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Warning New Virus (Please Read) |
mhorton
Joined: Jan 13, 2002
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From: UK
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Hi I don't know if this is a hoax or not, But I thought I would post it on here anyway..
But you can't be to careful with these virus
Attention all Internet Users,
This looks like a bad one that's coming. Forward this to others. Please read and forward to everyone you know......
DO NOT OPEN "NEW PICTURES OF FAMILY" It is a virus that will erase your whole "C" drive. It will come to you in the form of a E-mail from a familiar person. I repeat a friend sent it to me, but called & warned me before I opened it. He was not so lucky and now he can't even start his computer! Forward this to everyone in your address book. I would rather receive this 25 times than not at all.
Also: Intel announced that a new and very destructive virus was discovered recently. If you receive an email called "FAMILY PICTURES," do not open it. Delete it right away! This virus removes all dynamic link libraries (..dll files) from your computer. Your computer will not be able to boot.
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READ IMMEDIATELY AND PASS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW
Someone is sending out a very cute screensaver of the BudweiserFrogs. If you download it, you will lose everything! Your hard drive will crash and someone from the Internet will get your screen name and password! DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES! It just went into circulation yesterday. Please distribute this message. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. This information was announced yesterday morning from Microsoft. Please share it with everyone that might access the Internet.
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snysop
Joined: Feb 05, 2002
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From: GBG, Sweden
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Could anyone confirm this? |
ferrarista44
Joined: Jan 30, 2002
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From: down south
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if this is true, i hope laffen can post this in the news section of Esato. 
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mixin
Joined: Jan 26, 2002
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From: Notts, UK
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Forward this to everyone in your address book.
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as soon as as something says that i tend to ignore it..
they do seem a bit dodgy to me...time to update my virus definitions anyway... |
mixin
Joined: Jan 26, 2002
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From: Notts, UK
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???
what happened then
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[ This Message was edited by: MixiN on 2002-02-11 15:06 ] |
mhorton
Joined: Jan 13, 2002
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From: UK
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Don't know if it is or not. I was hoping someone would tell me.
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Fingers
Joined: Jan 29, 2002
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From: New Zealand
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It always pays to be aware of these things, I check the Symantic (Norton antivirus) website on a regular basis and theregister.co.uk also has the latest, and look out for hoaxes too, there was one going around not so long ago saying if you find sulfbk.exe ,or something like that, delete it cos it's a virus, it's actually a windows system file. I don't know why there are these idiots out there that enjoy messing up other peoples expensive electronics. |
laffen
Joined: Aug 07, 2001
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From: Oslo, Norway
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Sorry, but this is most likely a hoax. Take a look at http://www.cliffsnotes.com/internet/virus.html
It has all the usuall stuff.
- WARNING!! Virus Alert! It will arrive on e-mail titled (insert title here)
- IBM, AOL and (insert company here) have announced that it is VERY powerful, more so than Melissa, there is no remedy at this moment in time!
- It will DESTROY all the information on your hard drive and also destroys Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer and (insert software here)
- DO NOT open anything with this title and please pass this message on to all your contacts and anyone who uses your e-mail facility.
What should you do when you receive such a mail?
A. Quickly forward the e-mail to everyone you know in order to protect them from the insidious virus.
B. Quickly forward the e-mail only to the people you like -- let your enemies get what they deserve.
C. Calmly delete the message because you know it has to be a hoax.
D. Visit an online virus research center to confirm that the message is a hoax, and then delete it. |
Npalamidis
Joined: Dec 24, 2001
Posts: 77
From: Venezuela
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Here is Something similar to it!
Take a look!
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.myparty@mm.html |
snysop
Joined: Feb 05, 2002
Posts: 117
From: GBG, Sweden
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Yes, these "warning" emails are a lot similar to viruses too... everybody forwards them. *ugh* I hate chainletters... 
But, I think it's interesting why people keep on opening these strange emails!? I NEVER open emails from unknown persons (if I don't expect a mail) and I always scan them before I open them... 
[ This Message was edited by: snysop on 2002-02-11 15:39 ] |
laffen
Joined: Aug 07, 2001
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From: Oslo, Norway
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How about this
Dear all mobile phone's owners,
ATTENTION!!!
NOW THERE IS A VIRUS ON MOBILE PHONE SYSTEM..
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/
venc/data/mobile-phone-hoax.html
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mpakakos
Joined: Dec 03, 2001
Posts: 164
From: Greece
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Thank you very much mhorton for the usefull information!
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arroyootje
Joined: Feb 01, 2002
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From: UK-Belgium-Azerbaijan
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I've just got rid of a virus on my computer...it was terrible, it sent parts of my documents to ramdom people asking them to read it for their advise...so most people did...and then it gets into your computer and deletes stuff...it's a worm or something...
Question: If I have a virus on my computer and sent something to my phone, can my phone get the virus too????
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mhorton
Joined: Jan 13, 2002
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From: UK
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That's okay. As I said I didn't know if was a hoax or not.
But it looks like it was a hoax
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mhorton
Joined: Jan 13, 2002
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From: UK
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Thanks everybody. Good that we have cleared that all up
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Posted: 2002-02-11 14:54
