Just a Warning

[hblair]

I'm normally not of the 'virus scare' sort, but after 4 months of constant junk email ( and I mean junk, porn, get rich quick schemes, etc., etc.) I got a letter 2 nights ago. It said something like "The real story of snow white and the 7 dwarfs" figured it was some funny AVI from my brother or somethin. Like an idiot I opened it, didn't even see who it was from. It's the first virus I've picked up in abut 7-8 yrs on the web. PC fried, gotta research tonight how to get rid of it.

What's really troubling is the fact that the only people I exchange email with is my brother, sister and mom,...and all the people in this simm. But I do have it posted on my squad page, and in a couple of other places. Apparently some tardicus put me on a list a few months back, and thats where all the crap mail is coming from.

Anyways, this post is to warn you guys of the "7 dwarfs" virus letter from "hahaha". Don't open that muther, and, is there anyway to stop getting crap email other than changing your addy?

Thanks

[This message has been edited by hblair (edited 03-21-2001).]

[hblair]

2 of my squaddies have told me they have the virus email too. Beware.

[metronom]

I use an e-mail programm what reads the e-mails directly on the server without downloading it. If I find a mail what is suspicious to me i just delete it directly on the server.
A good one is the Avirmail (spam blocking included - freeware) and the Popcorn (very small and handy - freeware too)

And thanks for the warning  

Sailor

[newguy]

Damn Hb, I got that virus email too. I accidentaly opened the email, but not the attachment. Comps ok so far, hope it stays that way. edit: just recieved your email, whew!

[Ice]

I recieved it as well, but deleted it as I got that familar gut feeling that something was not right...whew!

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Ice
13thTAS

It's not the Big that kill the Small, but the Fast that kill the Slow!

[flakbait]

Known virus that's been around for about a month. Sign up for the SARC newsletter; best source of virus info out there:
 www.sarc.com

PS never use Outlook, grab Eudora since it's a lot less prone to virus problems.

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[LePaul]

Couple of things...

Always run a virus scanner, and keep it updated.  I run my own mail and web servers, and those also run the anti-virus programs, so we try to nip the bud so to speak, scanning the mail as it arrives and is spooled.

Keep your anti-viurus software updated.  I happen to use Norton and like it best.  I'm sure the other brands are just as good but Norton has served me best for years.

I know this does little good now, after the fact, but the only time I turn my anti-virus software off is to get online and play aces.

As for how the email address is divulged to these guys?  Thank the folks at Network Solutions and others....if you own a domain (I have 12), your contact info (email, addres, etc) are all sold to spammers on a regular basis and the info is freely available just by doing a WHOIS on any domain.

I had the same problem with my AOL account I use for when I travel.  All kinds of spam and junk, and they refused to stop it, so I forwarded it all to Steve Case, AOLs CEO.  That got noticed, and I never had a spam message again  



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[Duckwing6]

got that one too .. but fortunately i'm not trusting any mails that come from folks i don't know and i deleted it right away ..

DW6

[AKSneaky]

My wife got that one as well. I was cleaning out here mail store on the server using webmail and it hit my machine.  My Norton caught it and no harm was done but was a scare.

[Lephturn]

There is a simple solution for Outlook users.

I use MS Outlook.  Not Outlook Express the toy client, but the full Outlook that comes with Office 2k.  There is a great little patch for Outlook here: http://office.microsoft.com/2000/downloaddetails/Out2ksec.htm

It just rips out anything that is on the list of "bad" attachements.  The only downside is that if you are emailed executable attachements that you want to get via email, you need to get the sender to rename them first.  It's not a big deal for me (even though I work at a software firm) and I never have to worry about getting a virus.

Problem solved for Outlook users.  

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Check out Lephturn's Aerodrome for AH articles and training info!

[vatiAH]

5 or 6 Sturmjaegers got it also.  EDO got the warning out to everyone before anyone opened it.  Pure luck and a tight nit bunch of guys saved the day for us.

Vati

[Ice]

Hi Vati

-soul-



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Ice
13thTAS

It's not the Big that kill the Small, but the Fast that kill the Slow!

[OpIvy]

Do you just have to open the email or do you have to click on something in the email.


Reason for asking i got that email a few weeks ago and i dont remember if i clicked on it of just trashed it? What does the virus do?  

/me get worried...

[Moose11]

Hey HB

I ran off last night after you told us about the thing on squad channel.

I went afk before to help my older brother set up machine for hotmail. When I got it set up, I saw the above said email and figured it was from one of his friends.

I ran back to his apartment (phone line busy) and bolted upstairs - yep, he opened it, but Hotmail caught the virus before it could do any damage.

Seems like a popular bug going around

[Apache]

If you are using a mail reader with preview panes enabled, turn it off. It functions just like opening an email. One can accidentally "open" a suspect email this way.