Author: "mikesrv6" <mikesrv6@...> Time: Mon Mar 8, 2004 10:34 am PST Link
A couple days ago I received an email pretending to be from Yahoo,
with a fix for my computer, with a virus in the attachment. A real
company like yahoo, aol, ebay will address the email to your name.
NOT "fellow yahoo user"
Today I received an email with virus from a user of this group.
Another tip is bad grammer, incorrect spelling, etc. This one the
whole message was "this means" This particular person is very
articulate, and would never send something like that.
Fortunately with yahoo and Norton it stopped there, but beware of
unsolicited emails with attachments.
Author: "Dave White" <talewinds@...> Time: Mon Mar 8, 2004 12:38 pm PST Link
Amen! I've received at least a dozen attempts to send me "Netsky" or
"Bagle" in the past few days. Fortunately my isp uses McAfee and I have
another viruscanner in my pc, upgraded continuously. The world's full of
morons!
From: "mikesrv6" <mikesrv6@...>
To: <vansairforce@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 12:58 PM
Subject: [VAF Mailing List] Yahoo virus tips
> A couple days ago I received an email pretending to be from Yahoo,
> with a fix for my computer, with a virus in the attachment. A real
> company like yahoo, aol, ebay will address the email to your name.
> NOT "fellow yahoo user"
> Today I received an email with virus from a user of this group.
> Another tip is bad grammer, incorrect spelling, etc. This one the
> whole message was "this means" This particular person is very
> articulate, and would never send something like that.
> Fortunately with yahoo and Norton it stopped there, but beware of
> unsolicited emails with attachments.
> Online help on this group at:
> http://help.yahoo.com/help/groups/
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
Author: "midniteoyl2" <midniteoyl@...> Time: Mon Mar 8, 2004 7:12 pm PST Link
Better yet, never open *anything* that promises to correct anything -
especially a virus.
Microsoft, Yahoo, Ebay, et al do not send virus updates/removal
tools via e-mail..
Jim
--- In vansairforce@yahoogroups.com, "mikesrv6" <mikesrv6@y...>
wrote:
> A couple days ago I received an email pretending to be from
Yahoo,
> with a fix for my computer, with a virus in the attachment. A real
> company like yahoo, aol, ebay will address the email to your name.
> NOT "fellow yahoo user"
> Today I received an email with virus from a user of this group.
> Another tip is bad grammer, incorrect spelling, etc. This one the
> whole message was "this means" This particular person is very
> articulate, and would never send something like that.
> Fortunately with yahoo and Norton it stopped there, but beware of
> unsolicited emails with attachments.
Author: Scott Vanartsdalen <svanarts@...> Time: Tue Mar 9, 2004 3:13 am PST Link
Good advice. To take it a step further, I tell our users at work never to open any attachment that they are not specifically expecting, even if it comes from someone they know. Many viruses will simply pick a email address out of your personal address book and make the email appear to come from that address. So the virus could appear to come from literally anyone.
Sorry for the off-topic rant.
midniteoyl2 <midniteoyl@...> wrote:
Better yet, never open *anything* that promises to correct anything -
especially a virus.
Microsoft, Yahoo, Ebay, et al do not send virus updates/removal
tools via e-mail..
Jim
--- In vansairforce@yahoogroups.com, "mikesrv6" <mikesrv6@y...>
wrote:
> A couple days ago I received an email pretending to be from
Yahoo,
> with a fix for my computer, with a virus in the attachment. A real
> company like yahoo, aol, ebay will address the email to your name.
> NOT "fellow yahoo user"
> Today I received an email with virus from a user of this group.
> Another tip is bad grammer, incorrect spelling, etc. This one the
> whole message was "this means" This particular person is very
> articulate, and would never send something like that.
> Fortunately with yahoo and Norton it stopped there, but beware of
> unsolicited emails with attachments.
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Author: "tshrem2003" <tshrem@...> Time: Tue Mar 9, 2004 3:13 am PST Link
--- In vansairforce@yahoogroups.com, "mikesrv6" <mikesrv6@y...> wrote:
<snip> Another tip is bad grammer, incorrect spelling, etc. <snip>
Very, very funny!
Tim
Author: exposedimage@... Time: Tue Mar 9, 2004 8:35 am PST Link
While antivirus Software is always recommended it does not always
work on all systems. I work in the television/video world and have
found that Antivirus software is not compatible with most editing
software. So for those who don't have it or can,t use it, One of the
tools that I use regularly is the FREE virus eliminator software from
Network Associates. This is generally used by network administrators.
It is a small self contained executable that can be downloaded and
run on all windows based systems. On the website there is a version
number to let you know if you are current. Just download it and
place it on the desktop and double click it. If there has been a
update I usually run it as I go to lunch. It will not keep you from
getting a virus, but it will eliminate it from your system if you get
one. The program is updated every time a new virus or variant is
detected so you just have to download the new version every time it
changes. The link to the software is...
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
For those who don't trust links, just type stinger into Google and go
to the first entry. If you are running Windows Millennium or Windows
XP, one other thing must be done to make sure that the virus is
eliminated You must turn off restore points before you run the
antivirus software. Restore points will archive a copy of the virus
and if you restore your computer, ZAP you have it again from the
archived file. After you have checked and you are virus free you can
turn them back on. Most of the list folks that I have chatted with
know most of this stuff, but for the others, here is a cheap fix to
keep in the computer tool bag.
Dave Richardson "Waiting on wings"
www.rv-7.com
In vansairforce@yahoogroups.com, "Dave White" <talewinds@i...> wrote:
> Amen! I've received at least a dozen attempts to send me "Netsky"
or
> "Bagle" in the past few days. Fortunately my isp uses McAfee and I
have
> another viruscanner in my pc, upgraded continuously. The world's
full of
> morons!