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zefrank · 08-19-2003, 09:03 PM

there's a nasty computer virus abound.

do not open any attachments from my email address...it seems to have been appropriated for evil

my computer is not infected (and a mac)...someone who has my address is though...

zenbabe · 08-19-2003, 09:47 PM

My company got hit last thursday..they were playing football on cubical island. 4 hours down, computers and phone system.

My mailbox is probably full ze, I still can't figure out how to unsubscribe from the threads and havent checked it in a few days. heh.

Stormyguy · 08-20-2003, 03:23 AM

Yes, I've been getting hundreds of those e-mails. The mac doesn't seem to 'care' as it just won't recognise the attachments (.pif, .bat, .scr etc etc) so I just delete the messages.

The Norton software in our office seems to be catching the messages on there so hopefully all is OK.

Here is Norton's response page:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...obig.f@mm.html

Frieda · 08-20-2003, 05:13 AM

people you are so late to get this virus!

i've worked from 8.30 am till 2 am yesterday because of this stupid virus.. and now i'm at work again (since 10.30 am)..

and indeed, it uses spoof email adresses.

Stormyguy · 08-20-2003, 06:34 AM

HELP!

It's just filling up my inbox with so much crap! Norton is zapping everything but it's just hundreds of them!

Is there ANY way to stop the incoming e-mails?

RuneT · 08-20-2003, 06:57 AM

not really. Just ride it off.

You can set up a filter that delete any mail with a *.pif or *.scr attachment but I think that your Norton get to them first anyways.

Stormyguy · 08-20-2003, 07:05 AM

Yes Rune I think you're right.

I've filtered out mail with those subjects and asked the rule to delete them from my server also (hopefully that will save me getting them all again later when I check mail at home on my mac).

I note macs are unaffected BTW.

Just batten down and weather the storm I guess!

Frieda · 08-20-2003, 08:29 AM

check the email headers and mail the isp where the email comes from, they can inform the people that are infected.

edited to add: here's something about how the previous versions of the worm work. very insteresting. if you're a geek.

LadyCrow · 08-20-2003, 09:02 AM

Morning all.

My company hasn't gotten a virus (keeping fingers crossed), but over the past two days we must have gotten many dozens of emails (w/out attachments) with the following subject lines :

re: Thank you!
re: Your details
re: My details
re: Movie

(et al)

I stupidly opened one of the "Thank you" emails, since I wasn't sure if it was from a customer or not; obviously not, since it seems to have opened a whole damn can of worms (no pun intended).

We've got an excellent mail filter program, but it's still annoying to check company email and see all the spam.

Oh well. I guess it's just one of the joys of computers...

Pax,
LC

zefrank · 08-20-2003, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by zenbabe

My mailbox is probably full ze, I still can't figure out how to unsubscribe from the threads and havent checked it in a few days. heh.

in your user cp you should have a list of threads you are currently subscribed to and should be able to unsubscribe from there.

Yes · 08-20-2003, 06:03 PM

My dad's company had the worm last week. He's a computer tech, and works at a company of computer techs, so it was a bit of a problem. My dad's was one of very few not infected, tho.

08-19-2003, 09:03 PM	#1
zefrank ------------- Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: brooklyn NY Posts: 1,581	alert there's a nasty computer virus abound. do not open any attachments from my email address...it seems to have been appropriated for evil my computer is not infected (and a mac)...someone who has my address is though...

08-19-2003, 09:47 PM	#2
zenbabe Lollypop! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: we are all made of stars Posts: 11,690	My company got hit last thursday..they were playing football on cubical island. 4 hours down, computers and phone system. My mailbox is probably full ze, I still can't figure out how to unsubscribe from the threads and havent checked it in a few days. heh. __________________ Be yourself, because the people that mind don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss

08-20-2003, 03:23 AM	#3
Stormyguy Striking Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: A fork in the road.... Posts: 252	Yes, I've been getting hundreds of those e-mails. The mac doesn't seem to 'care' as it just won't recognise the attachments (.pif, .bat, .scr etc etc) so I just delete the messages. The Norton software in our office seems to be catching the messages on there so hopefully all is OK. Here is Norton's response page: http://securityresponse.symantec.com...obig.f@mm.html __________________ That's Ren and Stimpy.... They're way exestential! Last edited by Stormyguy : 08-20-2003 at 03:31 AM.

08-20-2003, 05:13 AM	#4
Frieda in limbo Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 19,503	people you are so late to get this virus! i've worked from 8.30 am till 2 am yesterday because of this stupid virus.. and now i'm at work again (since 10.30 am).. and indeed, it uses spoof email adresses. __________________ zoek waar je wil, maar het zit in jezelf oh yeah

08-20-2003, 06:34 AM	#5
Stormyguy Striking Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: A fork in the road.... Posts: 252	HELP! It's just filling up my inbox with so much crap! Norton is zapping everything but it's just hundreds of them! Is there ANY way to stop the incoming e-mails? __________________ That's Ren and Stimpy.... They're way exestential!

08-20-2003, 06:57 AM	#6
RuneT baaaaah? Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: No(r)way Posts: 4,733	not really. Just ride it off. You can set up a filter that delete any mail with a .pif or .scr attachment but I think that your Norton get to them first anyways. __________________ RuneT RuneT, respect!!

08-20-2003, 07:05 AM	#7
Stormyguy Striking Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: A fork in the road.... Posts: 252	Yes Rune I think you're right. I've filtered out mail with those subjects and asked the rule to delete them from my server also (hopefully that will save me getting them all again later when I check mail at home on my mac). I note macs are unaffected BTW. Just batten down and weather the storm I guess! __________________ That's Ren and Stimpy.... They're way exestential!

08-20-2003, 08:29 AM	#8
Frieda in limbo Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 19,503	check the email headers and mail the isp where the email comes from, they can inform the people that are infected. edited to add: here's something about how the previous versions of the worm work. very insteresting. if you're a geek. __________________ zoek waar je wil, maar het zit in jezelf oh yeah Last edited by Frieda : 08-20-2003 at 08:34 AM.

08-20-2003, 09:02 AM	#9
LadyCrow WhY sO SiRiUs? Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ta uoy erehw Posts: 1,120	Morning all. My company hasn't gotten a virus (keeping fingers crossed), but over the past two days we must have gotten many dozens of emails (w/out attachments) with the following subject lines : re: Thank you! re: Your details re: My details re: Movie (et al) I stupidly opened one of the "Thank you" emails, since I wasn't sure if it was from a customer or not; obviously not, since it seems to have opened a whole damn can of worms (no pun intended). We've got an excellent mail filter program, but it's still annoying to check company email and see all the spam. Oh well. I guess it's just one of the joys of computers... Pax, LC __________________ "If there is a bedrock principle of the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable." -- Justice William J. Brennan (1906-1997) U. S. Supreme Court Justice Source: Texas vs. Johnson, 1989 ************ Illegitimi non carborundum... ************ Whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger. - Heath Ledger

08-20-2003, 06:03 PM	#11
Yes Barbie Mädchen Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Face-down in a ditch downtown Posts: 125	My dad's company had the worm last week. He's a computer tech, and works at a company of computer techs, so it was a bit of a problem. My dad's was one of very few not infected, tho. __________________ "How did you find America?" "Turn left at Greenland."

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