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08-23-2003, 12:56 PM
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Virus
Hey guys first I want to say that I am pretty knowledgeable or at least not lame minded when it comes to virus's and I have been surfin with my DSL for a few years without ever getting one so far. But now I know I have something because whether im checkin my AOL mail or my hotmail there is always returned mail for certain reasons but its mail i never sent out. So im thinkin it must be one of those outlook express deals that just keeps passin on and sends mail without you even knowing about it.
My MSN messenger is always starting and runnin in the background as well (but not signed in) and wont let me close it manually because it says it cant be closed when outlook express or some similiar program is running. I live update my norton every couple days and have scanned the whole comp and its found nothing. Thanx, Sean |
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08-23-2003, 01:51 PM
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HOCKEY FREAK
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have you disable messenger through CONTROL PANEL>ADMIN TOOLS>SERVICES ?
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08-23-2003, 02:15 PM
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yes, the pop up messenger ads I have disabled if thats what ya mean.
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08-23-2003, 02:26 PM
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08-26-2003, 07:54 PM
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I keep getting messages that I am sending out a .pif virus. Norton isnt pickin anything up though, how do I get rid of it?
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08-26-2003, 07:56 PM
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American Express replied saying that they wouldnt allow this email through because of a virus, this is what they found:
W32/Sobig.f@MM virus in the attached file: document_all.pif |
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08-26-2003, 08:10 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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08-26-2003, 08:30 PM
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Thanx Cricket, I was actually doing that as you posted =) I just went through all that and it says that my computer isnt infected with it. Somethin weird is goin.
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08-27-2003, 12:22 PM
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no virus scanners are pickin anything up but aparently my computer is still sendin out these .pif viruses daily.
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08-27-2003, 01:16 PM
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are you useing a firewall try a free one like sygate or zone alarm as the built in xp one wont stop out going conections
all so to test if it is your computer disconect from the net for a day and see if any emails show as returnd for that day
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08-27-2003, 01:47 PM
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W32/Sobig.f@MM spoofs email addys...so even tho you're probly not infected, whoever is has you email addy in their address book.
below copied from Sobig description at symantec: From: Spoofed address (which means that the sender in the "From" field is most likely not the real sender). The worm may also use the address, admin@internet.com, as the sender. NOTES: The spoofed addresses and the Send To addresses are both taken from the files found on the computer. Also, the worm may use the settings of the infected computer's settings to check for an SMTP server to contact. The choice of the internet.com domain appears to be arbitrary and does not have any connection to the actual domain or its parent company. Cheryl |
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