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Re: Dangerous emails going around #25540 07/22/02 03:34 PM
Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 9,178 Orem, UT P Pollo_loco69 Moderator
Pollo_loco69 Moderator P Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 9,178 Orem, UT	Wow I am glad I am not the only one getting weird ass emails. Most of mine look like they are fairly large usually over 100kb. But there is never anything in the emails. BTW my virus scan never picked up on anything either. -Colter My Car

Re: Dangerous emails going around #25541 07/22/02 04:04 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 314 Michigan S Square Root Guy Member
Square Root Guy Member S Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 314 Michigan	Klez sometimes will disable the virus protection, and it creates random e-mails messages. It's a pain in the ass, this might be another strain since it's mutated about 7 or 8 times already. More Info on it: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.h@mm.html 2000 Silver ZX3 1999 SVT Contour RIP 6/9/02

Re: Dangerous emails going around #25542 07/22/02 04:37 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 5,455 Cornfields of Indiana P perry Master P
perry Master P P Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 5,455 Cornfields of Indiana	Quote: Originally posted by todras: He uses Hotmail. Seems to be just CEGers though. Havne't received anything from anyone else. Can't check Hotmail from Outlook Express? Save Contour.org -- Donate Now! Announcement Mailing List

Re: Dangerous emails going around #25543 07/22/02 07:10 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,444 S Shaun G Member
Shaun G Member S Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,444	Quote: Originally posted by Square Root Guy: You might have the Klez virus or some other email virus worm. Make sure you have a virus scanner on your computer updated with the latest definitions. Someone here at work got it somehow and was sending out stupid looking emails, as well as receiving mail from people we know that didn't send it. Well...I just got the Klez virus to my personal account which is very weird because I almost never get any spam. That being said, I have exchanged email with alot of people on this board so..if one person gets it then we might all get Klez virus from that one person. If this is what is happening and I think it is, then it has nothing to do with this board. I got my Klez from some guy in Denmark..(weird) UPDATE YOUR ANTIVIRUS.. www.low-tv.net

Re: Dangerous emails going around #25544 07/22/02 07:16 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,444 S Shaun G Member
Shaun G Member S Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,444	Quote: Originally posted by Pollo_loco69: Wow I am glad I am not the only one getting weird ass emails. Most of mine look like they are fairly large usually over 100kb. But there is never anything in the emails. BTW my virus scan never picked up on anything either. dude...when was the last time you updated you antivirus? www.low-tv.net

Re: Dangerous emails going around #25545 07/22/02 07:50 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,481 The land of FOC enforcers and ... I Icey Mike Member
Icey Mike Member I Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 2,481 The land of FOC enforcers and ...	I too have been receiving e-mails from people I donot even know. I once e-mail a guy back asking him WTF he wanted and he was total clueless about the e-mail. I would have to say it has something to do with the online e-mail programs because I donot keep an address book on my computer in any program! 99 Range Rover 4.6 HSE Mystery Car??????

Re: Dangerous emails going around #25546 07/22/02 08:00 PM
Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,899 The land of B18s T TheGSRGuy Member
TheGSRGuy Member T Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,899 The land of B18s	Could be a server virus. I recently downloaded a virus accidentally from a P2P client that I thought was an MP3. Dan Parmelee 1999 Acura Integra SiR-G coupe "I heard Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms" "Word, bitch! Phantoms like a muhfuka"

Re: Dangerous emails going around #25547 07/22/02 08:20 PM
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 4,528 Left side of the mitten, USA T todras Member
todras Member T Joined: May 2000 Posts: 4,528 Left side of the mitten, USA	Quote: Originally posted by lunchbox: Quote: Originally posted by todras: [b]He uses Hotmail. Seems to be just CEGers though. Havne't received anything from anyone else. Can't check Hotmail from Outlook Express?[/b] True, forgot about that. "If you're pushing crazy I'm all full up here." {Black '96 Contour SE MTX w/ over 126k on the clock} � Get the skinny here. � Need a 96-00 Ford Service Manual on CDROM?

Re: Dangerous emails going around #25548 07/22/02 09:08 PM
Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 378 Monroe, MI G Giovanni Member
Giovanni Member G Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 378 Monroe, MI	Change the title please so people don't overreact...maybe like "Always Be Aware of Strange E-mails"... The other day I got an .exe from Bill Gates calling it the "most fun good game ever" and "i think you this game very much like"... Now my computer is blinking and telling me something about my base belonging to it and ****.

Re: Dangerous emails going around #25549 07/22/02 09:42 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 5,455 Cornfields of Indiana P perry Master P
perry Master P P Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 5,455 Cornfields of Indiana	Reading that description of Klez, it looks pretty nasty. Searches everywhere for email addresses, then sends mail out through them. So if someone has seen your email address on a webpage, it can be used (doesn't have to be in an address book, looks like cache files from IE will work.) It can even select a random address that it finds and use that as the FROM address. I'd be really, really surprised if UBB's security had been comprimised (and the only thing done was stealing of a few email address). Save Contour.org -- Donate Now! Announcement Mailing List

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