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Magic.J.Manuel Special user I have danced upon 663 Posts |
I have been the recipient of many email virus attempts targeted at covad.net email users. Please keep in mind not to open any email attachments that you do not expect including surprise emails from people you know.
These attempts have been blocked by Covad. If you do not have this service please ignore and delete emails that state that you have been "visiting illegal web sites" from the CIA and FBI that request you to open the attachment to provide additional info. It includes a rather old Trojan virus that will be caught by most anti-virus email scanners. So, please be careful out there. Everyone should have anti-virus software since there are decent packages available free. One is call Anti-Vir and it is available on the majorgeeks.com site.
Nothing would get done at all, if man waited so long that no one could find fault with it.
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Captain Jack New user Sacramento 53 Posts |
I got that one last night. Thank god for my virus protection/firewall. Quarantined that email before I even knew it was there!
Every man be a fool for 10 minutes each day. The trick is not in exceedin' the time limit!
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Paolo Venturini Veteran user Lucca (I.) - New York City 385 Posts |
Thank you Manuel, that's good to know.
I have "Panda-Titanic automatic protection", it's $ 29.95 for the year and it's really good - it can detect and eliminate an intrusion, virus, spyware BEFORE they can harm your pc. I'm very happy to have it. I bought this Antivirus on "Staples". I've appreciated your post. Magically, Paolo Venturini |
rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2475 Posts |
You guys are worry-warts!
I have abvsolutely no need of virus protection, and furthermore aheedsanffkgh 1#hjh^h --$g27#(((f aGGGGGGG dddddddddddddddddddddddddd 2953589532578 $.& |
Mike Baxter New user Vancouver, B.C. 87 Posts |
Trend Micro Medium Risk Virus Alert - WORM_SOBER.AG
I am assuming that this alert has been fixed in Trend Micro's free virus scan program available at: http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp I just ran this on my computer with no 'hits' - Phew! As a second check to my normal virus program, I run this weekly. Note that it only runs in Microsoft Internet Explorer, not Mozilla Firefox. Full information text below: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trend Micro Medium Risk Virus Alert - WORM_SOBER.AG Dear Trend Micro customer, As of November 21, 2005 2:20 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST, GMT -8:00), TrendLabs has declared a Medium Risk Virus Alert to control the spread of WORM_SOBER.AG. TrendLabs has received several infection reports indicating that this malware is spreading in the USA, Belgium, Canada, Brazil, and New Zealand. This memory-resident worm propagates by attaching a copy of itself to an email message, which it sends to target recipients using its own Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) engine. Since it's email propagation does not require any user intervention, the user is often unaware that this worm is sending out email messages. The email it sends out has the following details: From: {Email address generated by this worm} Subject: (any of the following) hi,_ive_a_new_mail_address Mail delivery failed Registration Confirmation smtp mail failed Spam: Registration Confirmation Your Password Your IP was logged Paris_Hilton_&_Nicole_Richie You visit illegal websites Message body: (any of the following) hey its me, my old address don't work at time. I don't know why?! in the last days ive got some mails. i' think thaz your mails but I'm not sure! plz read and check ... cyaaaaaaa --- This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. SMTP_Error [] I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. The full mail-text and header is attached --- Account and Password Information are attached! ***** Go to: http://www.{random}.com ***** Email: {random}.com --- Dear Sir/Madam, we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites. Important: Please answer our questions! The list of questions are attached. Yours faithfully, Steven Allison *** Federal Bureau of Investigation -FBI- *** 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 3220 *** Washington, DC 20535 *** phone: (202) 324-3000 --- Account and Password Information are attached! --- The Simple Life: View Paris Hilton & Nicole Richie video clips , pictures & more Download is free until Jan, 2006! Please use our Download manager. Attachment: (any of the following) mailtext.zip mail.zip reg_pass.zip mail.zip reg_pass-data.zip question_list.zip list.zip downloadm mail_body.zip The attached .ZIP file contains the copy of this worm using the following file name: File-packed_dataInfo.exe When executed, it displays a fake error message box in order to trick a user into thinking that the file did not properly execute. This worm searches the process list of the affected system for mrt.exe, the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool process. If found, it terminates the said process thus making the system more vulnerable to malicious attacks. TrendLabs will be releasing the following EPS deliverables: TMCM Outbreak Prevention Policy (Beta) - 187 (Released) Official Pattern Release - 2.957.00 (ETA: 1.5 hrs) Damage Cleanup Template - 678 (Being created) Network Virus Wall - 10232 (Being created) For more information on WORM_SOBER.AG, you can visit our Web site at: http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusenc......SOBER.AG |
Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
Our government does not email ordinary citizens who visit unusual sites. However, there is a rumor that it is keeping records and that AOL in particular is keeping all chats and emails saved for search/scan purposes.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
Ah... Big Brother really IS watching!
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
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On 2005-11-23 11:52, Michael Baker wrote: According to rumors, yes. Something called "Echelon" was set up a few years ago to scan for key words and phrases that trigger further detailed investigation. Just a rumor, of course.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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Josh Riel Inner circle of hell 1995 Posts |
Anyone who is interested, might want to look into the "Patriot Act" There's a whole lot of stuff, related to this that may be of interest. We have lost any real freedoms a while ago (Regardless of party affiliations), we merely have privileges. This is the next logical step. The group ultimately responsible for the inevitable, is us, even though we may blame the Govn't.
Magic is doing improbable things with odd items that, under normal circumstances, would be unnessecary and quite often undesirable.
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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2475 Posts |
"This is the Irish virus. It works on the honor system. Please delete all the files on your hard drive now. Thank you."
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