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virus authorities??
If I suspect that I have been e-mailed a virus are there any authorities that should be notified? About a month ago I was dealing with a fellow on some parts for my Mini, and it turned out I found them locally so the deal was scrapped. Now yesterday I receive an e-mail from him with a subject of; "Cool music I found" the message read "peace". The attachment that was sent with it was titled "whatever*****". Now I know better than to open an attachment followed by "*****". After a breif search on Yahoo it seems that the file "whatever*****" is a trojan horse virus! So aside from deleting it what should I do?
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First off,get yourself an Anti-Virus Program.
Delete the file completely out of your computer and watch even closer these days for Viruses.
Reporting it does nothing and it probably wasn't the person you were dealing with.
Do you use Outlook express?
If so,it's the worst for sending viruses from your mailbox information.
Or, switch to Netscape messenger
Dennis
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Delete the file completely out of your computer and watch even closer these days for Viruses.
Reporting it does nothing and it probably wasn't the person you were dealing with.
Do you use Outlook express?
If so,it's the worst for sending viruses from your mailbox information.
Or, switch to Netscape messenger
Dennis
First Came the Chicken,
Then Came the Egg,
Or Was It the Other Way Around?
78 F-150 429CJ C6 ,Silver w/Explorer Pkge
641/2 Mustang,Pre-World's Fair Car #8092
64 Fairlane S/C waiting for a 390-4spd.
68-Mustang.Sunlit Gold 80,000 miles
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More importantly, keep up to date anti-virus software on your computer. I have received over 1500 emails of the most recent virus this week alone from FTE members who haven't taken the responsibility to keep their computer protected. Its cost me time and money having to deal with this.....
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I use the Norton Complete package > Anti-Virus,Firewall, URL Child protection.
What do you think about Norton, Ken ?
Dennis
First Came the Chicken,
Then Came the Egg,
Or Was It the Other Way Around?
78 F-150 429CJ C6 ,Silver w/Explorer Pkge
641/2 Mustang,Pre-World's Fair Car #8092
64 Fairlane S/C waiting for a 390-4spd.
68-Mustang.Sunlit Gold 80,000 miles
What do you think about Norton, Ken ?
Dennis
First Came the Chicken,
Then Came the Egg,
Or Was It the Other Way Around?
78 F-150 429CJ C6 ,Silver w/Explorer Pkge
641/2 Mustang,Pre-World's Fair Car #8092
64 Fairlane S/C waiting for a 390-4spd.
68-Mustang.Sunlit Gold 80,000 miles
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 02-Dec-01 AT 11:31 PM (EST)]I doubt the attack was malicious on his part. The most likely scenario is that this person was infected and the "trojan horse" found your (and probably several others) e-mail address in his address book and sent itself out. Many, many people are being hit with this. You did the right thing by deleting the message... but be sure to clean out your deleted e-mail folder too. A neighborly thing to do would be to alert this person that you believe his system has been compromised.
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I have been emailed the latest virus not by one, but by hundreds of people. Why is is that someone such as myself, who receives an average of 200+ emails per day, hasn't had a virus infection in years? Because I update my anti-virus software weekly, I don't open anything other than image files and documents and when I open documents, I virus scan them first and then make sure scripting is turned off. Finally, I don't use Microsoft for email (which is extremely vunerable to viruses).
In my opinion, either Norton or McAfee are good for anti-virus protection.
As to being neighborly, with one or two emails its possible. But try sending 1500+ neighborly emails in a week. Its been more time effective to simply deactivate anyone who sends me a virus.
In my opinion, either Norton or McAfee are good for anti-virus protection.
As to being neighborly, with one or two emails its possible. But try sending 1500+ neighborly emails in a week. Its been more time effective to simply deactivate anyone who sends me a virus.
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Oh no- I wasn't referring to you Ken. I'm sure you get way too many mails (infected or not) to try and just be "neighborly". 
Anti-virus software is a must-have, but it won't protect you from worms and trojan horses like those being sent out most recently. You need a firewall. Even then, it's important to realize that you can still be "infected", but at least the worm can't "phone home" and report all of your sensitive info like passwords and credit card numbers. Zone Alarm is a nice FREE software firewall app. Seems to be the preferred product if you don't have a hardware solution.
As for an e-mail client, I use one called Poco. It is completely immune from the Outlook-type virii. It even blocks http "spy" mail if you want it to. Sweet program- I highly recommend it.
Anti-virus software is a must-have, but it won't protect you from worms and trojan horses like those being sent out most recently. You need a firewall. Even then, it's important to realize that you can still be "infected", but at least the worm can't "phone home" and report all of your sensitive info like passwords and credit card numbers. Zone Alarm is a nice FREE software firewall app. Seems to be the preferred product if you don't have a hardware solution.
As for an e-mail client, I use one called Poco. It is completely immune from the Outlook-type virii. It even blocks http "spy" mail if you want it to. Sweet program- I highly recommend it.
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From: Corydon US of A
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This is a litte off topic but i'm gonna run my mouth anyway. Does anyone know why people would start a virus? i mean what kind of enjoyment do you get out of that. like terrorists of the cyber world in my mind.
dave
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Its not off-topic, almost anything goes in the General Conversation section....
As to the topic, the only two things I can think of are:
1. Misguided ego with a twisted peer group.
2. Computer terrorism
As to the topic, the only two things I can think of are:
1. Misguided ego with a twisted peer group.
2. Computer terrorism
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virus authorities??
Not suprising this topic repeats itself everywhere...
The hackers never seem to quit, and are always (malisciously) dreaming up something new....
I never use anything but hotmail as an E-Mail service, because they use McAffey on their own server.
I deny access to my own machine however I have to do that.
A "firewall" is a good investment, provided it isn't an intrusive one...
"Black Ice Defender" from Network Ice is a pretty thorough one, but it's flaw (at least, the last time I installed it) is that it keeps you busy answering alerts.
The smart money says, if you don't know the person sending an "E", or if it's unexpected and out of context (IE: It doesn't sound right), don't even go there!
And under NO circumstances open an executable attachment.
~Wolf
The hackers never seem to quit, and are always (malisciously) dreaming up something new....
I never use anything but hotmail as an E-Mail service, because they use McAffey on their own server.
I deny access to my own machine however I have to do that.
A "firewall" is a good investment, provided it isn't an intrusive one...
"Black Ice Defender" from Network Ice is a pretty thorough one, but it's flaw (at least, the last time I installed it) is that it keeps you busy answering alerts.
The smart money says, if you don't know the person sending an "E", or if it's unexpected and out of context (IE: It doesn't sound right), don't even go there!
And under NO circumstances open an executable attachment.
~Wolf
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For now, you may want to go to Trendmicro and get the "housecall", it's free and will report what it finds as well as take care of them nasty critters hidin' in your 'puter. You can also get a trial version for 30 days if so inclined, yes it is free but will stop working after the time expires.
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I’ve been hit with the “Badtrans” worm several times this week already, thank goodness for McAfee and ZoneAlarm. Last month it was “Nimda” and “SirCam”. The people you get it from don’t even know it, I don’t use Outlook, instant messaging or relay chat. Get yourself a firewall, especially if your computer is online 24/7 and keep your virus definitions updated.
Barry
Barry
