The FU#$*ing HI Virus

I dont know about the rest of you but i am getting on average about 50 message per 4 hours on my home email. This has been going one for the past 3 days.

I can go into my Web mail and delte them all before i down load them...

Anyone else getting this crap ???

so if i dont answer one of your Email please send it again in about 3 days time when all the shit has finished.

if you get a patch for it pass the info on plaese.

Dan

I know what you mean I have been getting those for 3 months it drivs you crazy but what can you do. I will say that in the early days I was getting over 100 per day but now I ony get about 20/30 a day good luck


Marc

:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry:cry


:alien

yup, getting the emails, not that many tho, i think my address has been used to send some viruses recently but i cant find any trace on my computer after emptying the temp internet files so fingers crossed.

BUM hole to all the Virus scammers is all i can say... F them

I've got a couple lately..thought it had ended there for a bit:cussing

Download a Program call "MailWasher" the freewae version allows you to filter/bounce unwanted e-mails while it is still at the ISPs server. Unfortunately it will not allow you tofilter your hotmail account. The Pro version will.

Since I've had this program my junk mail has gone from 200 a day to 2 per week

I reckon these pricks should be made one with their computers (in a very violent manner), since they love them so much 😠😠😠

3 words.... "get a mac" he says, ducking flying objects from every direction.

What do these emails say? I've just started recieving a few sus ones,,

Oasis wrote:3 words.... "get a mac" he says, ducking flying objects from every direction.

LOL! Good call, dude. I've been using my friends mac. It's awesome. So smooth, user friendly (once you get used to them) and reliable. They won't cause you any problems at all, the only reason why you end up getting rid of them is to update to a faster/better one.

Hey jenz58
some say Microsoft critical update,
postmaster mail, etc
hope this helps

Marc

http://ct.com.com/click?q=29-SgwrIjM1HjJnfq47DbDM9eTd87Cl

THIS WILL FIX IT IF YOU STILL HAVE A PROBLEM:bounce

There still comming I deleted 36 this morning about 10 am and now this arvo ive killed off another 25 or so.

I been doing it in my web mail on line at the ISP.... I suspose it will eventually stop.

vw54 wrote:There still comming I deleted 36 this morning about 10 am and now this arvo ive killed off another 25 or so.

I been doing it in my web mail on line at the ISP.... I suspose it will eventually stop.

I'm still getting them after months of this shit...............200+ per day..........

Thats what happens when you subscribe to too many porn sites:P:P:P hehehe jks😀

Thanks..I know and don't open any sus emails especially from Microsoft..

Damn I've had to scan my system..got all of these 'failed email' messages to stuff I didn't send😠

Keep getting emails for finance and Viagra...Do these two things relate???? :o

Damn I wish these people could leave us alone to Vee Dubb away peacefully:sandrine

Jen THose are teh starting point for teh new major virus on the net called "MYDOOM" watch out and vist norton or avg or whatever to use to get the update iyts a worm btw🙁

Perhaps if you run ADAWARE and other similar programs(free...just do a search) they will remove the little man in your PC box and keep this stuff away. I'm a heavy downloader and had these "spam" problems on a regular basis until enough was enough and I removed the demons from my system.Now I have no problems......Kazaa is a pig for this happening...:jesus:cry.Have also used mailwasher etc.All good in one way or another....

(CNN) -- The MyDoom virus has become the fastest-spreading virus yet, hitting hardest in the United States and Australia, security firm MessageLabs said Wednesday.
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More than 100,000 copies are being intercepted every hour, he added. One in 12 e-mails handled by MessageLabs was infected with the worm.
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FBI agents are investigating the source of the worm, also known as "W32/Mydoom.A-mm," "Novarg" or "WORM_MIMAIL.R."
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The message in MyDoom is sent as a binary attachment. It often arrives in a zip archive of 22,528 bytes and is represented by a text icon even though it is an executable file, which are renowned for carrying viruses.

While the body of the e-mail varies, it usually includes what appears to be an error message, such as: "The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment."
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The worm is contained in e-mails with random senders' addresses and subject lines.
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When loaded, some versions of the worm launch Notepad and show random characters. At the same time it replicates itself, opens a backdoor that could allow hackers to break in and, in some instances, installs a "keystroke" program that records everything being typed, including passwords and credit card numbers.

The worm is also spreading via popular Internet file sharing networks such as Kazaa, where it appeared with names such as "Winamp5" "ICQ2004-final."
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CNN.com's Jeordan Legon contributed to this report.


if you get it run the symantec removal downlaod from www.symantec.com.au

jenz58 wrote:Keep getting emails for finance and Viagra...Do these two things relate???? :o

They could be. If you need finance to keep up your supply of viagra then you might look like this -> 😀 no such luck for me. I just sit by the mailbox waiting for junk mail to arrive so I can check out the bra ads. 🙁

I'm getting heaps of spam and virus emails too. over 100 perday :o Recently I started getting auto replies saying my emails are infected with a virus. I'm not sending the emails/viruses! They are using the admin address of a yahoo group I started for wollongong sporting car club years ago.

Lots of the viri will use the data in the infected persons address book. So if your name is in someones Outlook and they get hit with the virus, chances are you will or they will use your email address as the sender so it looks like it originiated from your computer.

Best solution: Get a Mac. Zero viruses, zero backdoor hacks, zero hassle.

I get about 3 emails for Viagra every couple of days. It's been going on for about 3 months.

I only get crap mail for Diplomas and Female dating.

I don't need either. I used SPYBOT to rid my computer of spyware. It shafted KaZaA but that was a small price to pay to clear me of Junk Mail. Now I get about 3 a day and I don't even have a spam filter. If I had of know I could have ask it not to touch KaZaA. Oh well.

I got an abusive eMail tonight because I wouldn't answer this guys Email with "Hi" in the Subject. I simply Deleted it. I explained but he hasn't replied - So how knows.

Bronze.

It goes without saying here that all keen webusers should install, run and keep updated a reputable virus checking programme.
I update my virus checker every time i get on the net and rarely are my virus signatures up top date. Always downloading new ones.

Another strategy that should be second nature but still after all the dramas as far back as 'Melissa" and the rest of these bloody viruses is that people still insist on opening email attachments that contain executables.

If you have a virus checker, which we all should, then any mails containing any other type of attachments other than image files such as .jpg, .bmp, .giff, .tiff and movie files such as .mpeg, .wma, .mov can be quarrantined and checked by the virus checker.
Eeeeeeasy.
No more viruses.

Another thing to not is that last week, I was loaded with three seperate viruses that were delivered via the web ()HTML borne). NOT via E-mail. One of them was visiting the Popular Scientist magazine website
I run a very aggressive firewall but I had forgotten to run it at the time and my machine was hit.
Fortunately, my virus proggy found them and i could clean them off.

Moral:
Run a good quality and updated every day virus programme.
Install and run a decent firewall.
Thirdly, install and run an anti-spam programme.
I use SpamFighter.
Freeware and it has reduced my spam by over 90% coming off my domain.

Happy non-viral websurfing everyone!
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Get a Mac and never look back!

Macs are no more or no less susceptible to HTML borne viruses than anything else dude.
Its the HTML (web) borne variety that are the ones that hurt.

Like I said, I was loaded with 3 different varieties of virus just by visiting websites without my firewall on.

Never even ran the mail proggy at the time.

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Beg to differ. No current PC virus, HTML or otherwise, has any affect on any of our Macs. OS 9 or OS X.

Good for you dude.
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I can remember seeing a few emails with attachments about being a Binary file and can't be read etc... I run Nortons antivirus software... which usually stops most viruses in their tracks...
BUT My computer is Down at the moment and it looks like everything on the hard drive has to be wiped....
I used to get 100+ spam emails per day, until recently when I changed My ISP...
NEW E mail address,,,, Now I get about 2 a day... from another email address I use.
None from My New ISP yet.... Lee

I mentioned this before.
Anti-virus:
Install one and KEEP IT UPDATED! At the very least once a week.
Never open an email attachment that is not a known image file such as .jpg, .gif, .bmp or rarely, .tif or movie files such as .mov and .mpeg.
If you cant identify the attachment file extension as an image or you dont trust the sender then just delete the files.
if the file contains any kind of executable such as .pif, .scr, .exe and so-on just delete it.

A common falacy is that just by downloading the executable that your system is infected. This is crap! The executable file must be actually opened or run (executed, hence Executable) to infect the system.

Spam:
NEVER, EVER respond to spam messages that ask you to "click here" to be "removed from our database"
You will simply be added to a thousand other databases as a valid email address. This is a beauty and will guarantee legions of junk mail from there on.

Install a simple anti-spam programme. These are cheap or free and are lightweight applications that look at the addresses from potential spammers and when a mail is identified as spam the mails are loaded into a "Spam" folder.
These can be later deleted.
Any spam that makes it thru has not bee identified by anyone else using the programe so when you click on the "Spam" button any mails sent from that addy again will be identified as spam to all other users of the programme.
Basically the more users the bigger the database.
Avoid any spam programme that "bounces" identified spam or auto-replies.
This is creating spam in itself and further clogging the web!
Those email addies that spam appear to come from are never monitored aliases and will simply generate a bounce back to you!
I use a simple and lightweight spam proggie called SpamFighter. It is free and catches over 95% of spam.

There you have it.
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Amsterdamned wrote:Beg to differ. No current PC virus, HTML or otherwise, has any affect on any of our Macs. OS 9 or OS X.

I work in the security industry. There are bugs in all code, regardless of who designed/ran the operating system. Malware writers use these bugs / features / capabilities to spread.

Linux and Macs have had viruses in the past and will in the future. Obviously nowhere near as many as the dominant platform of the day, but it's simply inevitable.

Hubris got us to where we are today.

Andrew

Sorry, never meant to imply that macs were immune. Just that there hasn't been a malevolent virus on the mac for around 4 years.

When you have such a small piece of the computing pie, virus writers leave you alone.

The only danger is forwarding on an infected email or file to a pc user.

I knew it! I've reignited the old mac Vs PC war. Give me a mac anyday (and I've got both). Never had a virus or even an anti virus program.

Not a matter of if, but when!

but macs suck its a universal fact, sure they are good for some things but they arent as compatable

I may be new here but I know a load of crap when I read it...

Didn't really want to get dragged into a macs vs peecee debate.

Have fun with your viruses.

I may be new here but I know a load of crap when I read it...

A load of crap eh?

Dude, if you dont have something constructive to add to a relevant topic (Load of crap) then keep your mouth shut K!

The issue of virus infections is certainly no "load of crap" and neither is the discussion on it.
PC V's Mac, Mac V's PC, both do the same job, both are just as suceptible to a virus infection as each other 'cept there are way less viruses actually WRITTEN with a Mac in mind. Since that vast majority of machines are NOT Mac, then why would a coder spend all that time writing some malicious script when there is little effect to be had.
Of course he will target the dominant platform where he can do the most damage with the minimum effort.

The Pee-Cee V's Mac debate is almost as mindless as the old Beta V's VHS video debate.
To dismiss as "a load of crap" a discussion regarding virus infections regardless of the platform they are aimed at is foolish and is "a load of crap" in itself.
Pheeww, I feel better now!!!:vader
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When I said load of crap I was referring to this ignorant generalisation.

Riaan wrote:but macs suck its a universal fact, sure they are good for some things but they arent as compatable

I wasn't referring to the virus thing. Sorry for the confusion and unintended offence. Damn this place is friendly.

K then dude.
I may have gone off half cocked then......
Apologies.
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