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MSN Virus (pg. 2)
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| dEsidEL |
| quote: | Originally posted by raveed
every day i seem to be getting an email from a different person on my list asking me to sign up for this sms.ac site which allows you to text people around the world for free and they never sent it to me .. dunno wats up with that but be careful |
sms.ac is some messaging service being advertised as free but there is a charge associated with it. i'd strongly suggest not signing up for their service as there have been numerous reports of customer scams or misinformation from use .. juss do a search on google and you'll see..
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| DigiNut |
Dear ing lord, when will you people learn?
DO NOT OPEN ATTACHMENTS ENDING IN .EXE, .COM, .PIF, .BAT, .SCR, OR .VBS!! EVER!!
For that matter, DON'T OPEN ANY ATTACHMENTS WITH AN EXTENSION YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE!
You are the reason why Microsoft's software is so goddamn annoying and practically non-functional. Because THEY keep getting in trouble over the actions of idiot users.
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| Vivid Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Dear ing lord, when will you people learn?
DO NOT OPEN ATTACHMENTS ENDING IN .EXE, .COM, .PIF, .BAT, .SCR, OR .VBS!! EVER!!
For that matter, DON'T OPEN ANY ATTACHMENTS WITH AN EXTENSION YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE!
You are the reason why Microsoft's software is so goddamn annoying and practically non-functional. Because THEY keep getting in trouble over the actions of idiot users.
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but brian sent it to me. he would never do anything like that! IT WAS BRIAN! BRIAN I TELLU! |
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| SurrJRS |
Q: Is Windows a Virus?
A: No, Windows is not a virus. Here's what viruses do:
* They replicate quickly - okay, Windows does that.
* Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so - okay, Windows does that.
* Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk - okay, Windows does that too.
* Viruses are usually carried, unknown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems. Sigh... Windows does that, too.
* Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too slow (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware. Yup, that's with Windows, too.
Until now it seems Windows is a virus but there are fundamental differences:Viruses are well supported by their authors, are running on most systems, their program code is fast, compact and efficient and they tend to become more sophisticated as they mature.
So Windows is not a virus.
It's a bug. |
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| Sly_Guy |
^^^
very nice.
Ok, so someone on my list has this virus, and I keep getting these obviously infected files from her, but I'm not stupid enough to open them. Is there any way I can stop them from popping up without blocking her? She's a bit thick and will actually solve the problem eventually.
As a side note, if you live in hamilton and use cogeco for the west end of the city, and you recieved a bunch of ty e-mails last year about this time you can blame her. She had a virus then and it ended up getting our student houses' internet connection disabled...
Stupid computer illiterate artsies.....she's lucky she's hot. |
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| ShadoWolf |
| trillian is not affected, right? |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by ShadoWolf
trillian is not affected, right? |
Everything is affected if you open the stupid attachment. :rolleyes: This isn't high-tech like some security hole in MSN, it's just another worm making its rounds through a means (attachments) which people should have gotten the hint about 10 years. |
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| dance2dabeat |
Microsoft IS EVIL!!!!
:whip: |
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| DigiNut |
| ^^ something like this is completely NOT Microsoft's fault. Worms can be distributed through any means. Hell, I could post one on TA and *somebody* out there would probably download and run it. |
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| SurrJRS |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Everything is affected if you open the stupid attachment. :rolleyes: |
Not quite everything. Gaim running on my FreeBSD 5.3 box is not affected (or any other *nix system). :p
Although there was an interesting article on running Windows viruses with Wine. |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by SurrJRS
Not quite everything. Gaim running on my FreeBSD 5.3 box is not affected (or any other *nix system). :p
Although there was an interesting article on running Windows viruses with Wine. |
Oh man, some people just have way too much time on their hands! :haha:
Linux doesn't count - we all know that the concept of typing commands into a terminal is far too complicated for the types of people who would open these attachments (except perhaps the ones who collect viruses as a hobby). |
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| SurrJRS |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Oh man, some people just have way too much time on their hands! :haha: |
Yeah i'm @ work, what else am I supposed to do? :p
Working in a NOC is all about IRC and message boards!
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Linux doesn't count - we all know that the concept of typing commands into a terminal is far too complicated for the types of people who would open these attachments (except perhaps the ones who collect viruses as a hobby). |
True that. However OS X is prolly another good candidate OS. Hell it even has Linux binary support, not to mention is looks pretty! :) |
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