Bloody Viruses!!!!!

[Ikon]

I fcukin hate 'em!

 

I have not been able to get online for the past 3 days due to some bastard Virus completley taking over my pc!

It happens around the same time every month for about 3 days and then everything is fine again, when it appears it wont let me run any programs on my pc. I have ran a virus checker but it didnt come up with anything although it was a free version of some virus checker so it probably didnt work properly!

It effects these files within Windows - WSOCK32, Sirc32 and Scam32

 

If anyone knows what it is or hop i can get rid of it then let me know!

I would just re-install Windows but i think this virus has also attacked my CD drive as it hasnt worked ever since this virus appeared!

 

Anyways im back now, until the same time next month that is!

[scouseladuk]

sounds like the sircam virus by the look of the file names...

 

symantec have a free removal tool for that on www.symantec.com

[Claire DC]

If anyone gets a mail of about a 313k size in spanish, do not try to open the attachment, it is a worm and spreads itself to all the people u have on your contact list!! The people sending it do not know they are sending it so it isnt bein mailciously sent to you!!

 

Just thought id let u know cos i know a lot of people have been gettin these emails!!

[Ikon]

Nice one SLUK, Cheers for that cheif!

 

I'll check that site out tomorrow!

 

Off to the mad city of Liverpool in a bit!

[Signum]

all hail SLUK, the problem-eliminator!

[Scream]

i know this will sound arrogant virus infection is generally down to users lack of awareness. Sircam was mainly spread via hotmail.

 

there are some good free virus killers out there. If you want some links to them i will post them up.

[Ikon]

Yeah i agree!

Thing is i have 3 younger sisters who also use this Copm and they aren't as clued up as me about viruses 'n [censored].

 

They open loads of attatchments that have been sent to them without thinking or event knowing about the risks!

 

If this virus is the one SLUK says it is then i dont know how i got it coz i have never used Hotmail!

[scouseladuk]

ive had sircam sent to me about 50 times through hotmail but even to my work account etc. It just sends out to everyone in an address book so if you're in anyones address book who was infected then ull have got it. luckily my AV flagged it as i opened the email first time around

[Kenikia]

Yeah Ive had numerous emails about an an application form with an attachment with an extenstion i dont recognise =\

 

And my friend came home last night to find his PC buggered because his sister downloaded an attachment.

[Scream]

from a security aspect the general public are a great way of spreading or using.

 

I got on average about 100 scans from trojan scanners. That's alright if you haven't the particular trojan in your machine. But then again most AV software is crap at scanning trojans because they have a strong link to be programs.

 

Being that, that's why i have a trojan scanner on my machine as well as GNAT, NPF and NAV. Depending if i've got a DZ running then my router firewall take over from GNAT or NPF.

 

The fact that the majority of users on here right now have NetBEUI running is again a huge security risk due to the fact you can scan for NetBEUI connections and then have access to your hard drive, and you don't have to know much about computers to do that as you can simple use Legion to do so.

 

The more security aware we are the stronger we are at stopping viruses to spread and being attacked. As in most cases in the term of general public having your machine turned into a "zombie".

 

[ 26 July 2002, 22:04: Message edited by: Scream ]

[Bunnykins]

The worst thing i got and this was back in april and it wasn't a virus but a fuckin sex scam thing - was on instant msgnger this girl camr up she wnted to chat so being friendly said yeh - anyway the next thing i know a fuckin sex line has downloaded itself - the icon is impossible to get rid of and to top it all last week my mum recieved the phone bil - £26 fuckin quid 4 this crap - i've complained but both bt and freeserve said it's legal - well it doesn't bloody seem it to me - anyone else heard of this? to top it all my mum prob thinks i'm a real little perv going on premium rate sex lines well actually thank god she does believe me but it's real pissed me off - in one week i get a parking fine and this and a bloody astranomical vets bill

[Claire DC]

thats well [censored]!! Least ya mum doesnt think ur a perve tho lol, thats a bonus!!

[Scream]

if they are downloading by tricking you then the company in question can get in trouble. It's like illegal advertising in the sense of selling something that not what it seems.

 

thank god for cable as i don't use dial up anymore. I'm always aware of these bloody pesky things. I have a pop up killer too, as bloody pop up advertising is driving me insane.

[Bunnykins]

yeh i thought that - it's well illegal but apparantly there's bugger all u can do - maybe i'll write to watchdog

[Scream]

if more people complain about this action that these twats are doing then they will be focused on a lot more. They get away with it because people don't like to mention the fact that it was porn based.