Planetarion Forums - e-mails going around..

insane_in_da_membrane · 30 Dec 2002, 22:11

Has anyone got the e-mail about a screensaver that I've recently started getting? It's from No sender, so it can't be blocked :-/ and I was wonderin if im the only one gettin mail from no one

btw on another subject, if anyone can point me in the direction for help on clearing up "WORM_YAHA.K" i'd appreciate it. (One of my dumbass friends downloaded the screensaver when I said not too)

W · 30 Dec 2002, 22:14

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Originally posted by insane_in_da_membrane
Has anyone got the e-mail about a screensaver that I've recently started getting? It's from No sender, so it can't be blocked :-/ and I was wonderin if im the only one gettin mail from no one

btw on another subject, if anyone can point me in the direction for help on clearing up "WORM_YAHA.K" i'd appreciate it. (One of my dumbass friends downloaded the screensaver when I said not too)

Muahahaha, you morons deserve every trojan and virus in the world.

Snurx · 30 Dec 2002, 22:14

Nope.
Have they evil ones begun to send mails whit "nouser"?
Thats evil.
They are evil.

insane_in_da_membrane · 30 Dec 2002, 22:16

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Originally posted by W
Muahahaha, you morons deserve every trojan and virus in the world.

I'm the smart moron who didn't open it, my ex wasn't

Deathjam · 30 Dec 2002, 23:05

format c:

usually works

W · 30 Dec 2002, 23:07

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Originally posted by insane_in_da_membrane
I'm the moron who didn't open it

I know. You said so, or atleast implied it, in your initial post.

insane_in_da_membrane · 30 Dec 2002, 23:15

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Originally posted by W
I know. You said so, or atleast implied it, in your initial post.

You were right about morons deserving the trojans though \o/

30 Dec 2002, 23:44

these worms only effect outlook dont they? atleast, they have never worked for me with the netscape/mozilla mail reader, or evolution or pine..

so.. why do morons keep using outlook?

W · 30 Dec 2002, 23:55

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Originally posted by insane_in_da_membrane
You were right about morons deserving the trojans though \o/

I didn't speak of morons specifically. Mentally retarded persons for instance, don't deserve virus and trojans. I only specified morons like you. (Morons like your ex also deserve them, but that's off topic)

Auro · 31 Dec 2002, 00:10

Use Opera.

Gayle29uk · 31 Dec 2002, 11:09

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Originally posted by insane_in_da_membrane
Has anyone got the e-mail about a screensaver that I've recently started getting? It's from No sender, so it can't be blocked :-/ and I was wonderin if im the only one gettin mail from no one

btw on another subject, if anyone can point me in the direction for help on clearing up "WORM_YAHA.K" i'd appreciate it. (One of my dumbass friends downloaded the screensaver when I said not too)

If you have SYmantec anti-virus the removal instructions are here. If you don't have an anti-virus product installed then a) you deserve to suffer, and b) install AVG. It's free and it works and as of 25/12 it knows about this worm.

CjC · 31 Dec 2002, 11:20

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Originally posted by Idi
these worms only effect outlook dont they? atleast, they have never worked for me with the netscape/mozilla mail reader, or evolution or pine..

so.. why do morons keep using outlook?

More correctly these Worms and Trojans are aimed at any application that allows Visual Basic scripts to be launched (A la Microsoft).

Alternative browsers and mail clients help cos they cant launch VB code directly.

Also Im quite sure that X based systems are just as vulnerable its just that generally security is ironed out a lot quicker than MS can do... and coupled to the fact that man+dog can (ab)use VB easier than C.

Gayle29uk · 31 Dec 2002, 12:09

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Originally posted by CjC
Also Im quite sure that X based systems are just as vulnerable its just that generally security is ironed out a lot quicker than MS can do... and coupled to the fact that man+dog can (ab)use VB easier than C.

Most linux peeps have the sense to disable HTML email though, you can't get seriously hurt by an ASCII file

As for Outlook, I have to confess a certain lack of sympathy for anyone who a) hasn't updated it and b) allows vbscript/javascript to run on their systems unchecked. I haven't had a single virus infection this year and it's not through luck!

This year approximately one in every 200 emails on the internet was viral (worm/trojan/whatever), all because of people too lazy to stop it. Every single person with an unsecured copy of Outlook is potentially adding to the problem and should be banned by their ISP till they deal with it.

xtrasyn · 31 Dec 2002, 12:18

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Originally posted by Deathjam
format c:

usually works

There's always the idiot loser that gives you this option.

Structural Integrity · 31 Dec 2002, 12:49

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/viru...me=WORM_YAHA.K
Also has removal tips...
running trendmicro will prolly get rid of it too:
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

sayonara · 31 Dec 2002, 13:33

I use Outlook 2000 without the office service packs, and still I have * never * had a virus during this installation.

Because I am not a tard.

It's not exactly difficult to set Outlook up properly, kill off spam from the most prolific domains at your POP provider, and use the damned junk list already.

Anyone who opens an attachment or lets HTML mails load from someone they don't know is an idiot- there's no getting out of it.

I used to use AVG but then I grew up and now use sophos.

CjC · 31 Dec 2002, 14:30

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Originally posted by sayonara
Anyone who opens an attachment or lets HTML mails load from someone they don't know is an idiot- there's no getting out of it.

Indeed.

This is the greatest thing in the world but you dont know me from Adam. But would you click the link out of curiosity?

Luckily Im only a bastard operator from hell (IT admin) and so I would never put dodgy links up. (/thinks of the "do unto others..." speech)

For the record, Yaha/M (or Yaha/K) is the virus that is doing the rounds this new year. [edit - Sophos call it Yaha/L - make your minds up guys

]

Gayle29uk · 31 Dec 2002, 15:08

Warning about this very worm posted today on The Register.

sayonara · 31 Dec 2002, 15:34

For some reason body content from El Reg takes an age to load in my browser at work. I'll look when I get home (to where the decent tech is).

Ste · 31 Dec 2002, 15:36

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Originally posted by insane_in_da_membrane
Has anyone got the e-mail about a screensaver that I've recently started getting? It's from No sender, so it can't be blocked :-/ and I was wonderin if im the only one gettin mail from no one

I got one from [email protected] with the screensaver thing in an attachment. Very easy to block.

W · 1 Jan 2003, 01:31

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Originally posted by Gayle28uk
Warning about this very worm posted today on The Register.

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F-Secure advises its business users to block this (and similar viruses) by stripping emails with attachments ending with .SCR and .EXE and .COM at the corporate gateway or firewall. AV vendors are updating their signature files to detect this latest mass mailer and protection is now largely in place.

Stupid people cause stupid problems.

Tobe · 1 Jan 2003, 14:09

i got that email and silly hotmail said there was no virus

djbass · 1 Jan 2003, 14:29

I've always wondered what the attraction of Outlook was myself. Even if you could make it more secure and disable any form of scripting or otherwise automatic execution, I personally find its interface one of the worst in any application I've encountered.

=[DJ Bass]=

insane_in_da_membrane · 1 Jan 2003, 19:46

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Originally posted by Ste
I got one from [email protected] with the screensaver thing in an attachment. Very easy to block.

It would be easy to block, if an address came up in the "From" part :-/

W · 1 Jan 2003, 20:44

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Originally posted by insane_in_da_membrane
It would be easy to block, if an address came up in the "From" part :-/

It's dead easy to block any email which match any rigorous criteria. "Empty from field" is certainly within the bounds of what a computer should manage to filter.

Oh, sorry, it's not your computer that lacks ability.