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conkermaniac

July 6th, 2002, 00:13

Well, today I received an e-mail from my old e-mail account (looked like one of those virus e-mails that have nothing in it but are 150 KB large). That account had been inactive and unusable (you can't even login) for 9 months already. How is this possible? It just scares me to think about it... :nervous:

Could someone explain to me how such an effect can be done? Thanks! :)

Jan

July 6th, 2002, 00:24

Obviously someone from way back then still has you in his/her address book. That person has the virus (most likely Klez) and it puts your email address in the from field.

I am constantly getting mail returned to me as undelivered, it contains that virus, so a few people must have the virus (probably spammers because I don't have a lot of friends that use my hotmail address).

conkermaniac

July 6th, 2002, 00:26

Huh? That's strange...Why would it get sent from my own account? :confused:

Jan

July 6th, 2002, 00:33

It doesn't, but the virus that that person has puts people from the address book in the from field to send it out again through OE

GregT

July 6th, 2002, 03:18

check the headers and post em' and we will see who it really is from

Blank Verse

July 6th, 2002, 03:38

I got what I'm assuming is a virus today. It isn't serious, just annoying. as soon as I signed into MSN, like immediately, one of my friends was online and I got about 30 messages right away, all smilies. so I closed the window, opened a new one to talk to him. He was unaware of all of this

Moonman

July 6th, 2002, 06:12

If all the smilie messages appeared like they came from him, that means he has the virus, it is just a variant of another MSN virus.

anhedonia

July 6th, 2002, 07:15

Daniel

July 6th, 2002, 08:27

Originally posted by Blank Verse
I got what I'm assuming is a virus today. It isn't serious, just annoying. as soon as I signed into MSN, like immediately, one of my friends was online and I got about 30 messages right away, all smilies. so I closed the window, opened a new one to talk to him. He was unaware of all of this

Ahh tabarnak...I remember this virus, I had it. It's generally harmless but it can crash your computer(smileys are evil!). I don't remember the name of this...I remember it's in the startup config in your msconfig utility.

tandoc

July 6th, 2002, 08:33

Originally posted by Jan
I don't have friends

thats funny :biggrin2:

Jan

July 6th, 2002, 08:44

I don't wish to alarm you, but your andy fell off :eek:

tandoc

July 6th, 2002, 08:45

i got it circumsized :D

Damoose

July 6th, 2002, 09:01

i ad the msn virus, do ctrl+alt+delete and i think it is either Choke or MsgSprd

Daniel

July 6th, 2002, 10:09

Originally posted by Damoose
i ad the msn virus, do ctrl+alt+delete and i think it is either Choke or MsgSprd

Thats it! Choke...now I remember. You'll have to go to Start>Run>msconfig>Startup and then you have to uncheck Choke.

Blank Verse

July 6th, 2002, 14:43

ok, so is this a virus for him or for me?

GregT

July 6th, 2002, 16:55

Originally posted by Blank Verse
ok, so is this a virus for him or for me?

him

Blank Verse

July 7th, 2002, 03:52

k good, I was worried there for a sec.

allanh

July 7th, 2002, 03:57

hey, but doesn't hotmail has a in-built virus detector called "McFee Antivirus"?

I am worried now also because I had received several large-sized blank email to my hotmail account.

So, does it mean that I automatically get my computer infected once I open the email?

Jan

July 7th, 2002, 04:12

No, because it is all in code, it only works if you execute it, and as there is no link to open it, it is safe. Just be worried if you get the same in an email at OE, then you might be in trouble :eek:

tandoc

July 7th, 2002, 04:26

its ok if you don't have auto-preview on

98125

July 7th, 2002, 06:35

Originally posted by allanh
hey, but doesn't hotmail has a in-built virus detector called "McFee Antivirus"?

It doesn't work.

One of my mates sent me a picture, it claimed to be infected with a virus and wouldn't let me download it. All i had to do was re-fresh the page and then i could download it. It wasn't even infected!!!!

Mullin

Jan

July 7th, 2002, 06:39

Originally posted by 98125
It doesn't work.
Oh yes it does, I use it often when I know there is a virus attachment, just to identify which one, but these latest ones are embedded so there is nothing to click on for Macafee to check.

Ederic

July 7th, 2002, 08:43

It's best to have an antivirus program installed on ur PC. Try the sharewares at http://www.pandaantivirus.com.

Jan

July 7th, 2002, 09:00

Sound advice Ederic, but I think the majority of us do have an AV program installed and hopefully all update it it at least weekly. :classic2:

GregT

July 7th, 2002, 14:57

Originally posted by Ederic
It's best to have an antivirus program installed on ur PC. Try the sharewares at http://www.pandaantivirus.com.

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allanh

July 8th, 2002, 04:20

thanks, everyone, for your advice and help. I can't express my gratitude enough:)

It is such a relief to know that as long as I don't open the file, no evil virus will get into my computer.

oh, just to tell everyone a news, my father told me the other day that he read that someone is developing a virus that's embedded within a picture file.

I guess that would really scary:confused2

Jan

July 8th, 2002, 04:28

Originally posted by allanh
oh, just to tell everyone a news, my father told me the other day that he read that someone is developing a virus that's embedded within a picture file.

I guess that would really scary:confused2
Yes Mandrake has a thread on the subject

http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28230

Ederic

July 12th, 2002, 06:12

I'm sorry. It should be http://www.pandasoftware.com (http://www.pandasoftware.com/)

Belgiumdude

July 12th, 2002, 07:48

Who heard about this msnvirus:

It's a joke,and when you click "answer of the joke".....well your msn nick changes in : "I'm gay ,and today everyboday can now it" or I'm a slet" or something like that....it is prittt harmless but.....

Willow

July 23rd, 2002, 18:03

I'm sorry to reply to an old thread, but just recently I've noticed the same thing. Emails with large attachments are being sent to my email address, FROM my email address, and other email addresses....someone said it may be klez. She said an anti-virus program won't detect it. How can I tell if I have it, and if I do, how can I get rid of it?