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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 9:13 pm

I suppose this may be a new virus out, came into my yahoo account.
They will receive an insult, sorry bastards, I just hate people who send
this shit out to destroy others computers.

IP - 84.60.167.175 - Location: Germany [City: Dusseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen]
Date: �b., 18 j.�w��.X��. 2007 16:18:08 +0200
From:
To:
Subject: Mail server report.

Quote:

Do not reply to this message
Dear Customer,
Our robot has fixed an abnormal activity from your IP address on
sending e-mails.
Probably it is connected with the last epidemic of a worm which does
not have patches at the moment.
We recommend you to install a firewall module and it will stop e-mail
sending. Otherwise your account will be blocked until you do not
eliminate
malfunction.
Customer support center robot

Their is an attachment to the email, scaned it and got this.

Quote:

Virus Scan Results
File name: Update_KB8039_x86.zip
File size: 12kb
File type: application/octet-stream
Scan result: Virus "W32.Stration@mm" found.

The file attached to this message was infected with a virus that we were
unable to clean. You should not download this attachment.
Note: Not all viruses can be cleaned. Please contact the message sender and
request that they send you a virus-free version of this attachment.

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 12:16 am

An insult! You are too insane. Smile

If it didn't come from a zombied computer then it came from a throwaway account that will never be used again. Erase it and forget it. You will get more.

"Their is an attachment" should use "There" in this case.

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 8:48 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus

Quote:

A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user.

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 2:16 pm

^^ with knowledge sometimes meaning 'the person isn't aware that it's there' but most of the times more something like 'the person is to stupid to recognize it as something messing about on his system'. Rolling Eyes

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 2:43 pm

Is it generally safe to opebn e-mail attachments. I mean when I get muguman to pose for a trophy, how do I know it's safe?

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 3:37 pm

It's a mass-mailing worm.
http://tinyurl.com/yffp53

BS

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 3:58 pm

Malleus wrote:

Is it generally safe to open e-mail attachments. I mean when I get muguman to pose for a trophy, how do I know it's safe?

Just make sure you have a good virus scanner, that should cope with the majority of the viruses around. There's plenty available, several free ones too which are really good (www.avast.com for example).

Then (for the 0.1% that isn't caught by the scanner because too new) use some common sense. For example, a word document should have a .doc extension, not .doc.scr, .doc.exe, .doc.com or .doc.pif or such. A normal MS-Office document you get from your day-to-day scammer should not contain macros. Pictures are usually safe.
Best practice is to save the attachment on your hard disk instead of directly click-and-open it. This gives you the time to properly investigate it before you open it. Storing an infected file on your hard disk will not cause it to trigger and make it do its dirty work. Your virus scanner however should be triggered at that moment - if is up to date.

Your average mugu will not voluntary send you viruses because he doesn't want to scare you off.

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 9:07 pm

DrWho wrote:

You will get more.

Its been a long time sense I have received an attached virus, to email,
using FF, explorer! well, all the time. By the way, my english tutor was out
sick for a few days. Laughing

As you said, deleted..., no insult sent.