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strange Gatecrasher email...Virus????????????
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| Tranex02 |
ok...i just go 2 emails from 2 peeps...: adam985@hotmail.com[/email] and [email]rich_willz@hotmail.com
both with this messege:
Thank you for your order MISS JONES You have booked 1 unreserved tickets for GATECRASHER - NYE at Republic in Sheffield on TUESDAY, 31/12/2002 at 21:00 Your card will be charged £35.20 Please note - this transaction will appear on your statement as EVENT TICKETS The tickets will be
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Enjoy the attachement
the attachment from the 1st email was: gcdetails.xls.scr
and from the second: gcdetails.bmp.pif
the Hotmail virus scan (McAfee) didn't find any viruses....but i have my doubts...so i didn't Dl it....
anybody get this or know something about it????
edit: i found that i got a messege from my Anti-Virus program that there was a recent attack on my computer but was blocked... it said there was an attempt to connect to a local computer with teh NetBus trojan horse...15 attempts were made!!!:whip: |
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| jonsimmonds |
imm 99.999% sure this is a virus, the attached files are both renamed to be excituables, and never download them and run them. scr is a screen saver file, but any .exe can be renamed to scr and it will still load, .pif is somefing to do with windows compatability for dos programs and again could well be a exicutable file.
What id recomend is to email abbuse@hotmail.com and they will tell you in more detailed steps what to do, and to estblaish if someone is infected with a virus and sending it on without releasiing, or if someone is spammin this to everyone!
Jon |
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| Tranex02 |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonsimmonds
imm 99.999% sure this is a virus, the attached files are both renamed to be excituables, and never download them and run them. scr is a screen saver file, but any .exe can be renamed to scr and it will still load, .pif is somefing to do with windows compatability for dos programs and again could well be a exicutable file.
What id recomend is to email abbuse@hotmail.com[/email] and they will tell you in more detailed steps what to do, and to estblaish if someone is infected with a virus and sending it on without releasiing, or if someone is spammin this to everyone!
Jon |
i'll contact them...
well...i didn't even open the attachments....and i was still attacked...by the trojan i mentioned above....
i don't know if this was a factor...but me MSN(hotmail) email is
[email]trancer_84@hotmail.com
so maybe they sent this based on the fact that i might know what GC is...???
oh well. |
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| Technaut |
| this had happened b4 with GC e-mails... |
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| jonsimmonds |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tranex02
i'll contact them...
well...i didn't even open the attachments....and i was still attacked...by the trojan i mentioned above....
i don't know if this was a factor...but me MSN(hotmail) email is
trancer_84@hotmail.com
so maybe they sent this based on the fact that i might know what GC is...???
oh well. |
i doubt they guesed the gc link from ur email addy, it could well be a mate of yours whos been infected with the virus and its sending its self out to all email contacts in his/her adress book and your adress happens to be in there.
if you had a attack without downloading teh attachments make sure youve got rid of all traces of any tojen/virus and regulary run a virus scan just to make sure its gone!
Jon |
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| Tranex02 |
got the same email for the 3rd time!:whip:
btw...can you recommend a trojan remover program....cuz my anti-virus obviously didn't find anything... |
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| a-aplz |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tranex02
got the same email for the 3rd time!:whip:
btw...can you recommend a trojan remover program....cuz my anti-virus obviously didn't find anything... |
Try: The Cleaner :) |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| wtf. i get sent these quite frequently. I just never open them. Are u saying that even if u just delete the email as soon as u receive them, u are still getting infected? if so i am well and truly ******ed. |
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| arj1o1 |
| i got an strange email some days ago from only-djs.com it contained all the people who are registered there and their email adresses |
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