The wierd thing about the virus I got is that I don't know how I got it. I've never had one before and I know all the rules and safety procedures to protect against getting one. The entire day yesterday my email was empty.  I have a really strong firewall so I dont think anybody could have hacked into my computer and dumped it. About 10 minutes before norton detected a virus I had downloaded about 50 files from project ai. I doubt any of that would have been infected though.

Im at a loss as to how I got it.

lol it's cool Daniel...it was said with a comic tone.  Unfortunately, in text a lot of meaning is lost just in the person's tone and inflections...

No worries dude...

Last night I was convinced I had it.  Now I'm convinced I never did have it.

I got about 100 emails last night and who knows how many this morning - I had to just empty the entire inbox.

I ran every scan/fix/search possible and couldn't find anything, so there was nothing to fix.  About 4 hours ago all the emails stopped.

Get one of the fixes and if it says you aren't infected you probably aren't.  You're just getting mail from people who are.

someone def must have found a way to slow it down or stop it thank god

Yeah, looks as though the worst of the 'virus storm' is over. How dya do?

I'm pretty sure 1 or 2 of us will have ben affected but hopefully most will have got off pretty much scott free.

Talking about dealing with these pathetic sh*ts, maybe they'll do that themselves.

Everyone (if they have any sense at all) has got some kind of AV software now - if not why not, it's free (see my earlier post). And most of us just laughed when we saw what was happening.

So perhaps that's it. There ain't no NEW viruses coming along (as far as I know) - they're just variations on tired old themes. So pretty soon there will just be no point in wasting your time doing it.

Maybe I'm wrong and there always will be enough of these little jerks around (you know the kind - like to break up bus stop shelters and kick litter bins across the road) but only time will tell.

But let's hope if the 'authorities' are able to get their hands on a few of them the punishment WILL fit the crime.

BTW

Here's something else you might want to try. I'm using a free prog called Frontgate. It's really an anti-spam prog that works in the background and 'learns' what to put thru to you and what to delete from your ISP's server even before it gets to you.

I've got it working in 'visible' mode while it's learning my preferences so I could see all of these virus containing emails ON MY ISP's SERVER and delete them even before they got to me.

Take a look at it!

Guys, keep it cool. There are about 1,000 people working on this case. Several F.B.I. Computer Crime agents work on these cases. It is a felony, which means a minimum sentance of one year, and, the person who is found guilty by a court, well, they can kiss about 50 years away. Don't get too upset.

Also, beware, there are MANY more "subjects" that are infected.

Some of them are as follows (As reported to the Sheriff's Office)

Thank You
Your Application
Your Requested Material
Your New Account
Your Account Details
Stop Junk Mail - Free
Nortan Anti-Virus - Free Updates (Spelling is wrong, should be Norton)
Your Account Summary
Your Results
Free Viagra

Great list Scupapro, I'll program these new ones into Outlook too.

We should compile a list like that for people and stick it up top in the Software forum.

But what happens if you sign up for something and they send you your password by email with the subject title, "Your New Account"?