1. Virus Alert!
- Posted by euman at bellsouth.net
Jul 15, 2001
I recieved my 4th virus from Ferdinand Greyland today!
Ferdinand please d/l a virus scanner.
Euman
euman at bellsouth.net
2. Re: Virus Alert!
> I recieved my 4th virus from Ferdinand Greyland today!
>
> Ferdinand please d/l a virus scanner.
>
> Euman
> euman at bellsouth.net
Have a look at:
http://www.grisoft.com/
Good *and* free virus scanner :)
Thomas Parslow (PatRat) ICQ #:26359483
Rat Software
http://www.rat-software.com/
Please leave quoted text in place when replying
3. Re: Virus Alert!
> > I recieved my 4th virus from Ferdinand Greyland today!
> >
> > Ferdinand please d/l a virus scanner.
> >
> > Euman
> > euman at bellsouth.net
>
> Have a look at:
>
> http://www.grisoft.com/
>
> Good *and* free virus scanner :)
>
> Thomas Parslow (PatRat) ICQ #:26359483
Yes, good Czech work. 
Martin
4. Re: Virus Alert!
In message <0.1700008810.804989153-738719082-995226064 at topica.com>,
"Thomas Parslow (PatRat)" <patrat at rat-software.com> writes
>
>Have a look at:
>
>http://www.grisoft.com/
Connection refused, it rather tersely told me.
Should I try later, or is there more to that URL somewhere?
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5. Re: Virus Alert!
On 16 Jul 2001, at 18:17, david at aldred.demon.co.uk wrote:
>
> In message <0.1700008810.804989153-738719082-995226064 at topica.com>,
> "Thomas Parslow (PatRat)" <patrat at rat-software.com> writes
> >
> >Have a look at:
> >
> >http://www.grisoft.com/
>
> Connection refused, it rather tersely told me.
>
> Should I try later, or is there more to that URL somewhere?
Try:
http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.cfm
Kat
6. Re: Virus Alert!
- Posted by mwfch at MWEB.CO.ZA
Jul 18, 2001
Oh , yes , I stoped that bastard . I formatted my PC . Hehe , I knew there
was something wrong when my PC started sending emails by itself and when my
icons started to run away from my mouse cursor I knew it was a virus ! Well
, sorry for any damage done to any of you ppls multi-million dollar
businesses !
Later !
Ferdinand
----- Original Message -----
From: <euman at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Virus Alert!
> >
> >
> I recieved my 4th virus from Ferdinand Greyland today!
>
> Ferdinand please d/l a virus scanner.
>
> Euman
> euman at bellsouth.net
>
>
>
>
> >
> >
7. Re: Virus Alert!
- Posted by euman at bellsouth.net
Jul 18, 2001
Its a good thing I quarantine all of my e-mail now.
this is good advice to those that are new to this list,
we seem to have several people that like to play games
with e-mail like un-subscribing people from EuForum
and signing people up for several thousand listserves
etc..etc.
I would ask that you not add me to your contact list again
because like I said, that was the fourth(4th) virus
I have got from you. It makes me wonder what kind
of underground activety you might be up to.
I sent the file to McAfee and told them who I got it from
so they can hack and track it.
Euman
euman at bellsouth.net
----- Original Message -----
From: <mwfch at MWEB.CO.ZA>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 09:59
Subject: Re: Virus Alert!
>
>
> Oh , yes , I stoped that bastard . I formatted my PC . Hehe , I knew there
> was something wrong when my PC started sending emails by itself and when my
> icons started to run away from my mouse cursor I knew it was a virus ! Well
> , sorry for any damage done to any of you ppls multi-million dollar
> businesses !
> Later !
>
> Ferdinand
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <euman at bellsouth.net>
> To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 10:40 PM
> Subject: Virus Alert!
>
>
> > >
> > >
> > I recieved my 4th virus from Ferdinand Greyland today!
> >
> > Ferdinand please d/l a virus scanner.
> >
> > Euman
> > euman at bellsouth.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
>
8. Re: Virus Alert!
On 18 Jul 2001, at 15:45, euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
> Its a good thing I quarantine all of my e-mail now.
>
> this is good advice to those that are new to this list,
> we seem to have several people that like to play games
> with e-mail like un-subscribing people from EuForum
> and signing people up for several thousand listserves
> etc..etc.
EuForum?
> I would ask that you not add me to your contact list again
> because like I said, that was the fourth(4th) virus
> I have got from you. It makes me wonder what kind
> of underground activety you might be up to.
Problem is, windoze boxes, combined with unknowledgable or lazy users,
are easy exploits for viruses and trojans. Since they don't by default show
the file extensions, and allow active scripting in email and web browsers,
anything you download or open by those methods can allow a trojan in.
Imagine you have active scripting enabled, "to make your browsing
experience more enjoyable", and some innocent-looking webpage has an
html scr= to dl some .txt file to MSWrite or MSWord, and as a .txt it sails
thru your virus scan,, then some other virus-free java applet changes a few
bytes here and there in it,, and it's new, so your virus scanner doesn't
recognise it,, presto, you are trojaned/infected,, and your puter is doing
things in hidden processes, like emailing Ferdinand.
Kat
> I sent the file to McAfee and told them who I got it from
> so they can hack and track it.
>
> Euman
> euman at bellsouth.net
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mwfch at MWEB.CO.ZA>
> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 09:59
> Subject: Re: Virus Alert!
>
>
> >
> >
> > Oh , yes , I stoped that bastard . I formatted my PC . Hehe , I knew there
> > was
> > something wrong when my PC started sending emails by itself and when my
> > icons
> > started to run away from my mouse cursor I knew it was a virus ! Well ,
> > sorry
> > for any damage done to any of you ppls multi-million dollar businesses !
> > Later
> > !
> >
> > Ferdinand
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <euman at bellsouth.net>
> > To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 10:40 PM
> > Subject: Virus Alert!
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > I recieved my 4th virus from Ferdinand Greyland today!
> > >
> > > Ferdinand please d/l a virus scanner.
> > >
> > > Euman
> > > euman at bellsouth.net
> > >
9. Re: Virus Alert!
- Posted by DanMoyer at PRODIGY.NET
Jul 18, 2001
Kat,
You queried euman about "EuForum", and mentioned problems one could
encounter with active scripting enabled on a Win box:
"EuForum" (ok, technically "EUforum") is the actual name of this email list
(EUforum at topica.com), for email purposes.
And how does one disable active scripting?
Dan Moyer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kat" <gertie at PELL.NET>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: Virus Alert!
> >
> >
> On 18 Jul 2001, at 15:45, euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
>
>
>
> > Its a good thing I quarantine all of my e-mail now.
> >
> > this is good advice to those that are new to this list,
> > we seem to have several people that like to play games
> > with e-mail like un-subscribing people from EuForum
> > and signing people up for several thousand listserves
> > etc..etc.
>
> EuForum?
>
> > I would ask that you not add me to your contact list again
> > because like I said, that was the fourth(4th) virus
> > I have got from you. It makes me wonder what kind
> > of underground activety you might be up to.
>
> Problem is, windoze boxes, combined with unknowledgable or lazy users,
> are easy exploits for viruses and trojans. Since they don't by default
show
> the file extensions, and allow active scripting in email and web browsers,
> anything you download or open by those methods can allow a trojan in.
> Imagine you have active scripting enabled, "to make your browsing
> experience more enjoyable", and some innocent-looking webpage has an
> html scr= to dl some .txt file to MSWrite or MSWord, and as a .txt it
sails
> thru your virus scan,, then some other virus-free java applet changes a
few
> bytes here and there in it,, and it's new, so your virus scanner doesn't
> recognise it,, presto, you are trojaned/infected,, and your puter is doing
> things in hidden processes, like emailing Ferdinand.
>
> Kat
>
> > I sent the file to McAfee and told them who I got it from
> > so they can hack and track it.
> >
> > Euman
> > euman at bellsouth.net
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <mwfch at MWEB.CO.ZA>
> > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 09:59
> > Subject: Re: Virus Alert!
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Oh , yes , I stoped that bastard . I formatted my PC . Hehe , I knew
there was
> > > something wrong when my PC started sending emails by itself and when
my icons
> > > started to run away from my mouse cursor I knew it was a virus ! Well
, sorry
> > > for any damage done to any of you ppls multi-million dollar businesses
! Later
> > > !
> > >
> > > Ferdinand
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <euman at bellsouth.net>
> > > To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
> > > Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 10:40 PM
> > > Subject: Virus Alert!
> > >
> > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > I recieved my 4th virus from Ferdinand Greyland today!
> > > >
> > > > Ferdinand please d/l a virus scanner.
> > > >
> > > > Euman
> > > > euman at bellsouth.net
> > > >
>
>
10. Re: Virus Alert!
On 18 Jul 2001, at 18:50, DanMoyer at PRODIGY.NET wrote:
> And how does one disable active scripting?
It's set in the security options in the browser and in email clients. It could
be
called ActiveX, Active Scripting, Java, or Javascript. In addition, runing an
http proxy helps control things like cross-domain sources, cookies,
banners, etc..
Kat
