new virus warning

rockrabbit · 17-11-2004, 23:37

just been informed from a friend in america about a new virus found by mcaffee this morning its meant to be the worst recorded it will come in email or i.m as a card for you as soon as it gets on your comp it sends itself to all screen names on your comp from your name and completely wipes your hard drive not sure of the name of it yet it hasnt been stated

WillowTheWhisp · 18-11-2004, 08:38

If you get a name check that it isn't one of the pesky hoaxes which are becoming as much of a nuisance as the flippin viruses themselves these days.

rockrabbit · 18-11-2004, 09:56

no its definately for real it was on cnn news

MUMMIBOO · 18-11-2004, 10:30

Right the best way to avoid this is to put an address at the top of you list as [email protected] there is no such address and the email cant go any further there fore stops right there and it wont go to anyone else on your list. I got this tip from a friend and it makes sense. Hope that helps you.

Poodle · 18-11-2004, 10:44

prevention is the best fix

top tips

#1 never open emails when you dont know who they are from
#2 turn off HTML formatting emails in your email client
#3 dont use Microsoft email clients *outlook or outlook express* i reccomend thunderbird
#4 dont open attachment, especially ones with icons that you might not even recognise no matter who they are from
#5 dont click yes no matter what

#6 install a good up to date virus checker like mcafee norton of sophos
#7 have a good firewall this keeps other viruses from exploiting your windows computers which are riddled with holes. get a firewall plug the problem.

!!!virus checkers are only any good if you keep them up to do
!!!a virus checker only helps the above points are essential

i dont have a virus checker at home , common sence and good practices keep them out and i only need to virus check every now and again just for good measure. I use the sophos online virus checker, installing virus checking software will degrate the performance of your pc. If your just surfint the internet and word processing you wont notice a problem.d

LYNX1 · 19-11-2004, 00:46

or just be like me have no friends to e-mail u at all lol

slinky · 19-11-2004, 16:47

omg that is really weird b4 I came here i was checking my emails and there was one with a christmas card saying ''funniest christmas card u wuill ever see''.

luckily i tried to open it and it said error on this page and would'nt let me open it THANK GOD!!!!! thanks for the warning cause they may have got me

WillowTheWhisp · 19-11-2004, 17:16

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/virtualcard.html

This sounds very similar.

Steven · 20-11-2004, 16:48

yeah cheers for that ive just had a similar email to the one u described and deleted it straight away phew..

vorlon24 · 25-11-2004, 16:24

If you ever get an email telling you about a virus, check it on either the Sophos one already listed, or Symantec. 9 times out of 10 it will most likely be a hoax.

btw, regarding Outlook - the XP and 2003 versions automatically block a lot of files types, so that they cannot be accessed. This includes things like .exe, .scr, .pst, etc.

There is a patch you can use to circumvent this, but the easiest way (without messing around with the registry) is to get whoever is sending you such a file to zip it up and send it that way. You can then pretty sure that it is from a trusted source.

And the tip about putting [email protected] is a hoax as well!