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Anyone else getting bombarded with bounced, rejected, and virus attached emails caused from that new [url="http://slashdot.org/articles/04/01/27/0038234.shtml?tid=126&tid=128&tid…"]Windows virus[/url] which is doing the rounds latey? I'm getting tonnes of them from Sony, Disney and other strange places.. the craziness.

(I use a webform to send out email, so I'm safe)

Submitted by smeg on Wed, 28/01/04 - 11:30 AMPermalink

I'm getting bombarded by some very strange emails, but they seem to contain bits of (or references to) personal information (family names, related organisations). May be a different virus...

Very odd stuff.

Submitted by davidcoen on Wed, 28/01/04 - 2:51 PMPermalink

also worm_mimail.r ? some server in france thinks i sent a infected email while my computer has been offline for a few days, always a good sign.

Submitted by Maitrek on Wed, 28/01/04 - 10:34 PMPermalink

I haven't got any, and I'm a full-on magnet for crap-tastic email.

Submitted by codyalday on Thu, 29/01/04 - 12:11 AMPermalink

I think there is a new virus called "The Doom" just saw it on the news.

Submitted by inglis on Thu, 29/01/04 - 12:41 AMPermalink

doesnt sound good....

what does it do?

Submitted by shiva on Thu, 29/01/04 - 1:03 AMPermalink

its actually called MyDoom, and it is designed to DDoS SCO

Submitted by MoonUnit on Thu, 29/01/04 - 2:13 AMPermalink

havent had much in the way of viruses myself, but heaps of problems with internet hijackers (re-directing you, changing your home page and so on). That and a trojan

Submitted by Doord on Thu, 29/01/04 - 3:09 AMPermalink

of late my hotmail e-mail has been getting 6-7 virus attached emails a day.

MoonUnit, Yeah I had the same problem, with advertising internet stuff. It got to the point were now I don't have a net connection at home. Everything is so fast now. My Photoshop or max will open in about 5 sec or less, it is damn amazing.

Submitted by inglis on Thu, 29/01/04 - 3:28 AMPermalink

What types of sites do you guys visit to get such virus infected spam?????

Submitted by Aven on Thu, 29/01/04 - 3:44 AMPermalink

Don't get any emails with virus attachments, but i am pretty sure that i have picked up a worm as of late (damn porn sites). The other day, IE started crashing a fair bit, today it wont even load before it crashes. I'm now using Netscape :'(

Submitted by Doord on Thu, 29/01/04 - 4:24 AMPermalink

quote:Originally posted by inglis

What types of sites do you guys visit to get such virus infected spam?????

Petty much any site with Ad's I think are bad to visit which is just about all the net. Thank you Souri for not going to the dark side.

Submitted by bullet21 on Thu, 29/01/04 - 5:36 AMPermalink

Yeah i had the popup worm where i coud not open internet explorer with out getting infinite pop ups. I did a scan with norton and it found a worm called adclicker or something which clicks on all the banners and stuff. Luckily i got rid of it. Any Hu, don't u guys have anti virus software? Broadband is great with norton cos it always keeps u up to date with the latest virus definitions. I havn't had a problem since i got Cable 2 months ago. before that i was usually formatting my computer about once a fortnight. No Joke [V]

Submitted by Makk on Thu, 29/01/04 - 8:38 AMPermalink

I havent gotten the virus yet, althoug I have been getting lots of spam about Jessica Simpson and buying cigarettes online (!).
Oh and I had to close my Firewall (Zonealarm) to upload a pic, it was only a minute yet somehow I got this small casino program downloaded onto my computer without me doing it!! It also sends out pop-ups and other shit. I only had the firewall down for a minute!! Damn the crappy things that happen on the internet. :(