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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: deep_eyes on August 22, 2003, 08:57:29 am

Title: SOBIG virus emails massivly.....
Post by: deep_eyes on August 22, 2003, 08:57:29 am: Emails with these subjects:
Re: details
Re: approved
Re: my details
Re: Thankyou!
Re: That movie
Re: wicked screensaver
Re: your application
Your details
Thankyou

and with attachtments:

SoBig.F Alert
Be on the lookout for the following attachments:

application.pif
details.pif
document_9446.pif
document_all.pif
movie0045.pif
thank_you.pif
your_details.pif
your_document.pif
wicked_scr.scr

-is possibly infected with the SOBIG virus, especially if they carry an attachment. do not open these attachments. a dozen "corporate" auto-security mailers have already mailed about a dozen emails to me saying i tried to send them a virus from my hotmail account. Although i dont open these attachments nor emails cause they end up in the junk, its a big problem for everyone. so if u get an email similair to the one i just described, burn it like in fahrenheit 451.
Title: SOBIG virus emails massivly.....
Post by: Pera on August 22, 2003, 10:28:00 am: And what's even worse: http://www.f-secure.com/news/items/news_2003082200.shtml
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Post by: Nico on August 22, 2003, 11:41:59 am: haaaaaaaaaaargh!!!! Skynet!!!!
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Post by: Martinus on August 22, 2003, 11:55:38 am: Quote
Originally posted by Venom
haaaaaaaaaaargh!!!! Skynet!!!!

[color=66ff00]lol That's exactly what I thought too.

BTW thanks deep, good to know this stuff as I don't really keep up to date with virus news.
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Title: SOBIG virus emails massivly.....
Post by: Rictor on August 22, 2003, 11:57:54 am: I don't think that I have been infected, but is there a program to install that will protect me? Or will the newest Norton updates do it? I'm really not too keen on getting infected, so if anyone knows of a way to prevent it, please post it here..
Title: SOBIG virus emails massivly.....
Post by: Pera on August 22, 2003, 01:24:53 pm: Virus info and disinfection tool: http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/sobig_f.shtml

You have 40 minutes :drevil:
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Post by: Rictor on August 22, 2003, 01:47:45 pm: OK, this **** is starting to scare me. It is unlike any virus I know of. Would anyone mind explaining exactly what the virus does, cause this is really interesting stuff
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Post by: Pera on August 22, 2003, 01:59:35 pm: You'll find out in, precisely two minutes :)

Bah, nuttin. I'm so disappointed. :sigh:
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Post by: Gloriano on August 22, 2003, 02:26:39 pm: not another virus:sigh:
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Post by: Woolie Wool on August 22, 2003, 03:15:31 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Holy Imperial Gloriano
not another virus:sigh:
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Post by: Grey Wolf on August 22, 2003, 03:20:08 pm: What exactly is a .pif file anyway?
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Post by: Woolie Wool on August 22, 2003, 03:32:20 pm: Some kind of file used by Windows for DOS apps. A pif file is created when you run a DOS program.
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Post by: Stealth on August 22, 2003, 03:40:15 pm: our school's being hit by these viruses nowadays all the time. the whole district's network is offline :p
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Post by: TopAce on August 22, 2003, 04:06:34 pm: Does swooh has this one?
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Post by: Ashrak on August 22, 2003, 04:32:38 pm: well this thing has (sofar) taken out hanza.net in estonia (bank :rolleyes: ) and its yet to feel my wraith :)

and uhh im scared a bit what if this is "skynet" were doomed :blah:
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Post by: phreak on August 22, 2003, 04:53:43 pm: and people still open unrecongnized email attachments

fools
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Post by: deep_eyes on August 22, 2003, 06:51:05 pm: Quote
Originally posted by PhReAk
and people still open unrecongnized email attachments

fools

exactly my point! people open **** no matter where it comes from cause half the time they swear it some dumb ass email. bah idiots... they will be the death of us all!

the unintelligent who just use the net as a daiting center database will be the death of us all! :hopping: !!

besides that, thats why i got hotmail, which TELLS ME THAT ITS THE VIRUS!!!!!!! i wonder if other hotmail users still open up the damn thing, which they probrably do... :p
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Post by: Nico on August 22, 2003, 06:57:57 pm: yeah, but take MSblast. you don't catch it with emails :doubt:.
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Post by: karajorma on August 22, 2003, 07:06:42 pm: Quote
Originally posted by deep_eyes
besides that, thats why i got hotmail, which TELLS ME THAT ITS THE VIRUS!!!!!!! i wonder if other hotmail users still open up the damn thing, which they probrably do... :p

If hotmail knows it's a virus why doesn't it delete the dangerous part so you can't infect yourself? :rolleyes:
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Post by: Taristin on August 22, 2003, 07:24:29 pm: Because that's intelligent...
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Post by: Stealth on August 22, 2003, 10:51:02 pm: Quote
Originally posted by TopAce
Does swooh has this one?

no
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Post by: Stryke 9 on August 23, 2003, 12:57:29 am: Who the **** opens attachments, anyway?

Hell, who still checks email? I opened my inbox out of curiosity two weeks ago, got 400 porn spams and 8 emails from people I don't want to talk to. Anyone wants to ****ing talk to me, they can leave a message. That way at least if they're a telemarketer I can pick up the reciever and hurt them.
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Post by: Stealth on August 23, 2003, 10:40:08 am: Quote
Originally posted by Stryke 9
Who the **** opens attachments, anyway?

Hell, who still checks email? I opened my inbox out of curiosity two weeks ago, got 400 porn spams and 8 emails from people I don't want to talk to. Anyone wants to ****ing talk to me, they can leave a message. That way at least if they're a telemarketer I can pick up the reciever and hurt them.

yeah but some people get job applications and responses in their email box :(
Title: SOBIG virus emails massivly.....
Post by: diamondgeezer on August 23, 2003, 10:49:26 am: I opened a new Hotmail account just recently after I got slightly embaressed about putting my Geezersoft address on an RAF application form. I haven't entered the new address anywhere ever, and yet I had twenty spam mails when I checked it last week. If I bought all the big dick pills they were advertising my poker would reach across the street.
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Post by: Unknown Target on August 23, 2003, 01:47:33 pm: they don't work :D

Anyways, use Yahoo, they rarely ever get spam.
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Post by: karajorma on August 23, 2003, 02:29:57 pm: Hotmail gets more spam cause everyone hates Microsoft :D
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Post by: Sandwich on August 24, 2003, 02:28:20 am: Quote
Originally posted by Pera
And what's even worse: http://www.f-secure.com/news/items/news_2003082200.shtml

Am I to understand from that that the virus will go through this process at 1900 UTC every Friday or Sunday until September 10th?
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Post by: Descenterace on August 24, 2003, 03:52:36 pm: Jeez... This virus is like something out of a film! Anyone watched 'Hackers'?
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Post by: adwight on August 24, 2003, 04:36:27 pm: FYI the thing that is downloaded is a Porn Website thing, saw it on the news last night.
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Post by: Taristin on August 24, 2003, 05:06:37 pm: damn... that's pretty crazy. *loads up firewall again* *prepares to get anti-virus software which most likely won't work*