Neil6Stop All The Downloadin join:2003-08-20 New York, NY |
Neil6
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2004-Nov-20 3:52 pm
this just inquote: Computer security experts are warning users to be cautious of opening e-mail attachments from unknown senders
Really? When did this happen? | |
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Re: this just inFunny that is, the article linked to warns of a slightly different concern, unsolicited attachments. quote: Computer security firms warned people to be suspicious of unsolicited e-mails bearing attachments.
Edit: Fixed quickly! | |
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| | NerdtalkerWorking Hard, Or Hardly Working? MVM join:2003-02-18 San Jose, CA |
Re: this just insaid by Cho Baka:Funny that is, the article linked to warns of a slightly different concern, I find it interesting that this one has its own e-mail program, since it seems like most of them usually took advantage of Outlook. This e-mail program add-on could also be used in the future for spamming purposes besides normal self-propagation. | |
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| | | jester121 Premium Member join:2003-08-09 Lake Zurich, IL |
jester121
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2004-Nov-21 12:29 am
Re: this just inNot really -- most viruses will harvest addresses from Outlook /OE address books, but the "biggies" of the past few years have a built-in SMTP engine. Otherwise they'd be defeated by the anti-virus scanning offered by many ISPs. This is one thing that's lent more weight to the whole "blocking outbound port 25" debate that rages here once a month. | |
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| | Neil6Stop All The Downloadin join:2003-08-20 New York, NY |
to Cho Baka
I was being sarcastic, as it seems painfully obvious that you shouldn't open attachments from senders you dn't recognize. I didn't find a problem with the wording of the article. | |
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Re: this just inI missed the sarcasm.
I thought you were highlighting the (corrected) difference in wording in the news story.
I think the unexpected part is very significant. It is quite possible that an infected e-mail will arrive with a sender you know the name of. | |
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| IGGY9No Guru Just Here To Help Premium Member join:2001-03-30 Chatham, IL |
to Neil6
And the security forum thread on this got skipped over why? | |
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Re: Not good news for anti-spammers Try bitdefender | |
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TransmasterDon't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus join:2001-06-20 Cheyenne, WY
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Oh NO!Do not open unknown attachment warning number 4,567,159,900,455 THIS YEAR!!! | |
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| EricthornIt only hurts when I laugh Premium Member join:2001-08-10 Paragould, AR 1 edit |
Re: Oh NO!said by Transmaster:Do not open unknown attachment warning number 4,567,159,900,455 THIS YEAR!!! Tried to give you Thumbs Up on that, but my PC is acting weird tonight How can the world not know this yet? OMFG! I can get this Viagra sample for free if I just open this attachment! Edit: Time to drop Avant Browser.. IE and Firefix work just fine.. Avant is needing some serious work. Thumbs UP! | |
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LaZ3R Premium Member join:2003-01-17 |
LaZ3R
Premium Member
2004-Nov-20 7:37 pm
Cute Little Worm! :)The worm in the picture looks so cute though... you can trust him... | |
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Re: Cute Little Worm! :)said by LaZ3R:The worm in the picture looks so cute though... you can trust him... So why don't we have an e-mail virus named "Tequila" yet? | |
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Vamp5c077 Premium Member join:2003-01-28 MD |
Vamp
Premium Member
2004-Nov-21 12:35 pm
Sometimes I think...Sometimes I think the only thing virus writers get a kick out of is seeing their virus in the news.. That and wasting internet bandwidth. I seriously don't even think they care much about messing peoples computer up anymore. | |
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Mark1984
Anon
2004-Nov-21 10:04 pm
lolz moronssry i just have to lmfao, because of all the people that open attachments with weird or stupid names, and generic messages. Sometimes its very funny because its the people should know better--- like at my university. a few weeks ago every1 on campus's email got mailed virus attachments from 3 of the less than 10 pple that can instantly mail every1 in the database >.> morons :P (of course i'm not by any means calling every1 who's mistakenly installed viruses a moron.. just the elect few with big paychecks that open very stupid looking messages with a very obvious virus attachment file and then send it to every1 on campus) | |
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Mark1984
Anon
2004-Nov-21 10:10 pm
I wonder.....how many people would open the attachments if a virus sent out the following email:
" Open the following attached file to install a fun virus:
lookAtMeImAVirusOpenMe.exe | |
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sh0ck3r
Anon
2004-Nov-21 10:45 pm
Re: I wonder.....You really sure you want to know the answer to that? | |
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| Grimm43You Never Hear The One That Kills You Premium Member join:2000-11-02 Largo, FL |
to Mark1984
You just brought a chilling visual to mind....because I figure 7 out of 10 would take the plunge...OMFG | |
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