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Watch out for a new aim virus. It's not really that bad but it prevents your browser from using cookies and puts up random away messages. If you see an away message that says: PICS FROM VALENTINES with a link do not click it. If you happen to click it and you have Windows XP you can system restore and it should fix the problem.
Can you post some sources of this information?
Thank you.
Do we really need someone saying not to download and open anything that some **** sends you on AIM?...... Then again after hearing Horsey tell about his co-workers....
Hi Gore,
Well,no.................but quite a few of us would pay good money for someone they would actually listen to :DQuote:
Do we really need someone saying not to download and open anything that some **** sends you on AIM?...... Then again after hearing Horsey tell about his co-workers....
I have not heard anything about this particular threat over here, and we are at least 5 hours ahead of you guys in the time zones...............
There have been a couple of Valentine's related malwares though but one was a worm and the other a mass mailer.
It could be a hoax perhaps?
Around August this advisory went out:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12198/
What people didn't really notice was this:
I bet dollars to donuts this is a variation of that part of the advisory, where the away message design can be abused.Quote:
NOTE: Various other issues were also reported, where a large amount of resources can be consumed on a user's system.
If I'm right, it's nothing that needs to be addressed.
1 post, new member, no info, posting a new thread with worthless info that looks a lot like an email that would get automatically deleted by most of us?Quote:
Originally posted here by Jgordon0505
Watch out for a new aim virus. It's not really that bad but it prevents your browser from using cookies and puts up random away messages. If you see an away message that says: PICS FROM VALENTINES with a link do not click it. If you happen to click it and you have Windows XP you can system restore and it should fix the problem.
Hoax, troll, or various other unwanteds.
<killfile>
Alrighty then. I see how it is around here.
Be fair Jg :
you ARE new, on a site where paranoia isn't a complaint, it's compulsory ..............:)
your profile has NO details in it, so we have nothing to build on [even though you could LIE [shock / gasp / horror] ]
And as TH13 asked :
if you could post links to the source, it would help.
And, Welcome to AO. :cool:
JG : watch out new virus....it infects your PC by viewing of any site containg the word 'the' not only does it scamble your all files on your HD but it also infects other household items using a secret microwave super flux hyperradial transmitter hiden in every home PC by the NSA. Once infected your household items (toasters, TV remotes, Cd players, etc) will develop a highly formed AI which will make them self-aware and they will resent their Human slave masters rising up in rebelion to burn your toast and change TV channels just as an integral plot line is about to be revealed!!
I have no source to link you to - nor can I even tell you were I got this information (for then I would need to kill you and erase the memory of anyone who knew you so that it appears you never exsisted) but honestly its 100% true!!!!
I promise
v_Ln
I understand I am new around here. I had just found out about the virus yesterday and there was no information on it yet so I guess I couldn't prove it.
I did a quick search and found this post over at some site, the kid posted a log.Quote:
I was on AOL IM and, like an idiot, clicked on a link in someone's profile. It was an away message that said something like "Pics from the beach" with a smiley face. Needless to say, that now pops up as my away message. It changed to "pics from valentines" today, so it's safe to say that the spyware i ran didn't get rid of it. Please help. Here's the log:
lol The exactitude of that statement.Quote:
Originally posted here by gore
Do we really need someone saying not to download and open anything that some **** sends you on AIM?...... Then again after hearing Horsey tell about his co-workers....
"I was on AOL IM and, like an idiot, clicked on a link in someone's profile."
"Did I mention at the time AIM was powered by Admin rights and not limited, so skiddies can use my ports as gloryholes "
at least im not dumb and posted can u please help me because its really difficult to get rid of...I mean thats pathetic
JD don’t be like that….we NEED details. In most cases it is our job to know. If you want details just ask a question. You’ll get more details than you could ever need. But we have to have them.
I have no doubt what your saying is true, and you might have even been hit by this little rascal but if you don’t give details your post means diddley-squat to all of us. We HAVE to have DETAILS.
Yea I know...its a stupid AIM thing anyways...if I had something to back it up I would...but I don't.....
JD..sorry...I couldn't find anything that wasn't at least four months old about any virus like you mentioned...
here's a virus site...
http://www.esafe.com/home/csrt/index.asp
Virus Updates - Virus Alerts
Eg
It isn't paranoia when you KNOW they're out to get you....Quote:
on a site where paranoia isn't a complaint, it's compulsory ..............
Well I'm sure tired of this going back and forth:
The OP says there is a new virus, and won't give any proof it exists.
Someone says show where there is proof, OP replies saying they just found out about it yesterday.... WELL, where did you find out about it FROM?
I'm guessing this is either that AIM problem from quite a while ago and this dude never updated, orhe has not one clue what he's talking about.
this happened to you yet you found out about it and you alone and can't tell where or how and expect someone to be able to help?
I can help:
QUIT CLICKING ON THINGS.
Here, since all I wanted was some solid information so that I could act upon the alert. Again, when I ask for details, I'm not asking you to prove a damn thing. I'm asking you for information so that I can react before one of my numbnutz gets into trouble.
I got a sample of the bugger.
The virus itself causes AOL Instant Messenger to continuously display an away message that says: "Valentines Day Pics...:) http://www.abcbirds.org/photos.pif "
Once the pif file is launched, that computer is then infected with the same virus. This virus prevents taskmgr, regedit, and netstat from launching. It also creates a connection over port 8080 to 63.246.131.130 (a host in Istanbul).
Some people think this is a variant of SDBot. I can't prove either way at this point.
Jgordon0505, W E L C O M E TO A O ! ! !
Perhaps it’s not stupidity! One of the things I have learned here in AO is to be ready when you ask questions. Or prepare your inquiries in at least a way that AO community could respond in a timely manner. How can they respond on time?Quote:
Yea I know...its a stupid AIM thing anyways...if I had something to back it up I would...but I don't...
First things first, your information should be more than half of the idea. ‘Coz if not, your QUESTION could only be answered by QUESTION(s) or HUMOR or CRITICISMS and so on and so forth.
Let me tell you some of the ways (I could say) how I face issues (even the smallest alerts in my BOX – ‘Coz you’ll never know that this STUPIDITY you are talking, for instance this AIM stupidity could perhaps, like thehorse13 told, could infect you with a VIRUS., worst is your BOX could be compromised) before seeking help in the net and forums like AO.
But in a way, we could also consider the idea that many of us were non-techie guys and just want to use the BOX normally as it should be. But again, this was told before, I will tell you again, the Internet (the computer world) is a jungle out there. From time to time you could face VIRUSES, TROJANS, HANGUPS, even NEGATIVE IMPRESSIONS on your inquiries (which you have to be prepared of too).
Going back to the way you should present your inquiries, data (as evidence) is the foundation of theories that will eventually be laws, in this case, FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES. So, in your case, you could do a screen capture for the message that popped up during this dilemma. A log file is very useful in many issues pertaining to one’s BOX; you could use it to further investigate. In case of non-availability of the log file, a screen capture will do. Added with some description and such. In this way you could save time and efforts battling about the reliability of the specific inquiry that you brought about. And, in case of the AO COUNCIL (I COULD IMAGINE IT LIKE THE JEDI COUNCIL IN STARWARS), it could provide alacrity to let them save the UNIVERSE in time. In short, it could lessen the CRAP (like what I am telling now?) AND GET INTO BUSINESS.
But I love it when the AO guys do the criticisms and give some NEGS (well, if it’s worth it or… if it pisses them off somehow), for what? To encourage us! To learn… and to be ready. These CRITICISMS WERE CONSTRUCTIVE (in most cases).
Secondly, just like what MsMittens told sometime, “RESEARCHHHHH!” - Help yourself; sometimes you have to DO SOME CLICKING AND TYPING! Google it…
Sorry for making this long. Hope it affects, constructively…
Be mindful of the AO force!
Yo!
Hey thanks for all the pointers. I couldn't really write much about it because I did try to google it but there was no information that exsisted so I just wanted to write it and maybe somebody would say, "Hey I got that also." so then maybe we could have gotten more info.
Typically when you report something here you should follow the site FAQ. This is especially true when you are so new. No one here knows a thing about you other than you posted something in classic hoax e-mail format. This is why you got the reaction you did. My advice to you would be to look over the site FAQ carefully. It will certainly save you many a flame later on.
--TH13
Even paranoids have enemies!Quote:
I almost pissed myself laughing at this!Quote:
Check my bookmarks (and many, many, MANY other members) for "How to ask intelligent questions" (or How to ask questions intelligently?!?).Quote:
Originally posted here by scratchONtheBOX
Perhaps it’s not stupidity! One of the things I have learned here in AO is to be ready when you ask questions. Or prepare your inquiries in at least a way that AO community could respond in a timely manner. How can they respond on time?
Not trying to knock on you, saying you are "not intelligent", but it's a knee jerk reaction of a lot of people.
And also JG, I must apologize. My original post was fairly flippant. Not what a new member who trully want's to contribute should receive, probably. But we DO get a lot of asshats (more so than the usual amount online) and many people tend to assume the worst. My bad.
Sounds like a variant of Bropia........................If it is then it's not to difficult to kill.
That is very HELPFUL, zencoder.
Atleast most of what I had said, I don't regret it is near the point in "asking Questions".
Great help for us new here.
That's it, I'm off-topic, I'm out.
Thank you!
Yo!