, March 29, 2004 9:54 AM
lol jafo , could've used that warning way back when I embarrassed meself! rotfl!
joetheblow
Reply #58 Monday, March 29, 2004 10:12 AM
Reply #58 Monday, March 29, 2004 10:12 AM
I will look out for this in my inbox. Thank you for posting this. I hope everyone who has gotten infected recovers all safely.
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Reply #41 Friday, July 20, 2001 12:28 PM
just for information :
first e-mail :
Subject : Lista de precios de extensiones de garantia HP 06-01
Content : Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
See you later. Thanks
second e-mail :
Subject : zrnic
Content : Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
See you later. Thanks
The two had attached files in *.zip.pif