Computer Virus Alerts

[lovelessemotion]

Pemu wrote:

A trojan hit my comp while as I was browsing at *censored* 4 days ago.

...man pemu ur the funniest!.... so naughty 2!.. i remember ya sent ya alotta (blank) links a long time ago!.. ty!

on a side note: i dun even use a firewall... nor virus protection... i just delete all my spam and never dl anything i dun't recognize..and stay away from porn or hacker sites... all's well that ends well

[geoffropuff]

i got the virus without even DLing the attachments on those stupid emails. dont know whats up. at least i got rid of it
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[sid]

firewalls / antivirus are overrated. if you know what youre doing .. you don't need it.

i have yet to have an intrusion on my computer.since 99 all my computers are awesome. i setup a 2nd pc for anyone who comes and goes through my house and that thing is solid also.

though .. my friend seems to attract those types of things. i had to clean out a nasty virus on his computer that DISABLE his antivirus .. hahah .. now that he has broadband, gotta teach him how to use a firewall.

[niko2x]

lovelessemotion wrote:

on a side note: i dun even use a firewall virus protection... i just delete all my spam and never dl anything i dun't recognize..and stay away from porn or hacker sites... all's well that ends well

yeah, bet even if you don't go to those adult sites, those porn pop ups still get you. (segue to a funny true story)
I was a a remote client's site, doing a quick demo our software. Ho hum click here, click there, all of a sudden, porn pop up, left and right!!! This a a lap top that no one uses personally, so it's just used for demonstrations ONLY!! Go thing that the 3 people i was demo-ing to was cool and I played the whole thing off.
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[lovelessemotion]

sid wrote:

firewalls / antivirus are overrated. if you know what youre doing .. you don't need it.

up! that kinda stuff are like for parents who don't know what they're doing online.... if u grew up with a comp and know how to take care of it ..ur safe!

haha funny story niko..LOL... anyway about pop-up just increase ur securiy and know how to turn certain fetures on or off....
AND in opera there's an option to accept/refuse/open in new window iin background/ and open only requested.... pop-ups...
god i luv opera...

[groink]

sid wrote:

firewalls / antivirus are overrated. if you know what youre doing .. you don't need it.

Bad, bad advice...

--- groink

[ahochaude]

Gotta agree with Groink on this one.

Not everyone may be a "computer whiz/geek" (take your pick)

But if you don't need it, good for you! At least you save money on it!

But for people like me, the money is well worth it.

[bmwracer]

groink wrote:

Bad, bad advice...

It's that "It'll never happen to me" mentality....

[Pemu]

Internet isn't a safe playground anymore like it used to be. Antivirus and firewall are recommended nowadays, a standard to every computer which is connected to the internet. Well, a firewall does tend to show off, "The firewall has blocked subseven attack!"-messages appear pretty often, I'm sure not all of the attacks are real attacks. The firewall does exaggerate at figures and protection, why? It makes us feel safe as it has protected us from the "all threats". My point is, not all the threats are real attacks. Only very small amount of em are.

*The firewall has blocked 452 attemps*

[MixxDreamer]

idk how u guys canNOT have av on ur comps, just this morning as soon as i open up my outlook a window pop-up (fron norton) saying that my email was infected and has caught a virus and cancelled it right away.. n the thing is, its from michi.. i know for a fact that i memorized her email, even if she doesnt email me, but goin back to the subject, how would u tell if there is none?

av's or not, i need it cuz im not a high-tech person, i dont wanna take the risk and act like i know everything is safe, even though i dont go to porn sites
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[lovelessemotion]

oh dun get me wrong IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME .... it basicly killed my last comp... but one u get to know just what the heck ur doing ur set.. that's all.... BTW its been about 7months since i completly took off both my firewall and anti-virus software... still bug free.. aside from that XP reboot virus.. its all dandy!.... again u just gotta know what ur doing....
and yes it has happend to me in the past and IT will happen to me again... u just gotta be careful... besides my comp is a piece of crap anyways...so....

[MixxDreamer]

well im not as confident as you are, my laptop is my prize possession it cost more than my tv (60").. i have to be careful u know even if av and firewalls arent really safe 100%, its still useful

then again if im using a crappy comp and ready to die anytime soon, thats understandable
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[ahochaude]

MixxDreamer wrote:

well im not as confident as you are, my laptop is my prize possession it cost more than my tv (60").. i have to be careful u know even if av and firewalls arent really safe 100%, its still useful then again if im using a crappy comp and ready to die anytime soon, thats understandable

Even still, if you're using a crappy comp, wouldn't you want it to last as long as it will? Unless if you're waiting for an excuse to buy a new one...

My computer costed me about $1,750.00 before rebates. No way am I going to let it get all f*cked up.

And if I didn't have antivirus and firewall, then I couldn't visit those porn/AV sites........

[groink]

Guys,

There seems to be a huge flood of e-mails floating around that contain the subject "E-mail account disabling warning". It's definitely not legit, and you should delete the e-mail without opening it.

Here are the symptoms... A virus scrapes a user's PC of domain names. It'll then plug the domain name into several places on a form letter, then sends the e-mail to an e-mail address containing the same domain name. For example, using JDorama.com as an example, you may see something like this:

Dear user of "JDorama.com" mailing system,

We warn you about some attacks on your e-mail account. Your computer may contain viruses, in order to keep your computer and e-mail account safe, please, follow the instructions.

Further details can be obtained from attached file.

The Management,
The JDorama.com team http://www.JDorama.com


So far, none of the antivirus companies have put out updates to their software to address this.

--- groink

[bmwracer]

Yeah, the crap is really piling up on my Yahoo! Mail account. And the filters aren't helping that much...

[Dark_Cloud]

funny i never got anything like that apart from notification

[lovelessemotion]

also i'm still receiving those "hi" "hello" virus e-mails... and aso some from [email protected]! ... i received one of those yeatreday with an attachment

[groink]

Symantec just now put out their 03/03/2004 v9 update. Not sure if this update address the e-mail flood.

--- groink

[Dark_Cloud]

speak of the devil, yeh im gettin those emails with attachements. why bother readin them? block all message from people not on your contacts list, now all my messages go to the trash can, unless they're from someone i know.

[groink]

Just now received confirmation on what this is... It's the Beagle.J virus!

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected]

--- groink