a bunch of .eml files just showed up all over my computer... they have names like:

fairy.eml
cooking.eml
love.eml
doghouse.eml
animation demo.eml
(some korean words i can't read).eml

this is ridiculous! is this some kind of virus?? i'm trying to delete them all but there are just more and more! anyone else seen this before??

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a) get back on the hub so I can finish my download

b) you can run an online virus check on your computer at http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

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ah hhahahaha.. thanks... what was you d/ling?

maybe you wanna wait til i get this thing fixed.. unless you want a virus too, =P

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hehehe

I was downloading the Urban Train video. :-) I'm pretty sure that you can't give viruses through *mpeg's or *mp3's.

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urban train video! not worth the Dl...unless you like to collect videos like me!

as for the .eml....
those files could belong to a certain program (ex. a photo/animation)
program...???? run a virus scan...obviously...and then try ad-aware for spyware....

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I'm pretty sure that it is...
*.eml are emails alright...

Just can't remember which one...

Do you have a virus checker w/ current defs?

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yeah, i know .eml files are emails... each email has "sample.exe" attached... i didn't open the file of course... i used mcafee with the latest definitions... yep.. each file is a virus. i tried to delete them all, but for some reason i can't... its really bugging me...

i also found a a few .rar files that mcafee identified as the same virus.. weird... i'm pretty sure i got them off the hub now... the hub is EEEEEVIL! =P

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sorry to tell you mate, but you are fucked.

.eml files CAN be benign, but yours aren't you are infected.

hit up the symantec website http://www.symantec.com/ and see what you can find out.

BTW, mcaffee sucks as a virus checker, norton is way better.

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Originally posted by JohnSmith sorry to tell you mate, but you are fucked. .eml files CAN be benign, but yours aren't you are infected. hit up the symantec website http://www.symantec.com/ and see what you can find out. BTW, mcaffee sucks as a virus checker, norton is way better.

thanks for the reassurance, haha..

haha. wait.. i'm an idiot... i have have norton, not mcafee, =P... and yeah... norton did all it could.. i'm screwed...

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I bet you got nimda (not sure if its spelld that way..)

sucks to be you now anyway

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Originally posted by USMC_Greg hehehe I was downloading the Urban Train video. :-) I'm pretty sure that you can't give viruses through *mpeg's or *mp3's.

dude viruses can be spread thru anything. Mp3's are very unlikely but the threat is still always there. Which is why i scan everything and anything that makes its way onto my comp..


and as for u mr. poopyhead (lol at ur nick) back up mp3s and vids onto cdr (try not to include exe files, applications, etc. as these could be infected and u dont wanna infect ur cdr's) and format ur comp Then when u got everything set back up, run virus scanner on ur cdr's before transfering data back over

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Originally posted by mr. poopyhead yeah, i know .eml files are emails... each email has "sample.exe" attached... i didn't open the file of course... i used mcafee with the latest definitions... yep.. each file is a virus. i tried to delete them all, but for some reason i can't... its really bugging me... i also found a a few .rar files that mcafee identified as the same virus.. weird... i'm pretty sure i got them off the hub now... the hub is EEEEEVIL! =P

Well...since you mentioned attachments, you're screwed... sorry..

Best thing you could do is get a friend to make up a bootable anti-virus disk and try and clean it up that way.

Trying to clean a computer from an already computer is... as you are seeing... can be futile... (unless you format and start from scratch; I've done that enough times in the past)...

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The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass...and then you see it...
...white shores...and beyond...the far green country under a swift sunrise."