Creative Virus Message

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 30 Sep 2004 2:26 pm

There's a trojan that I get a lot. It's always in a ZIP file, which I NEVER open (of course). I've noticed some pretty creative messages attached to try and get me to open the zip, but this latest one takes the cake: <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Dear user quasar@b0b.com,

Your email account has been used to send a huge amount of spam messages during the last week. Most likely your computer was compromised and now runs a hidden proxy server.

We recommend you to follow instructions in the attachment in order to keep your computer safe.

Virtually yours,
The b0b.com team. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Of course, I am the b0b.com team, and I know for a fact that I'm not running a "hidden proxy server". Scary stuff. Don't be fooled.

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<img align=left src="http://picturehost.net/b0b/ManzBob2.jpg" border="0"> Bobby Lee
-b0b- quasar@b0b.com 
System Administrator[This message was edited by b0b on 30 September 2004 at 03:27 PM.]

Jim Hinton · Post by **Jim Hinton** » 30 Sep 2004 2:31 pm

Being the redneck that I am, when I hear about stuff like that, I wish I could get my hands on the creeps that create that stuff and beat the stuffing out of them!!

(Polite translation for much harsher, true redneck language)

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 30 Sep 2004 2:50 pm

.[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 17 November 2004 at 07:45 PM.]

John P. Phillips · Post by **John P. Phillips** » 30 Sep 2004 7:04 pm

WOW Jim ! You mean slapping a wrist ain't a civil rights violation yet ? What's wrong with this picture ?

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JUST 'CAUSE I STEEL, DON'T MAKE ME A THIEF www.geocities.com/squire592001/jason.html

[This message was edited by John P.Phillips on 30 September 2004 at 08:05 PM.]

Milton C. Willmann · Post by **Milton C. Willmann** » 1 Oct 2004 4:51 am

Hmmmm

Neutering and/or euthanasia......

Hard choice.

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Milton C. Willmann

Jim Hinton · Post by **Jim Hinton** » 1 Oct 2004 6:31 am

I love you guys ... I guess I'm not the only redneck out here, eh?

Hmm, that might be a good name for a band ... "The redneck steelers"?

Don Walters · Post by **Don Walters** » 1 Oct 2004 6:34 am

I got that one too about a month or so ago and it was very convincing. I didn't fall for it for exactly the same reason as b0b ... I run my own mail server and only 3 people have accounts on it, so to paraphrase b0b "I am the Edusoft Consulting administrator".

I wonder how many people have been (not surprisingly) taken in by this one ...?
[This message was edited by Don Walters on 01 October 2004 at 07:35 AM.]

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 1 Oct 2004 6:54 am

We recommend you to follow instructions in the attachment in order to keep your computer safe

Safe from what??????????????

The Check's in the mail,
I'll still love you in the morning...
We're from corporate and we're here to help...[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 01 October 2004 at 07:54 AM.]

Ron ! · Post by **Ron !** » 1 Oct 2004 12:38 pm

b0b

My provider send me a similar message a couple of weeks ago.The only thing different was that i WAS running a hidden proxy server.For a short periode i removed my firewall(zonealarm)and it hit me within minutes.It took me several hours to remove that piece of software.

My mailtracker tracked the mail to South Africa.From there on it seems that the people in question use a Anonymizer.
What i am trying to say is .....don't forget to put up a ferm firewall.
Use zonealarm,they have a free version.

Ron

Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 1 Oct 2004 4:49 pm

If I were a very very rich man, I would hire as many programmers and experts as it took to ferret all the little weasel porno, virus senders, and whatever else scumbags.

This new program, after identifying them, would send them an instant hard drive destroy program that was unstoppable.

After that, a hand picked team of deaf banjo players would harass them day and night untill they:
A. Went off the deep end.
B. Went off the deep end.
C. Went off the deep end.
D. Went off the deep end. Or
E. All of the above.

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 1 Oct 2004 9:43 pm

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Donna Dodd · Post by **Donna Dodd** » 2 Oct 2004 5:01 am

I don't know, Jim - Barry Manilow has more rhythm than they need. How about Tiny Tim? They could tip toe through the tulips until the men in clean white coats come to take them away - AWAY!

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 2 Oct 2004 5:51 am

A classic to be sure. These guys are smart techically, idiots socially,
and lame logically.

You don't need to be a redneck to want to nail these suckers to a wall.

I sort of would just hand them over to some redneck friends for...
ahchmm "loosening up" and then a general incarceration in a nasty sounding room.

But also do a 10 minute tape loop for 24/7 use in that bad sounding room,
with a JUMPING out of time skip EVERY ten minutes!!

Tape Content:

Barry Manilow, Gilbert O'Sullivan classics, and TIny TIm too,
done by 3 banjo players with bad strings in JT,
and a double (20) string steel guitar (like 12 string guitar) done in ET
just for some added stress. And cause we get to help too!

Oh yeah, and the steel player never hears the banjos when he lays down his track... one pass with just a click.

Banjos and steel out of tune for 10 minutes with a jump edit...
and it NEVER STOPS! ........ EVER !!!

Well ok, for holidays or some such,
we could switch of to Arnold Schoenbergs serial tone rows music,
Ode To Napolian for instance.

Which after a nice long weekend would then go back into BARRY and the BANJOS>>>

Good for any virus designer I can think of.
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Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 2 Oct 2004 6:15 am

Better be really good at tracking them down or you could end up shutting down an innocent person. A few years ago I got up in the morning and found my mailbox absolutely STUFFED wtih emails from enraged people who screamed that I should NEVER ever send them such pornography again! Well! I didn't send them anything! (I don't even have a pornograph!) Some creep had managed to use my email address to send this crap out to hundreds of people overnight! (I suppose it's similar to how, even today, I get spam that appears to come from my OWN website!)

So, when you track these creeps down and destroy their computers, make sure you're getting the REAL offenders and not their unwitting victims!

Bill Llewellyn · Post by **Bill Llewellyn** » 2 Oct 2004 7:43 am

You could send them clips of my steel playing. They've been used by our military as part of psychological warefare tactics in overseas arenas.

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Bill, steelin' since '99 | Steel page | My music | Steelers' birthdays | Over 50?

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 2 Oct 2004 10:22 am

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Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 4 Oct 2004 7:05 am

MOST RECENT FISHBAIT...

Dear valued Citibank member,

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the online banking community we have issued the following warning message.

It has come to our attention that your account information needs to be confirmed due to inactive customers, fraud and spoof reports. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service. However, failure to confirm your records may result in your account suspension.

Once you have confirmed your account records your internet banking service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

Please click here to confirm your bank account records.

Thank you for your time,
Citibank Billing Department.

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David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 4 Oct 2004 2:12 pm

I got the exact same form NatWest Bank..
of course I have NO USA bank at the moment...DUH

"Le pornograph" is a classic song from french poet singer Georges Brassans. Pretty funny too.