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jonny
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Tell me I didnt open a virus when I opened the e-mail below...ive never heard of these people.
From: Service
Date: Friday, September 19, 2003 05:45:01
To: mail user
This message has been processed by Brightmail(TM) Anti-Virus using
Symantec's Norton AntiVirus Technology.
hccfwno.exe was infected with the malicious virus Worm.Automat.AHB and has been deleted because the file cannot be cleaned.
For more information on anti-virus tips and technology, visit
http://www.brightmail.com/antivirus .
........................jonny
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« Reply #1 on: Sep 19th, 2003, 2:33pm » |
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ok, do i click on the link? or do i not click on the link? do I dare? I only have McAfee virus scan online, would that take care of it if i get infected? will i need a shot? am i paranoid? have you seen my dog? oh shit, nevermind...
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Re: Hey virus freaks!!....
« Reply #2 on: Sep 19th, 2003, 6:08pm » |
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Umm, not sure. I think you have to open the exe. file that comes with it. Though i am sure there are experts here who know for sure.
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Re: Hey virus freaks!!....
« Reply #3 on: Sep 19th, 2003, 6:24pm » |
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jeesh Sven always told us in a mucho nicer way LOL I hope you dont have a virus jon-boy that would suck bigeroo...lol love me I aint clickin the link >>>>> chicken little ree<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<~~
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Re: Hey virus freaks!!....
« Reply #4 on: Sep 19th, 2003, 11:32pm » |
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I 'believe' the file was deleted by your antivirus for you b-4 you were infected the way it sounds...some can not be cleaned and must be deleted instead. My server detects virus's and sends them to a special mailbox then notifies me (does the same for most spam also)....I log in and can read the email sumtimes if cleaned up by my server.....but other times it cannot be read and was deleted for saftey sake....depending on the virus. I'd say you were safe.......but then......I could be wrong. Pam that rather be safe then wrong even tho I could be right
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Re: Hey virus freaks!!....
« Reply #5 on: Sep 20th, 2003, 12:19am » |
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Jonny ok i am the dumm ass that open it 3 days ago i thought it was a update think it is infected i dont have antivirus any more it is telling me that i am not protected from email virus and that i have reinstall it 
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Re: Hey virus freaks!!....
« Reply #6 on: Sep 20th, 2003, 2:59am » |
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Looks to be a Swen - F varient virus.
If you use it get in touch with Mark or or Ted. I'll ignore you.
Send an invoice to M$ for your down time.
TTFN
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« Reply #7 on: Sep 20th, 2003, 7:05am » |
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You know me - I'm computer illerate, but there's something going around that NOrton isn't picking up on. I've had people coming in my office all week complaining that they've had something eating up their computers that they can't stop.
Why don't these "smart" people who write these damn viruses use their tallents to do something "useful" instead of destroying things just because they can?
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Re: Hey virus freaks!!....
« Reply #8 on: Sep 20th, 2003, 8:22am » |
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No, you are not infected. The message was to simply tell you that an e-mail you had recieved WAS infected, the e-mail service provider's anti-virus software (Norton), detected the infection and deleted the file "hccfwno.exe" from the message. Now if the file "hccfwno.exe" had still been attached and you opened the message then yes you would have been infected.
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Re: Hey virus freaks!!....
« Reply #9 on: Sep 20th, 2003, 12:18pm » |
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Thanks Wolf,
Thats the answer I was looking for. (Or was hoping for)
Thanks again
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Re: Hey virus freaks!!....
« Reply #10 on: Sep 20th, 2003, 1:06pm » |
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Hmmmmm........neither Symantec or Google returned a hit on "hccfwno.exe". My guess would be because of the rash of e-mail virus (viri?) some ISP's are blocking attachments. I doubt you have a bug this time, like Wolf said. 
To be sure you can check here for info on the W32.Swen.A@mm nasty.
I stopped opening all attachments a month ago. 
To prevent the DCOM exploit, the "hole" in Windows go and get the DCOMbobulator from GRC.com. There is a good explanation of just what this hole is and a small program to plug the hole...againt this and all future DCOM exploits. I use it.
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« Reply #11 on: Sep 20th, 2003, 1:12pm » |
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You stopped all attachments, Mark??
DAMN!!!!, what do you do about all the naked pics comming in from horny housewives?.....Opps, sorry...thats me......LMMFAO ;D
Thanks for the info, Mark...im on it!! 
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Re: Hey virus freaks!!....
« Reply #12 on: Sep 21st, 2003, 8:17am » |
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Mark you probably wouldn't find the file listed directly as a virus. Most of the "critters" raging out there right now are self replicating worms. They often do this by spoofing an e-mail with a random named attachment, the only common thing is the attachment will be an "executable", ie- .exe, or .bin file, it may be named anything. One more thing folks, and this is important-
NEVER open any message saying it is a critical update or software patch you need to install from Microsoft, or Microsoft Security, delete it immediately, it is either a virus or spyware, and either way just as well stick the fork in yourself cause you're done.
Only thing I can tell anyone is if you don't have virus software get it, if you can't afford it McAfee used to give away a version of theirs, and I think they still do.
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« Reply #13 on: Sep 21st, 2003, 9:15am » |
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Lemme share Fu's plan for staying virus-free...
1) Go to www.grc.com. This site has a bunch of free tools that will help prevent your system from being infected in the first place. In particular, get the decombobulator.exe... this eliminate DCOM from your system (which you don't need). DCOM is the main problem these days.
2) sign up for and use McAfee Online www.mcafee.com. It updates itself so you don't have to worry about it. It is awesome. It installs a virus scanner that continually checks your system for virii.
3) Use Pest Patrol. This finds and eliminates all kinds of nasty stuff. Worth every penny.
4) Use a personal firewall. I use Zone Alarm. They have a free version www.zonelabs.com
5) Use windowsupdate OFTEN. This is found in your IE browser under tools:windows update. If you use Windows Office, be SURE to update that as well at Office Update.
If you follow those instructions, you should be pretty safe.
-Fu
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Re: Hey virus freaks!!....
« Reply #14 on: Sep 21st, 2003, 12:58pm » |
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Thanks for all the info guys....I be running the Zone firewall and AVG virus thingy.......If anything you dudes just helped alot of peeps keep themselves and puters safe.
YOU DUDES ROCK!!!!!
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