Virus - Re: Movie

Nope, not me, but I had them too, a while ago, I had them from [email protected] or something like that.

But I am 100% free.

I recieved over 50 emails with both virus subjects just today, but from many different people and my Norton says that my system is totally clean of viruses.

this is a pain it the... >

Pain indeed, i get 'Re: Movie' and 'Re: Application' alot with Yahoo, only just yesterday got that 'your_details.zip' which was W32.sobig.E@mm attachment was details.pif which came from *[email protected]* also that *Re: [email protected]* keeps creeping up getting real sick of this.
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I simply refuse to use the address book. And when I send my Email address to someone else(which btw is few and far between), I ask them not to put it in a address book. So far, this has worked quite well for me. I have had only one viral Email which was promptly deleted.
Also, I open only those that I know are coming, and scan any with attachments.
This saves me a lot of grief.
And I do run quality Anti- Virus/Trojan software.
First line of defense is yourself, do not open Email with attachments unless you are absolutely certain you know who and where it came from. Even then, be alert and suspcious.

I have never gotton a email with a attacment. I feel left out. I have also only had a virus once.

Sorry to hear that, grayhaze.

I used to have incoming virii when I used my old e-mail address that supposedly came from other Stardock personel. And they received mail just like that. Upon closer examination they came from other sources instead. On this new machine I am using a new e-mail address and for about half a year I have no incoming virii anymore.

/me knocks on wood.

I use an up to date virus scanner and we are testing a new spam killer too. So far, so good.

This is actually getting quite serious now. I had 11 instances of the virus e-mail when I last picked up my mail. As I'm on a 56k connection this is starting to cause a serious problem. What surprises me most is that this virus seems to have gone completely unnoticed with the general public, but could potentially cause a big bottleneck for the internet if it doesn't get fixed soon. It's spam on steroids!

W32.Sobig.E

New variant of W32.Sobig worm W32.Sobig.D and W32.Sobig.E have been
spreading at an alarming rate. Like the earlier version these new
variants do mass mailing and attempts to email itself to all the
email address found in your system.

The infected email comes with following details:
SUBJECT:
Re: Application
or
Re: Movie

BODY:
Please see the attached zip file for details.

ATTACHMENT:
your_details.zip

On execution it spreads on local drive as well as in network shared folders.

If you receive any email with about subject or attachment then just
DO NOT OPEN OR EXECUTE THE ATTACHMENT.
Delete those mails!

The biggest contributor to the alarming spread of this and other virii are those who refuse to update their systems, or run proper software, or allow themselves to be suckered into opening the stupid attachments in the first place. >

First line of defense is yourself, do not open Email with attachments unless you are absolutely certain you know who and where it came from. Even then, be alert and suspcious.

I have gone so far as to request that those people who plan to send me email attatchments, send an advance email notice stating the file name and what it's for. It has worked well for me , so far. The few attachments I have recieved without advance notice were deleted immediately, and a note sent to the sender requesting , if the file was intended to be sent, could they please first send me a warning email, and then resend the file.included in the note is a brief warning that "if this file was not sent on purpose you might want to run an indepth virus scan prior to signing online again." this works great, and the ones who recieved the message who hadn't sent me a file were alerted.
I've made the email a draft, so I can reuse it anytime I need to without having to re type everything.

The problem with sending out replies to the senders of e-mails with attachments is that modern viruses give the e-mail a fake sender address in the header which is taken at random from the address book of the infected machine. If you send an e-mail to this address chances are you'll only be met with confusion and upset a few people in the process when you accuse them of having a virus.

The best defense is to keep an up-to-date virus checker on your machine and be careful about opening attachments. Chances are if any of your friends send you an attachment on purpose they'll add a little more to the message body text itself than what little the viruses add.

Anti-Virus software is great, but mine has so little to do, since I started using MailWasher............. I weed out those unwanted, and harmful emails, before I download my email. And I really get a kick out of bouncing the email back as undeliverable.