OT: PLEASE UPDATE
 

For the love of God please update and run an anti virus program on your systems. Someone from this communitee is infected and your email list is being mined.

Please install or update and run an anti-virus program.

If you have the following names in your email list, then take special notice. (These are just from today and do not include the 13 or so that were automatically deleted.)


Service_Clientele@
Jdupond@Club@
M4s@
recrutment@
starfury@
Kazharii@
pduchemin@
alaoneagain@
france@
jon@farley.
mspss@
login@pop3.
atrocities@ast.com (Not me)
mon_autre_login@
marieyves.assoulin@
mmartin@
pvk@
jdupont_1@
jdupont@
g_Kane@

Re: OT: PLEASE UPDATE
 

It might be your computer that's infected, and drawing a bunch of fake senders' addresses out of your address book...

just a thought...

Re: OT: PLEASE UPDATE
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Um Ed, don't you think I would have ran a scan of my system before I posted here? I think that falls under the Duhhhhh file.

[ May 17, 2004, 21:26: Message edited by: Atrocities ]

Re: OT: PLEASE UPDATE
 

I'm running a check now.

A "Check" On My Pc Constitutes of 2 Anti-virus programs and 2 spyware programs http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Just being on the safe side http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: OT: PLEASE UPDATE
 

I've been applying updates to my antivirus program (I use AVG {web page}) and running a complete scan pretty frequently these past couple days. My network connection has been running slow, so I figured viruses were going around, slowing up the networks. I've always been clean, however.

[EDIT]
Hmmm. A quick check at the Windows update page tells me I'm missed the Last 2 updates to XP. One dated May 11th and the other more recent combo. So that may be something you all ought to check. Quick 1 meg download.

[ May 17, 2004, 21:36: Message edited by: Arkcon ]

Re: OT: PLEASE UPDATE
 

The more people that are aware of the problem the better chance we have limiting the effect. Most likely this issues will continue for some time, but my god, 32 virus emails in one day is a tad to much even for me to deal with.

And that was on only ONE email account. I average between 60 to 100 over the three emails accounts I have with ASTmod

I hate viruses, and the scum who make them. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

Re: OT: PLEASE UPDATE
 

I've noticed a hell of a lot of e-mails keep getting around with the Netsky Virus or something. Luckily i'm using hotmail (gasp did i say that?) which puts them in the junk mail folder, after that i just delete every e-mail from people i don't know and have suspicious features (Like 6 e-mails with the same size attachment and a one word subjects)

But i agree, Viruses are only useful in one way. They should be designed (if at all) in a safe enviroment for Compnaies (Microsoft etc) by people for them, so they can prevent these viruses exploiting our systems in the first place.

Edit: I am Now Regretting having so many mods and Shipsets installed on my computer, it's the largest folder my pc ever has to scan Lol http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

[ May 17, 2004, 21:50: Message edited by: Raging Deadstar ]

Re: OT: PLEASE UPDATE
 

Yep, since the Last few viruses came out, I've noticed I get around 3-4 emails a day caught by NAV. Before those, it was very rare I saw one a month.

We're (my wife and I) sure some of our friends are infected as you can get a clue (it seems) when we get our daily supply of jokes passed on to us AND a virus or two (before they terminate their dial-up connection). But they say their PC is clean.

Re: OT: PLEASE UPDATE
 

Heh...

After years of surfing the net in 'paranoid' mode (never post to a newsgroup with your real email address, kill all cookies after browser session, use anti-virus/firewall/proxy utilities) I've finally started getting spam. Apparently some of the very few people who actually had my email address were infected by the 'soBig' worm and once my email started getting used to send infection Messages it was harvested by a spammer somewhere. And now I get the viruses in my mailbox when the notices go out on public channels. Once you're 'known' you're 'known' and you can't undo it. At least I keep my NAV up-to-date and it protects me.

Re: OT: PLEASE UPDATE
 

Scanned Last night.