Guest Posted July 23, 2001 Report Share Posted July 23, 2001 KILLER VIRUS Two more new viruses are spreading rapidly this weekend. No 1 is Magistr.A, which TrendMicro describes as a "memory-resident, polymorphic virus using complex routines and anti-debugging techniques, which make it very difficult to analyse." It has both virus and worm capabilities in that it infects the local system as well as all files with .EXE and .SCR extensions. It sends infected files to all addresses listed in the address book. It then trashes the primary hard disk drive controller, overwrites CMOS RAM, and erases flash memory. And the email it comes with does not have a static subject line. SIRCAM STILL SPREADING The other is Sircam, only discovered in the wild on Wednesday. But like Magistr.A, it's already infected over 1.5 million computers and is still spreading. Luckily, it has no destructive payload, and it's message is the same: "Hi! How are you? I send you this file in order to have your advice See you later! Thanks" See http://wtc.trendmicro.com/wtc/ for more on these two new threats. ========================= Norton detected this virus 3 times in my email this morning. UPDATE YOUR VIRUS DEFINITIONS NOW! Look for the words Hi! How are you? I send you this file in order to have your advice See you later. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyourdaddy Posted July 23, 2001 Report Share Posted July 23, 2001 Stop bring back the memories. That fucking virus hit my computer last night and was a pain to fix. A real pain in the ass. Honda sent it to me under a file saying to look at a document. I hummed and haaaaed whether to open it, but eventually did. Heed his warning you do not want this virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whosyourdaddy Posted July 23, 2001 Report Share Posted July 23, 2001 Stop bring back the memories. That fucking virus hit my computer last night and was a pain to fix. A real pain in the ass. Honda sent it to me under a file saying to look at a document. I hummed and haaaaed whether to open it, but eventually did. Heed his warning you do not want this virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2001 Report Share Posted July 24, 2001 quote: Originally posted by whosyourdaddy: Stop bring back the memories. That fucking virus hit my computer last night and was a pain to fix. A real pain in the ass. Honda sent it to me under a file saying to look at a document. I hummed and haaaaed whether to open it, but eventually did. Heed his warning you do not want this virus. Never, ever, ever open an attachment that is an .EXE or a .SCR or .VBS. It is not a document, it is a program. Not even if it's from someone you know - could have been sent by the virus. Actually, best advice is don't ever open attachments of any kind unless you are expecting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKK_Sanuk Posted July 24, 2001 Report Share Posted July 24, 2001 This one comes in as an *.lnk document (Shortcut link). Best advise is to be careful opening any attachment. It is even worse when your company has 100 computers and your trying to keep them all clean of email viruses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpy Posted July 24, 2001 Report Share Posted July 24, 2001 Sir Cam arrived in my mailbox as an attachment named mottocross.doc.pif Most people see the .doc assume it's a word file and launch it. However the true extension is a .pif which is an executable file type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2001 Report Share Posted July 24, 2001 More this morning.... I posted the above warning in "general" as this virus is spreading so fast it's really scarey. It's worse than the "LOVE" one from last year. Very few Sanukers read the Technology threads..... I hope the Moderator moves this thread back to "General"..... PLEASE! [ July 24, 2001: Message edited by: Blackie ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenBlue Posted July 24, 2001 Report Share Posted July 24, 2001 I received three of these messages (Sir Cam)...this morning...deleted not opened! Allen Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted July 24, 2001 Report Share Posted July 24, 2001 Hi, "I hope the Moderator moves this thread back to "General"..... PLEASE!" Sorry, Blackie. I know your intentions are right, but this does not belong on a board like this. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2001 Report Share Posted July 26, 2001 Another 5 copies of Sircam arr'd this morning. None were from anyone I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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