On-Topic Virus Alert

dmm · #1 February 5th, 2002, 06:20 PM

Heads up, everyone. Someone sent me an email with SEIV-related info that had a virus attached. The attachment was named condition.bat, and it contained the w32.magistr.39921@mm virus.

Instar · #2 February 6th, 2002, 01:15 AM

Looks like we got us an infestion of l337 h4x0rz
Time to get out the h4x0r guns, and bLast em.
(GOODNESS do I HATE haxor talk, especially when some ignorant piece of trash claims to be a "haxor" when they couldn't get the case off their computer if they tried)
Sorry about the rant

Puke · #3 February 6th, 2002, 05:34 AM

i guess someone lost a game and is unhappy. and just when i thought this was the best community on the net. cant those kids just amuse themselves by pretending to be young girls in adult chat rooms instead of trying to send viruses to honest wargamers?

capnq · #4 February 6th, 2002, 07:03 PM

It doesn't necessarily have to be from a disgruntled player. Some viruses can pull addresses from your address book and subject lines from your mailbox, to masquerade as legitimate Messages.

I got a message with a virus that claimed to be from the PBW server, while the server was still down.

dmm · #5 February 6th, 2002, 07:38 PM

Yes, capnq, that's why I didn't give the name of the sender, who is probably a victim, not a perpetrator.

My policy is: I NEVER open unsolicited attachments, without first requesting and then receiving separate confirmation from the sender. If everybody would do this, these viruses would go nowhere.

mac5732 · #6 February 6th, 2002, 08:04 PM

Viruses don't have to only be off the net, Several yrs ago, I bought a software program and luckly I checked the programa before I installed, In the program was a Virus straight from the Manufacturer. I called the company, they checked, and found a virus was somehow put into all that software, they had to try and contact everyone who bought it. No it wasn't a wargame, thank goodness, because then I probably would have just downloaded it without cking. \

I agree with Puke, those who want to play go play in the chatrooms and leave us who dream of conquest do our thing and leave us alone

just some ideas mac

mottlee · #7 February 6th, 2002, 09:26 PM

quote:
Originally posted by dmm:
Yes, capnq, that's why I didn't give the name of the sender, who is probably a victim, not a perpetrator.

My policy is: I NEVER open unsolicited attachments, without first requesting and then receiving separate confirmation from the sender. If everybody would do this, these viruses would go nowhere.

A good Idea on both and you are prob right on him being a victim