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Topic: Possible virus?
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Cdog911
"There are some ideas so absurd only an intellectual could believe them."--George Orwell.
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posted August 26, 2003 05:23 PM
Guys,
I keep receiving the same e/m from "security@microsoft.com" wherein it states, Download this patch now. Over 500.000 infected.
This is all there is to the body of text, other than the attachment. My ISP's firewall software and my own anti-virus software have stopped every malicious file there's been in three years and I'm concerned about this one. web searches have proved unproductive. Has anyone seen this message and is it legit?
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I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still, I can do something; and, because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
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Jack Roberts
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posted August 26, 2003 08:51 PM
Sounds like a bad idea. Never download, or open, something from an email. Go to the MS site and download what they say.
It looks like a duck, sounds like a duck, flies like a duck. It probably is a duck.
Jack
[ August 26, 2003, 08:56 PM: Message edited by: Jack Roberts ]
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varmint101
Knows what it's all about
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posted August 27, 2003 10:03 PM
Don't forget waddles like a duck Jack. ![[Smile]](smile.gif) j/k. He's right. Don't open anything like that from which you don't know where it came from EVER. That's how bad things happen.
Matt
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Cdog911
"There are some ideas so absurd only an intellectual could believe them."--George Orwell.
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posted August 28, 2003 07:13 AM
Here's a suggestion,
Everyone on the boards needs to update their antiviral databases and do a complete scan of their harddrives. I'm getting both the types of message I cited above daily now, plus Daemon messages that nefarious messages have been sent out under my e-mail addy. Surprisingly, I frequently update and run virus scans, maintain all my AV programs and options, and still this crap is getting through. If you haven't scanned your HD, do so as soon as it's convenient.
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I am only one. But still, I am one. I cannot do everything, but still, I can do something; and, because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
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