WARNING VIRUS PRETENDING TO BE SEFYS NEW GUIDE!

[baker]

I just got an e-mail that had an attachment called sefys new guide but was actually a virus.

Baker

[MOVIEGEEK]

That sucks,as a precaution I would remove your e-mail function from this forum.
If someone needs to contact you have them use PM.

[Sefy]

You gotta be kidding me ? my guide got that famous that it been turned into a virus ??

[BJ_M]

i thought it was sefy pretending to be a virus .....

[Sefy]

Naaa.... hmmm.... unless he was using Microsoft Outlook, then I wouldn't mind being the one to be a virus for it

[vhelp]

hmmm.....

I often wonder what THOSE kinds of people are thinking, when they come
to the point of pressing the "SUBMIT" button !!
What if it was something else in their "fingers" and..

* how to they feel
* guilty
* happy
* sharky
* justified
* screwyou
* bla, bla

I don't know..

-vhelp

[Sefy]

I Don't think they "think" of what they are doing, I don't think they even care of the damage is done, I just wish that it will backfire at them some day...

[The village idiot]

When they are not carefull in hiding their identity and they send one to me, then they will become aware of the consequences of their actions!

[Sefy]

I Wonder if i'll get a virus saying I have a new guide

[baker]

I think that the virus wasn't designed to look like sefys guide at all. I have been getting a few mails now that claim to be about certain things on this website and now that I look back the ppl who the mails are coming off could be ppl I helped in the past.

Basically I am thinking that this virus finds out what kind of mails the user sent to me and copys one of the subject headings.

Baker

[Sefy]

Oh.. that sucks! I thought they would atleast make a special virus for me

[indolikaa]

Naw, they'd just recycle the J.Lo virus.

[ahackhack]

Oh.. that sucks! I thought they would atleast make a special virus for me

Allright, I'm on it.

[Sefy]

Make sure it's a good one, so it will be remembered

[txpharoah]

I think e-mail addresses are being scoured from this site and put onto e-mail virus lists. I know of several users with similar complaints, all users of this forum, and it only started to happen after visiting this site.

It's probably somebody on here (dvdrhelp.com) that's doing it.

[tenders]

Make sure it's a good one, so it will be remembered

sefy's virus 2 lol

how can these things get past anti virus software? personally i always run the latest program,and i'm guessing most of you do,so how does something like this happen?

[ahackhack]

how can these things get past anti virus software? personally i always run the latest program,and i'm guessing most of you do,so how does something like this happen?

Well, why do you think your virus checker is updated so often? The program can only identify known attacks... it can't see into the future. As soon as a new virus/worm etc. is known they add it to the list of offending files, and the program should then be able to identify, and deal with it. This is not always the case however, as in a few cases, by the time the checker notices the virus it's too late. Another recent virus, attacked the virus checker itself right off the bat and disabled it. How do you get rid of the virus then?

New virus code is always being written and holes in security are continually probed, and exposed. (Especially if you are running a Winblows box) Fortunately, most of the people that try to attack you and I, or to send us viruses, are too ignorant to write their own code and must use commonly known exploits, or virions that are generally old news, and as such easily handled by your virus checker of choice. (F-prot, McAffee, Norton, Solo etc.)
Of course, there are exceptions, and that is what causes the grief. Somebody writes the original code though, (if you're a conspiracy nut, that would be those same fine folks that wrote your virus checker proggie) and if you are on their $hitli$t you are for it.

If you want to be safe(r) run Unix or Linux (hell, even a Mac), use a firewall (both physical and software if possible), run a virus checker at all times with download/email scanning on, NEVER use P2P crap, and do not open e-mail from anyone you don't know and trust. Of course, you can still "get got" if the sender is clever enough. No system is bulletproof, or 100% secure, and those that would have you believe otherwise are either ignorant, or trying to pull the wool over your eyes. If you go online you are at risk. The best you can do is limit your exposure.

My best advice is to back up important data regularly, on removable media.... DVD's, USB HD's, or zip drives and then do whatever you want to do. If you get hit you will recover easily. It's a simple thing, yet so few people do it. Don't be that guy that whines about losing all his precious data after being wiped out by a worm or some such thing.