Global Virus

[stang01]

I have been hit twice so far. It wipes out all your Emails and then starts to delete your programs one by one. So don't open anything That appears to be from Microsoft. One is call Sobig and I forget what the other is. But they both went global in the last few days. Not sure if eveyone was aware or not. so I thought I would drop a note.

[Grifter]

huh.. i have gotten a few from "support@microsoft.com"
yeah like i am gonna open that.. LOL

1 was called screensaver, and the other was office xp patch..

didnt know it was that bad of a virus.. i knew it was, but not that evil..

[stang01]

I didn't open it on the first one. But hit Report Spam to AOL. And it open to send to AOL evidentally. My emails went balnk and then all hell broke loose. The second I got from a friend. It stole his address book and emailed everyone. But Norton took care of it. I caught it before it did to much damage.

[Shadowgray03]

PC security 101 dont open ANY attachments regardless of where they are from unless you are intimatly familiar with file types and PC security.

[94TurboGT]

if you run norton antivirus, it routes the email through their servers before it gets to your computer (or something to that effect) it has caught a couple for me already since i built this pc 4 months ago.

[stang01]

I run Internet security with antivirus. I must have it setup wrong. Because I have gotten 3 virus it never caught. All through Email. Two where sent from a friend infected PC

[94TurboGT]

i dont know how to check it with internet security, im assuming thats a packaged software setup?

but this is what it looks like when its properly configured when you are just running norton antivirus 2003:

[Shadowgray03]

You have to remember these anti virus apps can be days behind the virus so there is a window of opportunity where you are unprotected. Also, slight variations can make a virus undetectable as well. Virus's dont just jump on your computer (well, some situations they can but usually more targetted at servers), YOU actually install them on your computer when you run/view the mail attachment. Dont open attachments and you likely wont have a problem. Also be weary of downloads and diskettes passed to you that have been on another PC.

[Steelgrave]

Originally posted by stang01
I run Internet security with antivirus. I must have it setup wrong. Because I have gotten 3 virus it never caught. All through Email. Two where sent from a friend infected PC

I run linux, and don't have any of these problems:smoking