Dilibrate VIRUS Attack!

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by Combat Wombat:
Thats what I don't like about emails you cant tell who sent them for sure. The whole system should be reworked to be more secure becuase of things like this and more and more people are using email instead of normal mail. There is no way to completely code a brand new system and get everything and everyone to use it though.

IP ver.6 and scanning backbone routers will fix most of this. But then it will also place some limits on the open-ness of the internet.

[ March 26, 2004, 21:30: Message edited by: Thermodyne ]

[President_Elect_Shang]

Here is my conversation with the tech support people when I called about my other email account (paraphrased) that was hit by something similar:

The virus (maybe they said worm I honestly can’t remember) pulled some accounts, wrote Messages using addresses and subject lines from my [undeleted] out box, then attached its self (I am pretty sure they said as html code) and went out. For those address I had never written to (Microsoft was one) it included a generic subject line.

That is to the best of my memory and I hope it sheds some new light. It sounds like Thermodyne experienced the same thing, but I had it happen to me Last week.

[ March 26, 2004, 21:40: Message edited by: President Elect Shang ]

[Atrocities]

We all get the Masqurading Emails all the time. Hell I got one from Malfador a week or so ago. That is all find and dandy, we have learned to ignor most of these.

Its when the email is sent to another account, one that does not have your name, and includes text that addresses you BY name that has me worried.

This is what happened. I believe at some point some hacker/virus maker came up with a way to "hijack" your email and substitute a virus for a file your emailing, or simply attack itself to the email as an HTML doc.

The HTML doc. I recieved was titled Space Empires.html (Hidden was the .src extention)

I don't know what to say other than we are all at risk. Hell for all I know my system could be infected and sending out random emails with virus attachements despite my Anti Virus software and PestPatrol anti pest software.

These viruses are afterall, how Nortan and McAfee (same company) stay in business.

(Hummmmmmm, I wonder who it could be making these new viruses??? Duhhhhhhhhhhhh)

[Intimidator]

I figured that out on the day I had to pay ( $€$€$€$ ) for my first virus-scanner.

[Roanon]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
I don't know what to say other than we are all at risk. Hell for all I know my system could be infected and sending out random emails with virus attachements despite my Anti Virus software and PestPatrol anti pest software.

1. Do not use Internet Explorer
2. Do not use Outlook
3. Do not open executable email attachments
4. Do not download and execute files unless you absolutely trust the source

Little to no risk left.

Ok, I forgot:
5. Do not use Win2k or WinXP unless you really, really know all the things that must be done to prevent them accessing the internet, and download and execute files without your knowledge.

[Thermodyne]

Originally posted by Roanon:

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
I don't know what to say other than we are all at risk. Hell for all I know my system could be infected and sending out random emails with virus attachements despite my Anti Virus software and PestPatrol anti pest software.

1. Do not use Internet Explorer
2. Do not use Outlook
3. Do not open executable email attachments
4. Do not download and execute files unless you absolutely trust the source

Little to no risk left.

Ok, I forgot:
5. Do not use Win2k or WinXP unless you really, really know all the things that must be done to prevent them accessing the internet, and download and execute files without your knowledge.

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Ya ya ya


Just use a firewall and get an antivirus subscription. Yhen use the security settings that are included with IE6 and Outlook. You'll be fine.

[Atrocities]

Well I hope when OneWebHosting brings there email filters on line I won't have to worry to much about getting email viruses.

They are down now. Only received about six today over all my accounts.