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Topic: NEW VIRUS SIRCAM
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piega
Member Posts: 295
From:Netherlands
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 11-30-2001 12:42 PM
   
After my FIRST VIRUS I EVER HAD i got another one!!!!! It is another worm. It is the sircam worm and gives more damage then the badtrans2!!!Lucky me, i upgraded my outlook and updated my virusscanner!!! The mail is very tricky, there comes a message that says, Hello, how are you. I send you this file to ask for your advice. Thank you. There is an attached file in pif or other. Dont open, it has nothing to do with tombraider!!! IP: Logged |
craziej2k
Member Posts: 126
From:in front of my PC
Registered: May 2001
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posted 11-30-2001 12:54 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
we get those ones all the time!
is there anyway to get rid of it before It drives me mad?Crazie J ------------------
If ingnorance is bliss I'm in heaven!!! IP: Logged |
Chaoslord
Member Posts: 68
From:Lisbon, Portugal
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 11-30-2001 12:57 PM
Yes the virus is trick but just stupid or very ignorant peole Click those attached e-mail executables.
so if you don't fool around with e-mail attachemtns THEN it's safe...
but nooo you just think it's so damn funny to click those attached exe files..
then you wonder how youur cumputer id infected...
and THEN you just flood the forums with virus warning messages...
please admins : do something about this or else we'll start seeing a new virus thread each hour...IP: Logged |
Conan the Barbarian
Member Posts: 443
From:Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 11-30-2001 02:00 PM
Some of the viruses are indeed triggered by users running infected files.However there are also a number that exploit vulnerabilities in the operating system, browser and email clients. The only way to avoid them is to have the appropriate anti-virus and firewall software in place. There are many FREE or very affordable AV and firewall products. Having cleaned up many virus strikes on both Business and Private systems (I'm an IT Consultant) I can't understand why people are still ignoring the simple safeguards. Believe it - Without appropriate protection IT CAN AND WILL HAPPEN TO YOU! - it's just a matter of time. ------------------
Conan the Barbarian
email: conanthebarbarian@ntlworld.com
a.k.a. Ted Swippet
email:tswippet@hotmail.com
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piega
Member Posts: 295
From:Netherlands
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 11-30-2001 02:57 PM
Look Chaoslord. This is my first virus and i am not gonna post each virus i get. I only want to put it in here because many people mail each other from this forum and i only want that we dont infect each other. I am not infected but if somebody in the tombraider community gets infected then it will go fast.IP: Logged |
Ultimate.Reality
Member Posts: 141
From:brahman
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 11-30-2001 04:29 PM
guys, just calm down and get the virus removal tool from norton antivirus...it will get rid of the thing with a click of a button....------------------
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bob5
Member Posts: 591
From:SC
Registered: May 2001
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posted 11-30-2001 05:12 PM
Chaoslord???Isn't he trying to get rid of Chaos...... IP: Logged |
bob5
Member Posts: 591
From:SC
Registered: May 2001
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posted 11-30-2001 07:20 PM
Oh, didn't know it was a member.
I guess his name fits then.IP: Logged |
Chaoslord
Member Posts: 68
From:Lisbon, Portugal
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 11-30-2001 08:43 PM
No dude
i'm real
i am just just tired of these virus-warning messages...
and conan : you're right : but those things can be fixed to
but THESE kind of virus you see in threads com from exe-clicking  IP: Logged |
aktrekker
Member Posts: 749
From:WA, USA
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 11-30-2001 08:49 PM
Go into OE and set your preferences to Restricted zone. This will turn off all scripting. Then these things can't run automatically.
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fairchild
Member Posts: 80
From:
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 11-30-2001 09:09 PM
anytime that you get an email
that you don't recognize the name
of the sender---
click on it (to "trash"),then
delete the contents of your trash folder.
that's called "anti virus measures";otherwise, you Become a carrier in
relaying these chain SirCam virus emails
to the contents of your "address book";
understand? IP: Logged |
Ultimate.Reality
Member Posts: 141
From:brahman
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 11-30-2001 09:22 PM
really??? is that true?? i alwayz thought that if i get a new email with an attached exe file, i should alwayz save it and click on it  hehehe IP: Logged |
jeffrey van oort
Member Posts: 747
From:Monkey Island
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 12-01-2001 02:16 AM
you really have something with the word virus, haven't you.------------------
Lost Tombraider treasures.  IP: Logged |
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