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is this a virus??
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| mr. poopyhead |
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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| mr. poopyhead |
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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| 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. |
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| Tranex02 |
urban train video! not worth the Dl...unless you like to collect videos like me!:D
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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| Fir3start3r |
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? :conf: |
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| 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 |
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| JohnSmith |
sorry to tell you mate, but you are ed.
.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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| mr. poopyhead |
| quote: | Originally posted by JohnSmith
sorry to tell you mate, but you are ed.
.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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| AC. |
I bet you got nimda (not sure if its spelld that way..)
sucks to be you now anyway ;) |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| quote: | 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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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | 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.. :sadgreen:
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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