New wave of virus e-mails

[Mavrik]

Do not open any e-mails refering to World Trade Centre or 9/11 even if you know who its from.The virus will delete your C drive, it targets/removes all ddl files (dynamic link libraries) Your computer will not even start.Anything WTC related, specially called WTC Survivor, DELETE it RIGHT away

[Mr. Poopypants]

This is a hoax, read more about it at http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo...99245

[Mavrik]

I'm not willing to risk it as a hoax. Everyone at work got this notice not to open that mail.hoax or no hoax, I don't open anything these days unless I was expecting an e-mail.

[Mr. Poopypants]

Oh, don't get me wrong, that is the way to go, don't open anything unless you requested it, but I am just saying that this WTC hoax has been around for awhile and it is identified by McAfee and Symantec as a hoax. Here is the Symantec listing http://www.symantec.com/avcent....html

[Mavrik]

thanks man, I feel a little better but still cautious

[ArcsVibe]

Mavrik always make sure your anti-virus software is up to date and never open anything from a strange email.

[Mavrik]

already had to clean 64 virus files off my computer 2 weeks ago... surprised it was still running. Now I have norton installed and it does a scan and clear every friday afternoon. I still have some adware crap, 5 files that I need to go right to its file manually and clear.

[joatmon]

Quote » ********* VIRUS ALERT *************If you receive an e-mail with a subject of "Badtimes," delete itimmediately WITHOUT reading it. This is the most dangerous E-mailvirus yet.It will re-write your hard drive. Not only that, but it willscramble any disks that are even close to your computer. It willrecalibrate your refrigerator's coolness setting so all your ice creamgoes melty. It will demagnetize the strips on all your credit cards,screw up the tracking on your VCR and use subspace field harmonics toscratch any CD's you try to play.It will give your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend your new phone number. Itwill mix Kool-aid into your fish tank. It will drink all your beerand leave its socks out on the coffee table when there's companycoming over. It will put a dead kitten in the back pocket of yourgood suit pants and hide your car keys when you are late for work.Badtimes will make you fall in love with a penguin. It will giveyou nightmares about circus midgets. It will pour sugar in your gastank and shave off both your eyebrows while dating your currentboyfriend/girlfriend behind your back and billing the dinner andhotel room to your Visa card.It will seduce your grandmother. It does not matter if she is dead,such is the power of Badtimes, it reaches out beyond the grave tosully those things we hold most dear.It moves your car randomly around parking lots so you can't find it.It will kick your dog. It will leave libidinous messages on yourboss's voice mail in your voice! It is insidious and subtle. It isdangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather interestingshade of mauve.

[Mr. Poopypants]

LOL, that is great.

[Mr. Poopypants]

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »already had to clean 64 virus files off my computer 2 weeks ago... surprised it was still running. Now I have norton installed and it does a scan and clear every friday afternoon. I still have some adware crap, 5 files that I need to go right to its file manually and clear.You can run a scan every day but if you don't have the most recent virus definitions, it won't do a thing for you. McAfee and Symantec update AT LEAST weekly every Wednesday.

[MadBill]

You also might want to download Ad-aware or some similar program. My niece installed it while she was on my computer a couple of weeks ago, and it promplty rousted 265 pieces of Spyware! I run it every other day now, and it peels 6-10 of the (bleep)ers off my systems each time.

[Mr. Poopypants]

The two best, FREE programs are Spybot Search and Destroy, and Spyware Blaster. These are free, and unlike some other spyware programs, don't install spyware themselves.