NewRider Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 From: "Microsoft" To: CC: Subject: Use this patch immediately ! Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 23:55:08 +0000 (GMT) Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now! There are dangerous virus in the Internet now! More than 500.000 already infected! patch.exe Anyone know if this is bullshit or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 DO NOT use it its a virus, I used to have that sent to me 12 times a day use your Windows Update if you want to see if there are any new patches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhishyK Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 You HAVE to be joking if you were actually considering that might be real... right? Right??! I'm getting at least 5 virii per day at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 I've recieved emails like that today too, not from Microsoft but other people, including the good folks at Jamaholic.com. The latest round of viruses Bagel J is quite brilliant I think. When I saw the email I was like huh? What's this? ---- Dear user of e-mail server "Jamaholic.com", Your e-mail account has been temporary disabled because of unauthorized access. For more information see the attached file. In order to read the attach you have to use the following password: 40435. Sincerely, The Jamaholic.com team http://www.jamaholic.com ----- Virus emails have come along way, this is the most convincing I've ever seen. But I'd still never open something like this up. Not to mention that I think I'd remember sending out an email like that from Jamaholic.com to myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 From what I see, Microsoft does not send out 'personal' emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted March 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 Thanks everyone, I just blocked the sender. I got the message like 3 times today which is weird because I never get junk mail using Mail.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 We're getting spammed like crazy at work. The new trojans are rather ingenious, so more than ever you have to be very careful about opening attachments. Basically NEVER open attachments with .exe, .vbs, or .scr as extensions... and look out for files with double extensions like .txt.exe... those will fuck you up too. Also, if you use Microsoft Outlook, it's recommended that you turn off the preview pane, as some virii open in the preview pane automatically. More than ever your home computer NEEDS a firewall and anti-virus software. It's worth buying some good software in those areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 I never open attatchments unless I know who's sending it even then its best to check with the sender to ask if they meant to send it... many a modern virus will immediately e-mail itself to everyone on your address book with you as the sender and yeah, not too damn likely microsoft is going to send you a personal e-mail unless you wrote them one they're responding to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 this is kind of interesting the different virus' (worms actually) spreading around today have insults written in the source code to the other worm authors quote: And now the authors of MyDoom.G, spreading today, have included comments in the worm's code insulting Netsky. A similar message was found in Bagel J, also discovered today, which ended: "Don't ruine our bussiness, wanna start a war?" Netsky's authors responded with the following message in Netsky.F: "Skynet AntiVirus - Bagle - you are a looser!!!" "We have three different groups fighting here," said Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research for F-Secure. I thought February was over Link to story source: boing boing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palms Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 You should also stay away from opening emails that have attachments that end with .pif or. sit unless you know who is sending it to you and why. .sit files are stuff-its, but apparently people have figured out how to send virus in it. I received a number of emails at work today saying it was from our .com management team that claimed if I didn't open their file my email address and account were to be terminated. Definitely untrue, so watch out for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 Brief Description: W32/Bagle.j and W32/Bagle.k _________________________________________________________________ Please be aware that there is a mass-mailing worm entitled W32/Bagle.j and W32/Bagle.k that is presently circulating over the Internet. The message has a random subject line (warning about your email account, important notify about your e-mail account, e-mail account security warning, e-mail account utilization warning) and contains an attachment with the file extension .zip along with a password. _________________________________________________________________ More info from Symantec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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