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| Thread ID: 65867 | 2006-02-02 21:21:00 | Scare tactics or genuine threat? | Beemer (6956) | Press F1 |
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| 426454 | 2006-02-02 21:21:00 | I use AVG free edition and ZoneAlarm and when I checked my emails today I found one sent from ZoneAlarm last night about a virus called BlackWorm (MyWife.d). It is basically an upgrade offer to ZoneAlarm Antivirus and it says that the free version will not protect you against the virus, due to strike February 3. It apparently affects email users and destroys all Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, PSD and ZIP files. Whoops, today IS February 3! Everything seems to be working fine and all my files are still there. Am I safe or will I be struck with it tomorrow when it is February 3 in USA? Should I be concerned and is there something I can do, or is this just a marketing ploy to get people to upgrade and spend money? |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 426455 | 2006-02-02 21:38:00 | If your worried, make the change to [url=http://www.openoffice.org/]OOo[/b]. Strangely, I tried to link to an IDG article on the Blackworm bizzo, got a 404 Lotus Notes message, the page has been deleted, uh oh! Give her an online scan at someone Trend Micro. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 426456 | 2006-02-02 21:43:00 | Oh I'm shaking in my boots... :D Read this article (www.theinquirer.net) Viruses are not conjured out of thin air... watch your email attachments. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 426457 | 2006-02-02 21:47:00 | I thought it was most likely a marketing ploy! I'd expect to get more than a few hours notice if something particularly nasty was heading my way! I'll go and have a nice cup of tea now! |
Beemer (6956) | ||
| 426458 | 2006-02-02 21:53:00 | Don't Panic (i1.tinypic.com) | Murray P (44) | ||
| 426459 | 2006-02-02 21:58:00 | Big load of chode. Hysterical fluff was published in our local rag this week about the Karma Sutra, MyWife, Blackworm whatever you want to call it virus. Disgusting that the media continues to hype crap that barely exists, will have no impact and won't cause a ripple. 300 000 machines infected world wide?, Thats nothing, not news worthy, Yet they still trump it up, blow it out of proportion. Phone hasn't rung once this morning with someone saying their docs were overwritten, nor do I expect it to. Why don't they write an article telling people whats in the EULA they agreed to when they installed Incredamail, Worth knowing, but most probally fail as HYPE. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 426460 | 2006-02-02 22:37:00 | Another thing that annoys me is the number of emails I get from "concerned friends" about all sorts of crap - computer viruses, health threats from using lipstick, etc. When I send them back an email telling them it is a hoax or an urban myth, they are all amazed and want to know how I know that. Funny how they can use Google to send me all kinds of rubbish, but they don't know how to use it to find out if something is genuine or not! | Beemer (6956) | ||
| 426461 | 2006-02-02 22:53:00 | ***. 4 phone calls in a row from people thinking their comp is going to blow up some time today. The ignorant shouldn't be allowed to write scare-mongering articles and have them published in the paper. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 426462 | 2006-02-02 23:04:00 | *** . 4 phone calls in a row from people thinking their comp is going to blow up some time today . The ignorant shouldn't be allowed to write scare-mongering articles and have them published in the paper . Just go the trade me route and charge per call ;) |
gibler (49) | ||
| 426463 | 2006-02-02 23:14:00 | well....3 of them have booked their comps in for a service, so its not all bad.... | Metla (12) | ||
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