WSAENOTSOCK Posted January 27, 2004 Posted January 27, 2004 An attachment from anyone or just certain things? Cause what if Mac or Gator send something with an attachment? Quote
Teladro Posted January 27, 2004 Posted January 27, 2004 From what I've read, it's a worm. It'll attach itself to whatever it feels like. It's also using Kazaa if available. Meaning it'll do it itself when you share files on Kazaa. Quote
Teladro Posted January 27, 2004 Posted January 27, 2004 This is a mass-mailing worm that arrives in an email message as follows:From: (spoofed)Subject: (Random)Body: (Varies, such as) The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment. The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment. Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available. Attachment: (varies [.exe, .pif, .cmd, .scr] - often arrives in a ZIP archive) (22,528 bytes)The icon used by the file tries to make it appear as if the attachment is a text file. When this file is run it copies itself to the local system with the following filenames: c:\Program Files\KaZaA\My Shared Folder\activation_crack.scr %SysDir%\taskmon.exe (Where %Sysdir% is the Windows System directory, for example C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM) It also uses a DLL that it creates in the Windows System directory: %SysDir%\shimgapi.dll (4,096 bytes) It creates the following registry entry to hook Windows startup:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "TaskMon" = %SysDir%\taskmon.exe The worm opens a connection on TCP port 3127 suggesting remote access capabilities. Quote
Kamikaze Posted January 27, 2004 Posted January 27, 2004 /me gigglesNorton Internet Securities 2004 ProNorton SystemWorks 2004 ProNorton AntiVirus 2004 Probring it sweetie Quote
Teladro Posted January 27, 2004 Posted January 27, 2004 Norton Internet Securities 2004 Pro Norton SystemWorks 2004 Pro Norton AntiVirus 2004 Pro bring it sweetie That;s just binary code visualized unless you updated your definitions :shock: Quote
Kamikaze Posted January 27, 2004 Posted January 27, 2004 Norton caught it earlier, and I don't open attachments or use Kazaa anyways Quote
ElektrA Posted January 27, 2004 Posted January 27, 2004 Norton popped up 24 times today...Almost feels like a game, tbh... how much infected mails can I collect? Quote
Frost Posted January 27, 2004 Posted January 27, 2004 Norton popped up 24 times today... Almost feels like a game, tbh... how much infected mails can I collect? 21#@$%!%# !@#%#!#!@ !$!@!@#!$% ELEKTRA!!@!#!@ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! < DA!@!#!@ Quote
WSAENOTSOCK Posted January 27, 2004 Author Posted January 27, 2004 While I'm stuck with Norton 2k2 Oh noes! Quote
Macgyver Posted January 27, 2004 Posted January 27, 2004 Never use AV never will.I always send attachments to a folder and and online virus scan the folder. Quote
bangbang Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 hehe, no av - i'm screwed, eh o well i'll get to have another adventury reformating my H-D lol Quote
ElektrA Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Hi guy's.http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/knuddel.gif Quote
Snauhi Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 i have no anti-virus program expect ad-aware if its counts Quote
ElektrA Posted January 28, 2004 Posted January 28, 2004 Hehe, you are biast, maccie :mrgreen: We are friends. Quote
Hayabusa Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 Mac is a fool-hardy rebel, that's why. Or he trusts his intelligence. I mess up sometimes, so I have an antivirus to back me up in case I do something stupid. Viruses and malicious files are easily avoided actually, but people like to just get stuff left and right without thinking first. Glad to say my antivirus has only detected one instance of a virus trying to get on my computer, but that was because I clicked on a link on one of my buddy's profile. Good thing the virus was stopped before it could mess with my compy. Quote
Sharpshooter6 Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 -ClaymoreCarl] why not? because mac knows all and he can sense infected files. :wink: Quote
DeadRoach Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 Great, I have a customer base that is mostly ignorant rednecks. You know the kind, the ones who get a computer "just to see those nekkid peaple" and click on every link they see "Lookie wut I can do Lou! I cun use a 'puter!"Yet another virus for me to clean off my customer's computers. Yippie *Bleep* Ha! Quote
Macgyver Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 All viri need to be opened for the most part.As I said I send all suspicious attacments to a folder then scan it.I have been doing this for 5 years now and never got a virus that I can be sure of.Now Overclocking is another thing. I have destroyed hd info b/c of overclocking.I keep a spare HD that is an exact copy of my main HD. If I do have a problem all I do is copy the partitions back. I may loose a couple of weeks of info but that is not important to me.The best anti virus is common sense.As to why not.I say why.?It hogs up HD space. Needs constant updating. Conflicts with all sorts of programs and drivers. Slows your boot time considerably. Not needed for online gaming. It gets in the way of doing ordinary computer work. Major resource hog.Add up Steam, Antivirus, and all the other needed start up files/programs and your resources are probably under 80%. Start an online game and they are decreased further.That is why not for me. Quote
Macgyver Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 I just got one in an e-mail from some company.UH OH they are in trouble now!!!!!!! Quote
BornToDie1955 Posted January 30, 2004 Posted January 30, 2004 Since most than 1 year, i dont use anti-virus, cos i dont open the file or mail that i dont know who sended it !And anti-virus sometime block the installation of some programs when it write in the win registers for registery your key or cd-key...Egidio. Quote
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