Computer Virus Alerts

[Michi]

thanks groink

but is this the virus that make our computer to restart by itself???
coz my pc is having that problem rite now!
out of the blue it will restart by itself
and sometimes the monitor will go blank (all black) but the cpu is still running....

[niko2x]

Michi wrote:

thanks groink but is this the virus that make our computer to restart by itself??? coz my pc is having that problem rite now! out of the blue it will restart by itself and sometimes the monitor will go blank (all black) but the cpu is still running....

that would be the sasser virus. if you go to the ms site there is a fix for that.
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[ahochaude]

Michi wrote:

thanks groink but is this the virus that make our computer to restart by itself??? coz my pc is having that problem rite now! out of the blue it will restart by itself and sometimes the monitor will go blank (all black) but the cpu is still running....

Are you still having problems with your comp Michi?
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[Michi]

niko2x wrote:

that would be the sasser virus. if you go to the ms site there is a fix for that.

omg!!!
wat is sasser virus
link plssss.....

[Michi]

ahochaude wrote:

Are you still having problems with your comp Michi?

yes!

[bmwracer]

Nyxem Worm Programmed to Erase Files
Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service
Mon Jan 23, 12:00 PM ET

Antivirus vendors are warning of a rapidly-spreading worm that is carrying a potentially destructive set of instructions. The Nyxem worm--also nicknamed the Kama Sutra worm--is programmed to overwrite all of the files on computers it infects on February 3, says Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure.

F-Secure researchers found the worm truncates files to 20 bytes and causes an error message when one is opened, he says.

"We are expecting to see problems in two weeks' time," Hypponen says.

The worm appears to be programmed to overwrite all files on the third day of every month, Hypponen says. So far, there's no indication where Nyxem originated.

While most antivirus vendors have issued updates for their software, Nyxem is spreading quickly, and its creators have posted a counter on a Web site that records new infections. According to F-Secure's security blog, the counter was showing around 510,000 infections as of Sunday night.

Nyxem infections may be rising because it is taking advantage of computers that have already had their antivirus software disabled by some other virus such as Bagle, Hypponen says.

Dated Technique

The worm, which is spread through e-mail, uses a dated technique to entice users by promising pornography, says Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant, at Sophos. Nyxem lacks the sophistication of recent Trojan horse-style viruses that are more targeted and less prevalent in order to evade detection, Cluley says.

Nonetheless, users appear to still be clicking, and the worm was accounting for about 35 percent of virus traffic as of Monday morning, he says.

"It's a bit of a throwback to an old trick," Cluley says.

The worm harvests e-mail addresses and then sends itself out again. The e-mail subject line may contain text that says "Miss Lebanon 2006" or "School girl fantasies gone bad," according to Sophos.

[gaijin mark]

Arigato Racer!!

Quote:

uses a dated technique to entice users by promising pornography

It's been my experience that most people get their systems hosed up(viruses, browsers hijacked, etc.) by going to porno sites. I know a lot of guys get "biological urges"(to quote actor Troy McLure) but you enter those sites at your own risk!!!

[dochira]

Some interesting things:

bmwracer wrote:

--also nicknamed the Kama Sutra worm--

Awesome nickname.

bmwracer wrote:

The e-mail subject line may contain text that says "Miss Lebanon 2006" ....

Wow. How do they know exactly what I would be looking for?..

[bmwracer]

dochira wrote:

Wow. How do they know exactly what I would be looking for?..

"Man on the street" polls.

[bmwracer]

Kama Sutra Worm Set for Attack on Feb. 3
NewsFactor - Wed Feb 1, 6:54 PM ET

Security analysts are warning computer users about a new and potentially destructive Internet worm that can obliterate important documents. The worm, called Kama Sutra, is making the rounds now, but is scheduled to execute its first massive attack on February 3. The malicious worm targets computers running Windows and spreads primarily by copying itself to shared network locations and then sending itself to e-mail addresses found on afflicted computers. With subject lines that read "the best videoclip ever," "give me a kiss," and "school girl fantasies gone bad," the worm entices computer users to open the attached file.

[dochira]

Kama Sutra worm.. so that's what my computer is doing when I go to bed...

BMW, maybe you should add "Computer" to this, unless you want this thread to cover other viruses.

[bmwracer]

dochira wrote:

Kama Sutra worm.. so that's what my computer is doing when I go to bed... BMW, maybe you should add "Computer" to this, unless you want this thread to cover other viruses.

Right-O...! *poor Brit accent*

[qilver]

dochira wrote:

Kama Sutra worm.. so that's what my computer is doing when I go to bed... BMW, maybe you should add "Computer" to this, unless you want this thread to cover other viruses.

lol...