[Fineus]

Extract of link that follows:

if someone called [email protected] adds try to add u dont accept it cos it is an advanced virus that begins to slowly remove all of your documents and then goes on to all your hardrives. send this on to every1 online.

http://www.lanse.co.uk/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=1&t=1349&st=0&#entry12072

Not sure how real it is, but who can afford to take the chance in this day and age? Just a friendly heads up

[Hippo]

I got a virus yesterday... It screwed with every file i opened yesterday... Ad Aware 6 caught it, but it had already hit FS2...

[SKYNET-011]

Originally posted by Hippo
I got a virus yesterday... It screwed with every file i opened yesterday... Ad Aware 6 caught it, but it had already hit FS2...

That's probably the W32.Magistr virus. Had that nasty bastard twice.

[Descenterace]

I had CIH a few months ago.  It's a REAL pain in the ass to get rid of once it's been on the computer for about 8 weeks.  Every damned executable file on my C: (Operating System) drive was infected, and so were most on the E: (Apps) drive.  Fortunately, D: (Backup) and F: (Games) were mostly untouched.  Dunno how that happened, coz my computer is used almost exclusively for gaming.

[Hunter]

PE.Parite A is a fun virus.. attaches itself to every EXE, you can tell it's hit something because the application is 200kb bigger.

[Setekh]

Yeesh. Thanks for the heads up. *updates Norton Anti-virus*

[kasperl]

meh, does this effect linux?

[Fineus]

From the looks of things the one I posted about was a hoax... but I still take the "who can afford to ignore it" approach with this kind of thing.

[kasperl]

well, really, i have norton auto updated everytime i boot windows, and under linux there isn't much that can hurt me, AFAIK.

[kode]

I hate chainmail virus warning hoaxes.

[Descenterace]

So did the guy who wrote this:

VIRUS WARNING

WARNING!! YOU MUST READ!!

If you receive an email entitled "Bedtimes," delete it IMMEDIATELY. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty. It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it will also delete anything on floppy disks within 20 feet of your computer. It demagnetises the strips on all your credit cards. It reprograms your ATM access code, screws up the tracking on your VCR, and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any CD's you attempt to play. It will program the auto dial on your phone so that you can call only 0898 numbers. This virus will also mix antifreeze with water in your fish tank. IT WILL CAUSE YOUR TOILET TO FLUSH WHILE YOU ARE SHOWERING. It will drink ALL your beer.
 
FOR GOD'S SAKE, ARE YOU LISTENING??
 
It will leave dirty underwear on the coffee table when you are expecting company. It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with Rogaine. If the "Bedtimes" message is opened in a Windows 95/98 environment, it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your hair dryer plugged in dangerously close to a bathtub filled with water. It will not only remove the forbidden tags from your mattresses and pillows, it will also refill your skimmed milk with whole milk.
 
******* WARN AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN. *******

If you don't send this to 5000 people in 20 seconds, you'll fart
so hard that your right leg will spasm and shoot straight out in front of you, sending sparks that will ignite the person nearest you.


If you are a scouser...this is a joke.

Got it via email from one of my madder friends.