Virus?

Caboose

<div class="IPBDescription">29kb zip in about 15 different e-mails..</div> Yea, well, after several days without e-mail, I come today to check my e-mail and have all sorts of e-mails with 29kb zip's attached to them from various addresses. Some from places like PBF (planetbattlefield) that I visit frequently...

This leads me to beleive I have some sort of trojan on my system and am running NAV 2004 pro live update now, followed by a Full scan.

Also, the e-mails say they have been checked by Panda Antivirus... yea BS.

Anyway, watvh out for 29kb attachments from sites that you normally might trust... I'll tell ya if the scan found anything.

Mantrid

Or just don't open attachments. Ever. Period.

Unless its someone you know, and they tell you in the message what the attachment is, and why they're sending it...

Rion

I know friends well enough that we don't even use Email. Whenever we want to send something it's always over a chat message, or they'll tell me that they'll Email it later. Also I don't think my friends Email me with stuff like "OMG KEWL SCREEN SAVER TRY IT OUT!".

cshank4

Heres a tip, if you keep getting emails from the same person with attachments all the same size, dont open the email even. Hell don't open emails from people you dont know!

Caboose

And when it's an e-mail from forums@planetbattelfield.com... After I recently registered for the PBF forums...

That's my point, somehow it knows the sites I've been to... And I use Firefox... security my rear end...

Cold_NiTe

Hmm. Well if it is a trojan, I'm sure it will pick up on the scan.

Blobby

Yeah, try <a href='http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp' target='_blank'>here</a>. They scan your viruses for free.
Here's some smileys to brighten your day.

ThePhilips

Well it happens that those emails get busted and sends out trojans and worms. Hell I even got a emails from Mr.Gates himself from microsoft with attachments.

Caboose

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Yea, I would... But I have Norton AV 2004 Pro. I think it's a tad bit better that somthing I can get for free...

lagger

free != bad

take ns for example.

Creepie

Indeed. Free is good. Trendmicro's Housecall has only ever found two virii on my system. Um, what a minute ... something's wrong here.

Seriously, follow a few simple rules, and you should rarely get infected.

If you're using OE, then switch off the preview pane, read messages in plain text, set the more secure Internet Zone and don't open attachments.

If you're surfing using IE, then disable everything for general surfing and move sites you trust (this one for example) into a less secure zone.

And of course, use a firewall. Mine's ZoneAlarm

I occasionally run Housecall.

I occasionally use Ad-aware.

This is the setup I use. Most people will stare at me as if I've gone mad, but it works for me. In my many years of using PCs, I've only ever been infected by virii I think twice. One was from a webpage I set as a trusted site, and the other was Blaster, which somehow sneaked under my firewall. Housecall picked them up and booted them out. Both fairly harmless.

john_sheu

<!--QuoteBegin-Caboose+Jun 10 2004, 11:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Caboose @ Jun 10 2004, 11:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> And I use Firefox... security my rear end... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Eh? how long ago did you switch?

As for me, I don't worry about e-mail viruses at all. I do all my work under Linux <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Caboose

I havn't used IE since I installed windows, except for downloading Firefox...

:edit: btw, NAV found nothing...

Jimmeh

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:edit: btw, NAV found nothing... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
NAV sucks.

Talesin

Heh... saying that NAV can find viruses is like saying that a blind guy has a very good eye for color, that durian-fruit has a wonderful scent, or that George Bush is a great President.