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| Thread ID: 46769 | 2004-07-05 02:20:00 | Not another virus! | stu120404 (268) | Press F1 |
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| 249895 | 2004-07-05 02:20:00 | From NZCity: New virus threatens computer users A damaging e-mail virus is in the wild, with a payload timed to shut down computers and replicate itself 5 July 2004 Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage could be done to businesses today as a new e-mail generated virus takes hold. IT specialists are already predicting the virus, known as Evaman, could be as damaging as the MyDoom virus that attacked computers in January. Evaman hitches a ride on e-mails as an attachment. If it is opened it crashes the computer and sends on more virus infected e-mails to hundreds of others. Users are advised not to open e-mails sent to them by unknown sources, including anything titled 'Delivery Status Notification' and 'Delivery to last recipient failed'. So far those with Yahoo e-mail accounts have been worst affected. © 2004 NZCity, IRN - home.nzcity.co.nz |
stu120404 (268) | ||
| 249896 | 2004-07-05 03:34:00 | How many times must people be told about posting full copies of news articles from other sites, ironically enough including the © sign. | whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 249897 | 2004-07-05 03:37:00 | > How many times must people be told about posting full > copies of news articles from other sites, ironically > enough including the © sign. LOL WTF you're an irascible bugger, but I have to agree |
Greg S (201) | ||
| 249898 | 2004-07-05 05:50:00 | sorry stu >If it is opened it crashes the computer and sends on more virus infected e-mails to hundreds of others after its crashed :p |
beama (111) | ||
| 249899 | 2004-07-05 10:32:00 | > From NZCity: > > New virus threatens computer users Who really cares? There is going to be new viruses every week so the only real way to be safe is to not run any programs on your computer, never connect to the internet at all, and the most important part, never turn on your PC. Me personally, I make sure my virus defs are up to date. If I run a suspect file then I do it on a test machine that does not matter if it gets trashed and always make sure I have up to date backups of all the records/files I need. |
Big John (551) | ||
| 249900 | 2004-07-05 10:36:00 | Too bad the article doesn't tell us how to protect ourself from that attack. I guess I will find out that info from slashdot or some other useful place... | KiwiSurfer (5840) | ||
| 249901 | 2004-07-05 10:50:00 | > Too bad the article doesn't tell us how to protect > ourself from that attack. Rather obvious I would have thought. Update your anti-virus and don't open attachments with .scr or .exe extension. |
Jim B (153) | ||
| 249902 | 2004-07-05 11:00:00 | > How many times must people be told about posting full > copies of news articles from other sites, ironically > enough including the © sign. What's wrong with posting a link? I thought that wuz what the net was all about. The copyright stuff gets read from the original site so wotz the difference? Like who else cares? Spence |
Spencer (5624) | ||
| 249903 | 2004-07-05 11:05:00 | > How many times must people be told about posting full copies of news articles from other sites, ironically enough including the © sign. :^O Wow another virus :O What shall I do? What shall I do? Help!?!?! |
kiki (762) | ||
| 249904 | 2004-07-05 11:15:00 | I was thinking more along the lines of some kind of security update that would patch whatever security hole that this virus is exploiting to block this virus from spreading to my computer. I havn't used an Anti-Virus software in years. Oh well, I'll be migrating over to Apple Mac OS X later this year and I can leave the virus-infested world of Microsoft software. :) |
KiwiSurfer (5840) | ||
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