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Reply #15 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 9:12am

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hi bren i believe the firewall is used to stop people putting these things directly onto your computer. like that other virus recently which got into windows through the hole. with a firewall it stopped the virus and stopped it from working. and in general its used to stop outside lines gaining control of your computer

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Reply #16 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 9:29am

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love to see them get past norton antivirus 2003 i have full faith in that program and it monitors emails and file downlaods aswell

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Reply #17 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 9:51am

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this virus is taking email addresses from other places and using them. Example:
simviation has my email address...the virus finds it, uses it to send to some one else. I have gotten emails from places that say that I sent them a virus which I didnt
My email is web based (yahoo)

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Reply #18 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 9:51am

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No, firewalls don't stop viruses. They are there to stop hackers getting direct access to your network (or PC) while it's connected direct to the Internet - very common now that people have DSL, Broadband and stuff via cable, PST line, satellite.

So a firewall won't protect you from a virus. Neither will a virus prog if it's not being regularly updated - like every 1-2 days!!

I got nearly 6 days work from a client who was running a well-known corporate AV prog (in the UK) and was hit twice in succession a few days apart by 2 separate viruses. The supplier said that it was bad luck because the viruses had hit before the scheduled updates had been issued!

Don't forget that AV progs are not 'catch-alls' - they are virus specific. It's no good relying on the McAfee virus scan prog that came free with your version of Windoes 4 years ago - it's now worse than useless because it gives you a false sense of security.

If you need a PROPER free AV prog note the following.

Go to www.grisoft.com

Download their FREE single user prog. It works - REALLY WELL to professional standard - and you get FREE updates. Stuff Norton!

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Reply #19 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 9:53am

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love to see them get past norton antivirus 2003 i have full faith in that program and it monitors emails and file downlaods aswell

I have that same program.. A virus I had which I told about earlier in this thread disabled it completly. I had to reinstall it about 10 times before I could get it to clean out the virus. took an entire day almost.

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Reply #20 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 9:57am

RollerBall Ex Member

It's common for viruses to be progd to attack AV software now.

The best form of defence is USE YOUR EYES AND COMMONSENSE

Most common viruses come in via email attachments. In my opening post I told how to avoid opening attachments that will put a virus on your system

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Reply #21 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 10:00am

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Another good tip, which I can't even believe people still need to be told, is this:

NEVER, under any circumstances, open an email attachment if you're not sure what it is. (And never open it if it's an .exe file even if you DO know!)

Unfortunately, you can't rely on the "as long as you know the sender" rule anymore, as today's problem has illustrated.

The best thing to do is this. If you get an attachment from someone you know, ask them what it is before you open it.

This won't stop EVERYTHING, but it will stop some of the viruses from spreading.

Common sense. Nothing is really as safe as we'd like to think it is when it comes to the internet...

Great edit, Bob.&&&&&&Google it. &&&&www.google.com

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Reply #22 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 10:31am

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My virus DATS are one day old. Apparently no updates yet. No matter, I don't open attachments unless I asked for them...the firewall does help if the trojan wants to connect to the internet and youdon;t even know what the program is. I once got a pictures EXE from a friend. It was supposed to extract the pictures with the exe, kind of what winzip does, and my firewall goes nuts telling me it wants to connect to the internet. As you may know, I blocked it forever!!!!!!!Mua ha ha ha!

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Reply #23 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 10:38am

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Wensday(sp) McAfee update day

They have W32.Sobig and W32.Nahi on respectively high and medium alert status

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Reply #24 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 10:48am

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God you have got to be joking me!!.....

I have like 10 e-mails. One from SimMarket....and a link to download some sort of receipt....except the file ends in .php It is called ticket create.php....OMG Like I got something from simMarket....and the others saying that my e-mail was not sent to download the attacthement for original mail. Funny thing is it said an e-mail I sent to someone with Earthlink, and no one I know is with Earthlink..........I am not complaining, but how stupid could these people be? I mean..come on!

Oh oh, and another one from Frank from Gateway!!! OMG I am luaghing so damn hard.

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Please be aware that a response is required within 1 day(s) to prevent your messages from being automatically deleted.

I will rush right over to your link sending me to some other site....NOT

And this one which caught my eye:

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your computer is sending me the w32.sobig.f virus repeatedly

Anyone in these here forums, do not download any of my attachments because they are simply not mine. Thanks.

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Reply #25 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 10:57am

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And I did just downloaded the latest DAT files. And the installer says I already have the latest. So I am safe

PS: I am still laughing

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Reply #26 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 11:16am

RollerBall Ex Member

Angry

Be nice if we could find who's behind it and send some of the Boys from Simviation round to his place for a chat.......

BTW - do you need virus detectors where the sun doesn't shine?

(another quaint British expression!)

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Reply #27 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 12:04pm

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I've recieved over 100 of these since yesterday. Undecided

Undecided

I'm getting about 1 every 5 minutes. And like everyone else, I'm getting a lot from FS sites; flightsim.com, flight1.com, simmarket.com, simflight.com. Luckily nothing from simviation yet.

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as long as you know the sender rule...

Maybe a good rule is that you know the sender and you know exactly what and when he or she is sending it.

Would deleting my addresses in my address book help prevent this from spreading?

&&FS Evolution&&&&DanielF

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Reply #28 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 12:07pm

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Well now that I've seen this I'm happy my Dad's company is based here at home, our LAN has some of the best civilian antivirus software in the world, but still he's already received 7 Sobig.F emails this morning. Angry

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Reply #29 - Aug 20^th, 2003 at 12:10pm

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Maybe a good rule is that you know the sender and you know exactly what and when he or she is sending it.

This is what happens when you only quote someone partially.

What I said was:

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Unfortunately, you can't rely on the "as long as you know the sender" rule anymore, as today's problem has illustrated.

I then went on to say:

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The best thing to do is this. If you get an attachment from someone you know, ask them what it is before you open it.

It's pretty much just getting redundant now. lol

Great edit, Bob.&&&&&&Google it. &&&&www.google.com

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