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  • CeleronXT
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2002
    • 3217

    #31
    Originally posted by Raz Meister
    Looks like this new virus was created to DDoS SCO: http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5147605.html?tag=st_lh
    DDoS SCO? Where can I download this virus voluntarily?
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    • Joe Gronlund
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2001
      • 5789
      • 3.8.x

      #32
      Originally posted by Lumina
      It has been many years antivirus do scan compressed files. At least 10 years.
      An easy test about compressed files exists since many years:
      http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm
      what i meant was,, nortons newest virus dats now know the virus is there and deletes it for you.. Being zipped, rared or straight exe, scr etc..
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      • Joe Gronlund
        Senior Member
        • Nov 2001
        • 5789
        • 3.8.x

        #33
        Originally posted by CeleronXT
        DDoS SCO? Where can I download this virus voluntarily?
        lol,, that isnt all it does,, this is gonna be a rough two weeks..
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        Microsoft Beta Team

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        • Joe Gronlund
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2001
          • 5789
          • 3.8.x

          #34
          Originally posted by deano
          ok
          still a good trick thou
          for real e-mail viruses
          tanks and kisses
          lol dean, you really need to get the hell back to work haha
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          • deano
            Member
            • Jan 2002
            • 40

            #35
            Originally posted by Asendin
            lol dean, you really need to get the hell back to work haha
            no
            i have retired with my goats

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            • deano
              Member
              • Jan 2002
              • 40

              #36
              Originally posted by Lumina
              Deano, what you received is called a "hoax". This contact list trick do not work at all of course, or maybee with just 0,001% of possible virus.
              ok
              i never did get this virus or hoax or what ever da heck it is

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              • Jake Bunce
                Senior Member
                • Dec 2000
                • 46598
                • 3.6.x

                #37
                It's so rude to add some one to your address book and then get a virus like this... that's right up there with sending out chain emails to a bunch of people and using the "To" field instead of the "Bcc" field. Exposing an email address like that is the best way to get on spam lists.

                Either don't maintain an address book in your email client or be savy enough not to get a virus like this.

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                • merk
                  Senior Member
                  • Jul 2001
                  • 4149

                  #38
                  Originally posted by Jakeman
                  It's so rude to add some one to your address book and then get a virus like this... that's right up there with sending out chain emails to a bunch of people and using the "To" field instead of the "Bcc" field. Exposing an email address like that is the best way to get on spam lists.

                  Either don't maintain an address book in your email client or be savy enough not to get a virus like this.
                  Amen.

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                  • HexOnxOnx
                    Senior Member
                    • Apr 2003
                    • 638
                    • 3.7.x

                    #39
                    Wow, for the first time in a few years I have gotten this virus sent to me in three differant email accounts. This thing is getting wide spread fast!
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                    • noppid
                      Senior Member
                      • May 2003
                      • 625
                      • 2.3.2

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Jakeman
                      It's so rude to add some one to your address book and then get a virus like this... that's right up there with sending out chain emails to a bunch of people and using the "To" field instead of the "Bcc" field. Exposing an email address like that is the best way to get on spam lists.

                      Either don't maintain an address book in your email client or be savy enough not to get a virus like this.
                      It must be lonely up there on that pedistal being so perfect.
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                      • Joe Gronlund
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2001
                        • 5789
                        • 3.8.x

                        #41
                        Originally posted by HexOnxOnx
                        Wow, for the first time in a few years I have gotten this virus sent to me in three differant email accounts. This thing is getting wide spread fast!
                        Yaa i feel really bad for SCO right now, i received twenty more this morning..
                        No company or Corporation deserves a DoS attack, and certain not to this extent.

                        All because of the use or non-use of Linux
                        -----------------------------------------------------------
                        SCO advises anyone who has knows about the perpetrator to contact their local FBI office.

                        SCO also advises anyone who notices strange executable files, possibly in their /usr/bin directory and messages bearing the text /Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA to contact SCO directly.


                        SCO has even posted a $250,000 worm bounty
                        Last edited by Joe Gronlund; Wed 28 Jan '04, 6:59am.
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                        • Joe Gronlund
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2001
                          • 5789
                          • 3.8.x

                          #42
                          Originally posted by noppid
                          It must be lonely up there on that pedistal being so perfect.
                          Well i must agree with jake, i am on so many address books and not one person has asked me if they could add me.
                          Most dont know how to recognize an obvious virus, not that i expect everyone too.
                          It's just i dont want to be in the address books of people that cannot recognize a virus' or easily get rid of one if accidently infected.
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                          Microsoft Beta Team

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                          • Raz Meister
                            Senior Member
                            • Jun 2001
                            • 1148

                            #43
                            Originally posted by Asendin
                            Well i must agree with jake, i am on so many address books and not one person has asked me if they could add me.
                            Most dont know how to recognize an obvious virus, not that i expect everyone too.
                            It's just i dont want to be in the address books of people that cannot recognize a virus' or easily get rid of one if accidently infected.
                            Why should they ask you? It's their address book.

                            Anyway, Outlook automatically adds contacts to the address book...
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                            • Kings
                              Senior Member
                              • Oct 2002
                              • 186
                              • 3.5.x

                              #44
                              Originally posted by Raz Meister
                              Anyway, Outlook automatically adds contacts to the address book...
                              Yup, and so does OE and Mozilla Thunderbird.

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                              • Joe Gronlund
                                Senior Member
                                • Nov 2001
                                • 5789
                                • 3.8.x

                                #45
                                Originally posted by Raz Meister
                                Why should they ask you? It's their address book.

                                Anyway, Outlook automatically adds contacts to the address book...
                                Because of reasons like this for one (being the original post). Also suddenly getting emails from people, that where sent cc: to about two hundred other people , is kind of an invasion of privacy not to mention just asking for spam..
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                                Microsoft Beta Team

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