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Started by Nitro in Your Feedback & Suggestions

I’ve just received an e-mail from T? Mailing list, with the subject “Read It Immediately”. There’s a zip folder attached. I think it’s another virus. If you receive anything like it, don’t open it.

Or if it’s really from T?, somebody should warn us!

Cheers

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 11:54

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caucasian_psychosis wrote:

Title: virus

Looks like a virus to me DO NOT OPEN IT until web guys say it’s cool!

Cheers

Dez

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 11:56

#2

Demonic_Dave wrote:

Its W32.Netsky.B@mm, nasty stuff, Removal tool here if you opened it:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.netsk … .tool.html

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 11:58

#3

Auto_Surgery (Mad Axe Man) wrote:

Yeah me to guys. Could mean that the virus is on the server which this site is hosted from. It’s probably gone to everyone on the mailing list.

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 12:08

#4

whaley wrote:

Title: worm.somefool aka netsky

I can confirm that there was a virus (worm) sent over the mailing list. Luckily my mail server blocked it. To get rid of it, try the removal tools from Symantec (http://www.sarc.com) or stinger from McAfee
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 12:29

#5

rocking roxy wrote:

i got it too…but luckily i got a warning from university that i should not open it…

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 12:54

#6

Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:

A virus has indeed been sent out to the mailing list address this morning and I am currently investigating how this happened. In the mean time, I have temporarily removed all mailing list subscriptions until I find the cause, to prevent this from happening again.

Here’s what I’ve just sent out on the list myself:

“I regret to inform you that an e-mail containing the W32.Netsky.B@mm virus has been sent out to all subscribers of the Therapy? mailing list approximately 1 hour ago. The subject of the message is “read it immediately” and the body text is “here, the cheats”. It contains an attachment called “part2.zip”.

DO NOT OPEN THE E-MAIL AND/OR ITS ATTACHMENT.

If your computer has been infected with the virus, go here for removal instructions:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.netsk … .tool.html

I have not yet been able to track down the exact source of the e-mail and how it was sent out on the mailinglist without my authorization, but please be assured that I will do everything in my power to find out. I sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused and will take all steps necessary to prevent this from happening again.”

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 13:15

#7

Karl wrote:

Cheers Rene, don’t apologise, it isn’t your fault that there are sad arses round the world who want to screw people’s computers up.
That said, our firewall did not allow the email to come through, so I don’t know how bad it could have buggared things up!

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 13:41

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motherh666 wrote:

same here. Never got the mail :cool:

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 14:13

#9

philzilla wrote:

eh, stupid pc users :p

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 17:54

#10

Citizen Erased wrote:

I didn’t know anything about it until getting Rene’s follow-up email, but I don’t know if it only went to some addresses or if some software blocked it (I’m on AOL). Either way, pretty quick reactions from Rene, which is a cool thing. Hope it’s not caused you too much trouble mate!

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 21:26

#11

Preacher wrote:

Never got the infected message, but I appreciate the e-mail with the warning. Thanks Rene! Nice to see the T? family taking care of each other (except of course for the f***s who sent the virus).

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 21:32

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rachel wrote:

Thanks for the warning! Luckily my firewall didn’t let it through.

Rach

Posted on Wed, 25 February 2004 at 23:18

#13

donVutz wrote:

Maybe it was a fan of The Darkness:p

Posted on Thu, 26 February 2004 at 17:22

#14

Preacher wrote:

HAHAHAHA

Get your hands off my computer, motherf-er

Posted on Thu, 26 February 2004 at 17:32

#15

scotdamn wrote:

I never open mails with short english sentences…they “always” contain a virus

Posted on Fri, 27 February 2004 at 12:06

#16

Citizen Erased wrote:

I switched over to broadband today and seemed to immediately contract worm/lovsan.A - is that connected to this, or just a coincidence?

Posted on Fri, 27 February 2004 at 18:21

#17

Teethgrinder (René Fennema) Administrator wrote:

It’s not connected to the virus sent out on the mailing list, and I doubt it’s connected to your new broadband connection. Viruses are not directly connected to your type of connection, but come from an infected piece of data like an e-mail attachement or a file downloaded from a website.

Have you managed to remove the virus from your computer? Let me know if you need any help.

Posted on Mon, 1 March 2004 at 22:17

#18

Citizen Erased wrote:

Yeah, after a bit of tinkering and searching for stuff on the web, I think it’s gone as it’s no longer being a problem, but cheers for the offer :)

Posted on Tue, 2 March 2004 at 19:30

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