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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: mm on August 16, 2002, 03:04:15 PM

Title: public service announcement
Post by: mm on August 16, 2002, 03:04:15 PM: ever see this while checking yer mail?

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if you dont know what it is (shame on you), its indicitive of a virus

anytime, you recieve an email that has an attachment of this sort, DO NOT OPEN IT. more than likely you will be infected immediately, and unless yer running an up to date anti-virus, yer in trouble

that email\'s sender went by a name on this forum and a good freind of mine, and i know it wasnt sent intentionally, which ill explain later

i dont run any anti-virus cause there a waste of time to me, plus i like dealing with PC problems, its what i do for a living

so i threw caution to the wind, unplugged from my router and ran the extension

sure enough, after rebooting, winXP was a dog. extremely unstable and unresponsive. something was gobbling up cycles and resources like there was no tomorrow

so i visited an online antivirus site to see what i could find
http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start corp.asp

sure enough, damned klez

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klez is a nasty little bugger, cause it replicates (will resend itself to other addresses in yer emails) and will attach itself to other files and hide in yer system

its easily removed, but to not risk anyone else, delete yer email address book before running email again

so, in conclusion

if you get an email with an attachment (even if its from someone you know) DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT!

you can click on the email header, and that 1st screen above will pop up, click cancel! and delete the email from yer inbox, AND from the "deleted items" folder

oh, and i know you didnt do it on purpose, Eik
i still wub j00!
Title: public service announcement
Post by: luckee on August 16, 2002, 03:07:54 PM: I get that klez whore at least once a week.
Title: public service announcement
Post by: mm on August 16, 2002, 03:09:05 PM: go to that site, it will help you remove it
Title: public service announcement
Post by: luckee on August 16, 2002, 03:24:01 PM: nortons 2k2..always catches it when I check for new emails.
Title: public service announcement
Post by: The Stapler on August 16, 2002, 03:44:30 PM: What kind of damage does klez do?
Title: public service announcement
Post by: mm on August 16, 2002, 03:46:02 PM: i swear noone reads my posts
Title: public service announcement
Post by: The Stapler on August 16, 2002, 03:46:59 PM: Quote
Originally posted by mm
i swear noone reads my posts

So it attachs it self to files. Ok.
Title: public service announcement
Post by: on August 16, 2002, 04:42:39 PM: I had the benjamin worm a while ago. Took 4 whole days for me to get it fixed. DO NOT BUY MCAFEE ANTI-VIRUS! IT SUCKS! It didnt help AT ALL, but Norton kicked the bugger out. Norton Rules.
Title: public service announcement
Post by: theomen on August 16, 2002, 04:45:14 PM: mm I am now going to use your infamous quote in my sig.
Title: public service announcement
Post by: mm on August 16, 2002, 04:47:03 PM: ?
Title: public service announcement
Post by: theomen on August 16, 2002, 04:51:45 PM: "i swear noone reads my posts"

that quote
Title: public service announcement
Post by: on August 16, 2002, 04:52:07 PM: Argh! I wanted that one. I read your posts, usually my mom wakes me up when i\'m "done reading"...
Title: public service announcement
Post by: mm on August 16, 2002, 05:00:53 PM: hey, make sure ya give credit where its due

"i swear noone reads my posts"
-mm 2002 ©

:)
Title: public service announcement
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on August 16, 2002, 05:31:56 PM: i wonder what it\'s like to get a virus... Never had one myself. So far "wants for mm to send souly a virus"
Title: public service announcement
Post by: SwifDi on August 16, 2002, 06:10:29 PM: I had VBSLoveLetter. The only thing I got from it was BS, and no love.

That was gay I know.
Title: public service announcement
Post by: shockwaves on August 16, 2002, 06:13:13 PM: I think that was the same Virus that basically went through the cc a week or so ago. Pretty much ended up getting sent to everyone on the boards.
Title: public service announcement
Post by: Jar O Pickles on August 16, 2002, 08:17:02 PM: the only time ive ever gotten a virus was a long time agop when i had aol
ever scince then ive said f*ck email and dont read it most of the time if some ones got some thing to say to me they can either call my house of im me on msn messenger

drunk post #6
Title: public service announcement
Post by: Samwise on August 16, 2002, 10:40:36 PM: Funny that you mention it, because my brother got a virus much like that one (perhaps it even was the same one) a couple of days ago. He had a hard time deleting it, since his anti-virus program was outdated, and the virus seemed to make it impossible for other AV programs to install and get rid of it. He says he got rid of it now though.
Title: public service announcement
Post by: ben_high on August 16, 2002, 11:41:52 PM: I have no idea which one I had but you guys can read all about my misery in the virus topic in the pc/software forums,It was nasty,had to uninstall everything and re-install.
Title: public service announcement
Post by: EmperorRob on August 17, 2002, 09:01:26 AM: I don\'t know what e-mail prog you use mm but I imagine it\'s outlook express or outlook b/c of that msgbox.

I\'ve heard what some people do is create an entry in their address book that starts with a punctuation mark or number and is invalid (ex. "..000@f_u_and_ur_mom.gov") so that when a rpelicating prog tries to access your address book it reads that first entry, can\'t complete it and gives up.