ATT: MODERATORS

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Sat Oct 06, 2001 12:05 am

I know this is off topic, but I'm posting here just in case:

Last night I got an Nimda infected email sent through moderators emailadress from drew72286@aol.com.
If you either have not checked your email yet, or not viewed the emails - don't view this email, you need to delete it. This can easiest be done, by marking the email before and after and completely deleting these.
Acording to my knowlegde this virus is scripted with some coding that will run it it you just view at the email, it is not neasecary to view the attachment, so be careful.

If you have recived and viewed the email or the file get some Nimda-removing utility and run it through your system.

[ 10-06-2001: Message edited by: Xandax ]

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Sat Oct 06, 2001 3:39 am

*bump* to keep visible on main page

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sat Oct 06, 2001 4:46 am

Thank you very much for that warning Xandax.

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Sat Oct 06, 2001 9:12 am

Thanks Xandax. I just viewed this sucker today through hotmail and was suspicious so I deleted it without opening the attachments.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Sat Oct 06, 2001 9:52 am

Originally posted by Gruntboy:
<STRONG>Thanks Xandax. I just viewed this sucker today through hotmail and was suspicious so I deleted it without opening the attachments.

</STRONG>

well then you should be allright - to my knowlegde it is only Outlook and possible Outlook Express that are vulnarable towards it - forgot to point that out

fable · Post by **fable** » Sat Oct 06, 2001 10:08 am

I got it, too. Since I don't know the person, and the email itself was blank with the attachment, I simply deleted it.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Sat Oct 06, 2001 11:00 am

You properly need to check for Nimda, AFAIK you could get infected simply by previewing the email (not only the attachment)

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sat Oct 06, 2001 11:22 am

Thanks to you, I managed to save my comp. from this new virus... Amen to that...

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Sat Oct 06, 2001 1:54 pm

I deleted it but ran the Symantic scan anyway, no infection

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Sat Oct 06, 2001 3:18 pm

Thankyou Xan, i will bear it in mind.

just checked and i got it, thankyou very much, it is usually my policy to delete unsoliceted mail, but thankyou anyway

[ 10-06-2001: Message edited by: Mr Sleep ]

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun Oct 07, 2001 11:28 am

just a tip. Since the advent of all these nasty net bugs, I have been going directly to my server's website in order to grab my email. If I see something suspicious, I instantly delete it, so that way it won't download onto outlook.

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Oct 07, 2001 3:42 pm

I'll repost what I posted elsewhere: if I receive an unsolicited attachment from someone I know, I write to ask if they intentionally sent it. If they don't reply, reply negatively, or the attachment is from someone I don't know, the email gets deleted.

ParadoxIncarnate · Post by **ParadoxIncarnate** » Sun Oct 07, 2001 7:12 pm

fable, relpying to a spammers email usually just triggers an automated system to flag your email account as active, and will make your email address more popular to sell.

Shadow Sandrock · Post by **Shadow Sandrock** » Wed Oct 10, 2001 10:11 am

Which is why we don't open them...

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Oct 10, 2001 11:23 am

Originally posted by ParadoxIncarnate:
<STRONG>fable, relpying to a spammers email usually just triggers an automated system to flag your email account as active, and will make your email address more popular to sell.</STRONG>

@PI, I didn't say I responded to spammers. Our subject is attached viruses, and I referred to posts coming from people I know, potentially containing viruses.

[ 10-10-2001: Message edited by: fable ]