WARNING---Email virus

[longtime]

I may be spreading an email virus. Please be careful!

 

[gospeedracer]

Yes you are!! ;) I got 2 but my virus protection scanned out the attachments. Thought the message didn't sound like if was from you.

 

[MikeS]

Been there and done that too recently.

Too everyone these things stink watch for them

 

[wayneg]

Hello
The latest virus is called 'Goner', and Mcafee already have a fix on their FTP site. It is a mass mailer, but also afffects ICQ. So the best thing is to turn ICQ off until you can get your anti-virus software updated.

 

[Senior KX Rider]

Thanx much for the heads up LT. Just came back from my mailbox and had two from you. Good thing I came to DRN first. Thanx man.:cool: :)

 

[firecracker22]

I got it--now what? I scanned it, but the virus scanner didn't catch it, it said it was ok.

 

[wayneg]

Update your virus scanner - now! I think most of the anti-virus people have updated their signatures now to clean the virus.

 

[longtime]

PS

For anyone who may still get it -- from me or elsewhere -- it says "Hi. Here's a screensaver . . . . . "

 

[singletracker500]

I've gotten quite a few of them lately. Two from a friend who was infected, and about five from people I don't know. They always say "Re" in the subject line, and something like "Hi, I'd like your oppinion on this" in the text. I believe they have a vbs file attached.

 

[bbbom]

Thanks for the warning. I received 3 emails from you all had "Hi" as the subject line with an attachment. Glad I read about it first - deleted unopened. :scream:

 

[Okiewan]

Originally posted by singletracker500
I've gotten quite a few of them lately. Two from a friend who was infected, and about five from people I don't know. They always say "Re" in the subject line, and something like "Hi, I'd like your oppinion on this" in the text. I believe they have a vbs file attached.

That's two different ones, the one that asks for an opinion has been around for a long time, I still get a couple of those each day, been getting the new one too... between spam and virus, I'm beginning to hate email. :mad:

 

[MX265]

Just a heads up ya'll,

The new Goner virus is emaling people with the following text:

"How are you ?
When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you
I am in a harry, I promise you will love it!"

It will contain the GONER.SCR file.

Don't even think about opening it. I hope this helps alleviate some chaos for some folks.

Andy

 

[spanky250]

One of the most damaging aspects of this virus script is the fact that it is designed to eliminate your virus protection files first!:eek:

 

[KWJams]

Not sure if this works or not--

But I have done it as a precaution anyway,

HOW TO PREVENT YOUR PC FROM SENDING A VIRUS

Who among us doesn't know someone who has experienced the embarrassment
of unknowingly spreading a computer virus via their email address book?
You can stop this by taking control of your email program. For those who
are unaware, many computer viruses spread themselves by sending
themselves to everyone in your address book. Imagine how you would feel if
you were
unknowingly infected with a computer virus, and worse yet, your
friends, family, and business contacts were being targeted by your computer!
Well, if you want to avoid this sort of thing, here's a great tip:
This tip won't prevent YOU from getting any viruses
(you have to scan those attachments yourself before
opening them to do that), but it will stop those viruses
from latching onto your address book and sending itself out to others.
To avoid spreading computer viruses, create a contact
in your email address book with the name: !0000 with no email address in the
details.
This contact will then show up as your first contact in your address book.
If a virus attempts to do a "send all" on your contact list, your pc
will put up an error message saying that: "The Message could not be sent.
One or more recipients do not have an e-mail address. Please check your
Address
Book and make sure all the recipients have a valid e-mail address."
You click on OK and the offending (virus) message will not be sent to
anyone. Of course no changes have been made to your original contacts list.
The offending (virus) message may then be automatically stored in your
"Drafts" or "Outbox" folder. Go in there and delete the offending message.
Problem is solved and virus is not spread. Of course then you should handle
to eliminate the virus from your computer.
Try this and pass on to your email contacts. The more people that use this
technique, the less vulnerable we will be to viruses that spread in this
manner

 

[singletracker500]

Done KWJams. Thanks for the info.

 

[longtime]

Done, KW. Don't know if it'll work, but it's worth a try.

 

[KWJams]

Goner removal Tool

Click <--HERE--> for help.

Buy Norton 2001 and keep the auto protect enabled.

At least two times a week I check for live updates.

McAffee sux's!

 

[marcusgunby]

My address book wont allow me to insert new contact without a e mail address-i use incredimail, is there any way around it?

 

[KWJams]

Not sure

Try creating a bogus address, !0000.incrediblmail.com

 

[MX265]

Re: Goner removal Tool

Originally posted by KWJams


McAffee sux's!

Boy does it! It sux the life right out of your computer! It causes your computer to crash more than a drunk grandmother driving a bumper car!

 

[singletracker500]

I used McAffee untill I loaded their 4050 engine. It slowed my machine so much it was almost unusable. I couldn't figure out what was causing my problem. Finally through a google search, I found out they had a "performance" problem with that engine. Their fix was to load dat. 4166. I did, it didnt do a thing for the problem. They didn't have an updated engine that would work, and I couldn't find the 4040 engine to go back too. So I removed every trace of Mc, and loaded an old copy of Norton 2000. Cured all my speed problems!