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Post May 20th, 2003, 7:05 pm

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There is a new virus making the rounds. The virus claims to come from "support@Microsoft.com". If you get this email, delete it. DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHED FILE!!

Users should be skeptical of any unsolicited e-mail allegedly from Microsoft which arrives with one of the following subject lines:
Your details
Approved (Ref: 38446-263)
Re: Approved (Ref: 3394-65467)
Your password
Re: My details
Screensaver
Cool screensaver
Re: Movie
Re: My application

The attached file can have one of the following names:
movie28.pif
application.pif
ref-394755.pif
approved.pif
doc_details.pif
your_details.pif
screen_temp.pif
screen_doc.pif
password.pif

-IntaminFan397

Post May 20th, 2003, 7:15 pm
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hey! I gott hat virus yesterday in my coastercrazy.com address! I didn't open it though, just deleted it since it seemed suspicious to me.

Post May 20th, 2003, 7:40 pm
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ok Microsft I get it that you don't like me.

I just got two e-mails again, this time my host caught the virus and just delivered the text. Sucks.
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Post May 20th, 2003, 8:36 pm

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Well, Microsoft likes me! I havn't gotten an e-mail from them yet

Post May 20th, 2003, 10:58 pm

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Now I read this, I too got that email. Good thing I didn't open the attached file yet. Email deleted!

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Post May 20th, 2003, 11:32 pm

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Good thing I deleted it! I did get that E-mail and dumped it immediately! Thanx for the info, Intamin!

Gotta love MS for their hard work of sending viruses! Hats off to Mr Gates!

Post May 22nd, 2003, 6:45 am

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If this can help you a little bit:

http: // securityresponse. symantec.com/ avcenter/venc/data/ w32.sobig.b @mm.html


(Had problems to add the URL.. please delete spaces in this URL above..)

Quite usefull web-site.. :^)

Post May 25th, 2003, 3:06 am

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Post May 25th, 2003, 3:12 am

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whats up with microsoft n-e- wayz...what is their prob?

Post May 25th, 2003, 3:20 am

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Post May 25th, 2003, 3:38 am

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I havent got one an e-mail yet, but a few months ago, we got a bad viruse. It disabled norton and then started sprouting of other viruses! It got to the point to were it was eating away the hard drive! But my dad fixed. It sucked, I hate people who make viruses, there just miserble little sh***!!!

Post May 25th, 2003, 9:36 pm

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I'm fed up with Norton. If you have AntiVirus 2001, I suggest you update to 2002 or 03. My computer was running fine until one day it went ka-put. Everything was 95% slower. Everything worked except Norton. I knew something was fishy <>< (fish) [;)] Anyway, I called Norton to fix it and for every service call you make, it is $39.95. [}:)] So, I called them once and got rid of Norton through the internal part of the computer and then I called back and they wouldn't admit that they caused the virus. They make me sick!

Post May 25th, 2003, 11:09 pm

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[:(] I have McCaffee(can't spell it) Vshield, and I think it works great.

Post May 25th, 2003, 11:27 pm
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I'm a little worried too, about 3 weeks ago my norton subscription experied(virus definitions and stuff) and ever since my computer has gone really haywire. It's been shutting off by itself and turning on by itself. It's been giving some crazy errors. One today gave me my first ever BSOD on Xp pro!!!! I tried to take a snap shot of it but my digicam is so f'ed up that it came out all blurry to identify what it said. So yeah, I think Norton has something up their sleeve [;)]
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Post May 25th, 2003, 11:31 pm

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That is peculiar because mine started doing that 2 days after my subscription was up...I think they insert viruses to make people buy more products...crazy [CENSORED]'s. [:(!]

Post May 25th, 2003, 11:32 pm

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my subscription expired too. do u have xp? i think i have a virus because it won't turn off normally, you have to go to switch users and tuff. also, when i turn it off by pressing the on button (that also turns it off if u hold it for 10 seconds), it does a disk check where it scans the computer.

Post May 26th, 2003, 12:09 am
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I have xp pro and do have problems shutting off, after my expiration of course. It takes now about 3 minutes to shut off. I have window blinds and now that has been going haywire on shut off where before it was just fine and have had the window blinds for a little over a year now with 0 errors occuring before. I would just go ahead and uninstall system works and av but I can guarantee within a few days my computer would be dead, I am constantly sent laced e-mails that NAV does catch. Hasn't let one slide thankfully, but after subs end, puter is funky, almost makes me want to buy one, but no $ for it. Maybe a reformatt, never done one and dunno what to do [lol]

Post May 26th, 2003, 1:12 am

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I think I'm about to make back ups of NL, my tracks, Flash, Photoshop, and so on (Thank God for my CD burner). The reason for that is incase my computer gets hit by one.

Post May 30th, 2003, 11:48 am
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[lol]
today I got 6 of these e-mails, all of them my virus scanner caught them and destroyed though. [}:)]
Weird though, it even sent it to the e-mail address that only 2 people know! [lol]

Post May 30th, 2003, 3:07 pm

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What'll happen if we reply it back, telling them that we dont want it?

Post May 30th, 2003, 4:17 pm

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If you replied back, wouldn't you have to open the email first?

Post May 30th, 2003, 8:23 pm

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the e-mail but not the attatchment. THe virus is within the attachment.

Post May 30th, 2003, 11:58 pm

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