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Post by Robin Hood on Oct 6, 2005 0:13:19 GMT -6
This is the real deal no Bullshit, I just had a file emailed to me by somebody I know and trust, upon opening it, NO MORE INTERNET!! It makes ch-ch-changes to some system files, and takes over Outlook, not sure about Outlook Express, but I wouldn't be opening zip files. I have since copied the file to a CD and have ran several different virus checks on it, none of them find anything wrong with the file. I would venture to say that this one is brand new without a name yet. I am restoring my laptop back to yesterday as I type this.
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Post by Ardbeg... innit on Oct 6, 2005 5:41:59 GMT -6
Good reason to NOT use Outlook
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Post by Dan on Oct 6, 2005 7:38:43 GMT -6
Robinhood - I had about 7 people get hit with THIS yesterday. Sounds similar to what bit you. D |
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Post by Robin Hood on Oct 6, 2005 9:31:08 GMT -6
That would be the one, nasty little fucker. I didn't lose anything just a pain in my ass having to restore my laptop to my backup image.
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Post by Robin Hood on Oct 6, 2005 9:32:07 GMT -6
BTW, I only run Outlook on my laptop, everywhere else I use Evolution.
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Post by Robin Hood on Oct 6, 2005 9:48:26 GMT -6
I figured it was a joke sent to me by somebody I knew, I feel kinda sheepish being a security guy getting nailed with this fucking thing.
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Post by Dan on Oct 6, 2005 9:58:31 GMT -6
Guilty here too - and I KNOW better!
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Post by Robin Hood on Oct 6, 2005 10:03:38 GMT -6
So do I...LOL I guess we just can't help ourselves, this is the very reason my computers all make backup images of themselves every night. It does help ease the pain.
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Post by Dan on Oct 6, 2005 11:03:50 GMT -6
BTW...I'm gonna try the Sonicwall you mentioned this weekend. Looks pretty slick and has some good reviews from what I find.
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Post by Robin Hood on Oct 6, 2005 11:10:23 GMT -6
If anyone else is interested in this firewall, here is the address www.smoothwall.org/BTW, it is FREE!! |
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Post by Liz of Chris & Liz on Oct 6, 2005 12:44:31 GMT -6
Hope you got things worked out!
FYI....don't ever unzip something unless you are EXPECTING to receive a file from someone. And a quick email to double check that it was actually sent by the person is key as well.
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Post by ♥ COVID-19♥ on Oct 6, 2005 12:47:31 GMT -6
And a quick email to double check that it was actually sent by the person is key as well. Yes, and don't forget to attach a ZIP file to that e-mail as well, just in case. |
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Post by Liz of Chris & Liz on Oct 6, 2005 13:08:42 GMT -6
And a quick email to double check that it was actually sent by the person is key as well. Yes, and don't forget to attach a ZIP file to that e-mail as well, just in case. LOL....perfect! |
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Post by Robin Hood on Oct 6, 2005 13:13:01 GMT -6
Hope you got things worked out! FYI....don't ever unzip something unless you are EXPECTING to receive a file from someone. And a quick email to double check that it was actually sent by the person is key as well. Oh, I know this very well, and have the certifications to prove it. I have a buddy that sends me jokes all the time, and that is what I thought this was, I called him this morning, and told him he was infected. he was not pleased. I also sent out an email to all in my address book to let them know also. This thing was just very new and from what I understand there were alot of infections world wide. The good news is every anti-virus software company that I check is now protecting against it. I would highly reccomend you make sure your virus definitions are up to date. As far as getting myself sraitened out no problem mon, I just fire up Ghost and restore my computer to my last backup, which just happened to be about 3 hours before I got into this thing. So I lost a grand total of ZERO!! I tell all my clients that they need to regular backups, and this is a case in point. |
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