Posted on 03/03/2005 3:44:28 PM PST by wai-ming
If you receive an e-mail message entitled "Updating my address book," even from someone you know, Beware! Don't click on the link. It may be a virus.
I recently received such a message from a former business contact, and thinking it was okay, clicked on the link. Bad news. It appears to have infected my home page to the point that the page doesn't even load on my screen anymore--not even from other computers.
I checked a few computer message boards, and sure enough, it's some kind of new virus.
Does anyone out there know anything about this virus? What is it, what kind of damage does it do, and how can I get rid of it and restore my home page?
:)
Love what it STANDS for!
Love those TROOPS!
WHOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
One thing to check is to make sure your "hosts" file isn't filled up with entries. The hosts file is a text file located in C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc. The "windows" directory might be "winnt" depending on the operating system. The only entry that should be in a default hosts file is "localhost 127.0.0.1". Any other entries are suspect, especially if they point to the 127.0.0.1 address and are for URLs such as Windows Update or Antivirus software vendors.
There is a block of text with examples in the file, but it will have #s in front of each line, rendering them harmless.
While any computer can be infected by a trojan (a program masquerading as something else that trick users into installing and running them) written for its operating system, some OS are much more secure than Windows.
The Mac OSX is one of those more secure operating systems. As of this writing there only a couple of trojans concept program written and none have been observed in the "wild". Macs are immune to most viruses and worms as getting them to download, install, and execute a malicious program is extremely difficult if not impossible.
Big ole BTTT!!!!
Thank you for the reassurance.
I understand how the virus works (for the most part) and that I don't have to worry too much about them. I have no idea of what these 'new' things are capable of.
Hey,..I finally figured out your tagline....
Been a nice day on the beach, Onyx said she had rain in San Diego though....
it's an ARMS Race, I am trying to outrun them by moving to Linux, Xandros specifically, for World Wide Web interface!
Don't know what your specific requirements are for business access to the Web.
LOL!!!
Backatcha!
Well, it TOOK ya long enough! LOL!!!
YOU didn't have rain??? We did! And an AWFULLY dark, ominous sky around 2:30 today. Nothing came of it, but BOY did it look tornado-y.
Well, I didn't focus on it very much, just figured it was some catholic latin saying....
Whoo HOOOOO!!!! Now THAT'S funny!!! :)
Or maybe something risque, pee and colon....are special words you know....
Now that word I had no idea what to make of it.....
Where's our CA storm thread?
1 1/2 inch here this evening and still pouring right now.
Get this: dined at a restaurant 5 miles from house.
Took almost one hour to winde my way home due to
flooded out streets and closed roads. Unreal.
The water is over the curb in front of house right now.
The storm drains can't handle it tonight.
It's GRAND, save for the damage and destruction.
My news said Escondido, Oceanside in the North
County have less than a 1/4 inch. The rain might
be headed your way. News said we will get pounded
for 12 more hours minimum. Maybe the storm is
moving east, not north to y'all.
Let me look at your radar link.
OK, now LOOK at this!
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/radar/latest/DS.p37cr/si.knkx.shtml
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