Computer Virus

Kenny Yates · Post by **Kenny Yates** » 17 May 2004 4:51 pm

I don't know why I keep getting the wrong subject..It should be: Trojan Horse download:
anyone picked up this one, I can't seem to get rid of it...any suggestions?

Ken[This message was edited by Kenny Yates on 17 May 2004 at 05:55 PM.]

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 19 May 2004 1:21 pm

I don't understand the question.

Kenny Yates · Post by **Kenny Yates** » 20 May 2004 5:11 pm

Bob, the question is about a virus called trojan horse download....one that I have finally got rid of. This one didn't want to go away.

Ken
P S I still can't figure out why th topic says potentiometers when I posted it as Computer virus.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 21 May 2004 9:39 am

I've fixed the title.

There are a lot of different trojan horse download viruses. They usually run when you open an email attachment, something that you should never do.

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<img align=left src="http://picturehost.net/b0b/ManzBob2.jpg" border="0"> Bobby Lee
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System Administrator

Kenny Yates · Post by **Kenny Yates** » 21 May 2004 1:32 pm

Thanks for fixing the title.....I don't open email attacjments unless I know who they're from but even then they seem to slip through.
Thanks again

Ken

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 21 May 2004 11:02 pm

Email viruses lie about who they're from. Don't trust attachments that arrive unannounced, no matter who they're from.

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 22 May 2004 2:49 am

The safest is to send someone an e-mail saying you will send them an attachment,
with a bit of a converstation you both would understand,
then when they confim, send it on to them.

If you didn't get the e-mail before, then you could be spoofed by a "bot" grabbing their e-mail and yous at the same time to attack with.

These little buggers often send a very short friendly message,
so add something recognizable and not too short.[This message was edited by David L. Donald on 22 May 2004 at 03:51 AM.]

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 25 May 2004 9:15 am

If an e-mail virus grabs ahold of a victims address book, it can spawn e-mails to those address book entries, making the 2nd generation recipients think their getting e-mails from trusted sources.

One way to tell if your e-mail address book has been "hijaacked" is to add an address entry "AAAAA" at the beginning and "ZZZZZ" at the end with no associated e-mail address. Then when a virus on your machine spawns rogue w-mails, often your system will tell you it tried to send an e-mail to "AAAA" (for example). At that point you'll know somethings screwy & needs attention.[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 25 May 2004 at 10:16 AM.]