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(Toucanldy) writes: >Regards
Thanks Toucanldy and everyone else that sent me the link. Thankfully, the computer did not find any virus so I was lucky this time. I’ll know better next time I see a funky link. Deb
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A good way to help you protect against a virus is to make sure your e-mail program dumps your attachments in a seperate file that you make yourself. That’s because most virusses look for a "Windows connection" in order for them to work. If you have made a seperate file, and thus no "Windows connection", it has no where to go and it just sits there. Also if you have made a file like that, you know where to find your attachments and it is easy to look what’s in there and easy to delete. I’m not saying it’s foolproof, but it will help a lot, just in case you opened a virus. I hope I explained this well. PJ
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – (Janet)? > I found this unusual, and did not open it. She has never emailed me in the > past. > I hope Ruby is okay. > Is this a new virus? > Subj: Sisters of Mercy > File: SistersofMercy.doc.lnk (159232 bytes) > DL Time (46666 bps): < 1 minute > Hi! How are you? > I send you this file in order to have your advice > See you later. Thanks
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Toucanldy wrote (Janet)? > I found this unusual, and did not open it. She has never emailed me in the > past. > I hope Ruby is okay. > Is this a new virus?
Yes, that was a virus I caught. It automatically send itself to everyone in the address book. I’m so sorry if anyone opened the files and caught the virus. Below is a link that will delete the virus and restore your computer. And, yes, Ruby is doing well. tml Janet
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I did open it, thinking it was from >Janet, but my computer seems okay. I did think it was strange since she >never >emailed me before either. How do you know if the computer got the virus? >Deb
Regards
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This was posted in one of the other ngs I post in. Jewel <<<<Here is information on this virus everyone is getting. It is a pretty new and fairly dangerous virus. It can cause irreparable damage to your C: drive. Here is some info on what to look for. At the bottom is a link to the removal tool that will work with any computer. Discovered on: July 17, 2001 Last Updated on: July 25, 2001 at 07:10:42 AM PDT Threat Assessment: Wild: High Damage: Medium Distribution: High Subject of email: Random subject – the filename of the attachment Name of attachment: A file from the sender’s computer with the extension .bat, .com, .lnk, or .pif added to it. Size of attachment: at least 134kb long Shared drives: searchs for shared drives and copies itself to those it finds Technical description: This worm arrives as an email message with the following content: as the file name of the email attachment. Attachment: The attachment is a file taken from the sender’s computer and will have the extension .bat, .com, .lnk or .pif added to it. Message: The message body will be semi-random, but will always contain one of the following two lines (either English or Spanish) as the first and last sentences of the message. Spanish Version: First line: Hola como estas ? Last line: Nos vemos pronto, gracias. English Version: First line: Hi! How are you? Last line: See you later. Thanks Between these two sentences, some of the following text may appear: Spanish Version: Te mando este archivo para que me des tu punto de vista Espero me puedas ayudar con el archivo que te mando Espero te guste este archivo que te mando Este es el archivo con la informaci=n que me pediste English Version: I send you this file in order to have your advice I hope you can help me with this file that I send I hope you like the file that I sendo you This is the file with the information that you ask for Here is the link to the removal tool: tml
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Only 3 times? LOL, lucky you :/ I’ve been getting it from different people and with different subject lines at least 4-5 times every day. <sigh> owly
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> This is the sircam virus…the key is the bad English. Do not open it. You > did the right thing not opening unsolicited email. I have already received > three of them. From what I have read, this is a very well crafted piece of > code and very destructive.
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Yes me to I have getting one every day theese past 5 days I guess..I can’t believe that this person don’t stop I never open anything who comes like this. Nina
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Only 3 times? LOL, lucky you :/ I’ve been getting it from different people > and with different subject lines at least 4-5 times every day. <sigh> > owly > This is the sircam virus…the key is the bad English. Do not open it. You > did the right thing not opening unsolicited email. I have already received > three of them. From what I have read, this is a very well crafted piece of > code and very destructive.
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I wish I had seen this before I opened up the attachment which corrupted the hard drive on my pc at work. It took the MIS people half the morning to fix it. The sender’s name was female said something like "good morning, how are you" and then wanted help with "the attached" and something about talking to me later to discuss. It made no sense so I figured it had been sent in error. I trashed it but it corrupted the C drive anyway. It was too new to be picked up by the Vshield or McAffee or whatever they have here. And then it had the gall to tell me in the error message that it is sircam. Nice.
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> Yes me to I have getting one every day theese past 5 days I guess..I can’t > believe that this person don’t stop I never open anything who comes like > this.
It’s the virus that is sending the email, the person may not even know their computer is infected. Charles
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>I got it too, TCL, except the subject line said "Books for William." McAfee >didn’t detect a virus, but I deleted it anyway without opening the >attachment and blocked sender because it just "didn’t feel right." >I don’t recall Janet ever emailing me before either except once to offer her >support right after our fire.>
I wish I had your common sense Mamabird. I did open it, thinking it was from Janet, but my computer seems okay. I did think it was strange since she never emailed me before either. How do you know if the computer got the virus? Deb
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: I wish I had seen this before I opened up the attachment which corrupted the : hard drive on my pc at work. It took the MIS people half the morning to : fix it. The sender’s name was female said something like "good morning, how : are you" and then wanted help with "the attached" and something about talking : to me later to discuss. It made no sense so I figured it had been sent in : error. I trashed it but it corrupted the C drive anyway. It was too new to be : picked up by the Vshield or McAffee or whatever they have here. And then it : had the gall to tell me in the error message that it is sircam. Nice. Sircam "hides" in your "recycle bin", which is not usually scanned by most virus scanners. — Jennifer Mullen | "I don’t want to have my stove hacked!" http://cac.psu.edu/~jsm158/ | Kitchen"
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That is the sircam worm virus. — Hookbill.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – (Janet)? > I found this unusual, and did not open it. She has never emailed me in the > past. > I hope Ruby is okay. > Is this a new virus? > Subj: Sisters of Mercy > File: SistersofMercy.doc.lnk (159232 bytes) > DL Time (46666 bps): < 1 minute > Hi! How are you? > I send you this file in order to have your advice > See you later. Thanks
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TCL, this is probably the sircam virus. http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99141 — Debbie, Dusty(CAG) and Casperella(U2) Thanks, Debbie. Regards
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>This is the sircam virus…the key is the bad English. Do not open it. You >did the right thing not opening unsolicited email. I have already received >three of them. From what I have read, this is a very well crafted piece of >code and very destructive.
Thank you, Kevin and Debbie. I hope this will alert others. Regards
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – (Janet)? > I found this unusual, and did not open it. She has never emailed me in the > past. > I hope Ruby is okay. > Is this a new virus? > Subj: Sisters of Mercy > File: SistersofMercy.doc.lnk (159232 bytes) > DL Time (46666 bps): < 1 minute > Hi! How are you? > I send you this file in order to have your advice > See you later. Thanks
I got it too, TCL, except the subject line said "Books for William." McAfee didn’t detect a virus, but I deleted it anyway without opening the attachment and blocked sender because it just "didn’t feel right." I don’t recall Janet ever emailing me before either except once to offer her support right after our fire. — Mama ~^~^~^~ Visit Mamabird’s Nest: <http://iluvbirds.tripod.com/> And My Photo Album at: <http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=442768> -To email me: change nest to net- "I was always a lover of soft winged things." Victor Hugo
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I found this unusual, and did not open it. She has never emailed me in the past. I hope Ruby is okay. Is this a new virus? Subj: Sisters of Mercy File: SistersofMercy.doc.lnk (159232 bytes) DL Time (46666 bps): < 1 minute Hi! How are you? I send you this file in order to have your advice See you later. Thanks
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – (Janet)? > I found this unusual, and did not open it. She has never emailed me in the > past. > I hope Ruby is okay. > Is this a new virus? > Subj: Sisters of Mercy > File: SistersofMercy.doc.lnk (159232 bytes) > DL Time (46666 bps): < 1 minute > Hi! How are you? > I send you this file in order to have your advice > See you later. Thanks
TCL, this is probably the sircam virus. http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99141 — Debbie, Dusty(CAG) and Casperella(U2)
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This is the sircam virus…the key is the bad English. Do not open it. You did the right thing not opening unsolicited email. I have already received three of them. From what I have read, this is a very well crafted piece of code and very destructive.
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – (Janet)? > I found this unusual, and did not open it. She has never emailed me in the > past. > I hope Ruby is okay. > Is this a new virus? > Subj: Sisters of Mercy > File: SistersofMercy.doc.lnk (159232 bytes) > DL Time (46666 bps): < 1 minute > Hi! How are you? > I send you this file in order to have your advice > See you later. Thanks
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