h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

look out a person sends out viruses-files included in an e-mail spam!

do NOT open! it is NOT screensaver!

I recieved atleast 10 emails of the same person on my yahoo! mail address!

I did NOT open it, but checked with yahoo! virus scanner!

pheloxi,
can you be a bit more specific so other people can save themselve before it is too late?

How was the attachment called, what was the subject of the mail, what was the text?

Please stop panicking!

I am suddenly getting porno from the BBC(?) Subject says hey or hi the screenames are a mix of two nicknames ppl are using on the h2g2 site. Seeing BBC and a familiar nickname , I opened itI was headed to report it,where though? My address book is stuck on update now too

I read somewhere that the BBC had contracted a virus...that could be why they are spamming you? Although there is no reference t it on BBCi anywhere? You could try leaving a message for Mina on her space?

*runs off to check yahoo account*

OK.Thanks !

one file was "friend" screensaver and other was bat file, I think I start.bat

I did not view other e-mail with files

I scanned one that was enough not trust the other e-mails

I got more this was called "truelovers.scr"

yahoo virus scan says

File name:
truelovers.scr

File type:
application/octet-stream

Scan result:
Virus W32.Yaha.F@mm found. File not cleaned.

another file:
"loveshore.scr"
"_.bat"

in the subject line:
"Fw: Crainletter"
"Fw: Wonderfool Screensaver to share"
"Fw: excite stuff to share "
"Fw: How sweet this Screen saver "
"Fw: Interesting Friendship for you"
"Fw: One relations for you !"
"Fw: Nice relations to ur lovers !!"
"Fw: The world of Friendship"
"Fw: Shaking Love to ur friends "

You got yourself a new version of an old one:
http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2868359,00.html from june 2002.

With an updated good anti-virus program you should be safe, especially if you NEVER NEVER NEVER trust ANY attachment you did not ask for yourself.

A number of virusses are not only using the adressbook to randomly send copies of themselves to, but use those adresses also in the FROM field, so you cannot know where they came from

If you got infected, have a look at
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.yaha.removal.tool.html

or an equivalent from another trusted anti-virus firm.

of course these malicious attachments are why you don't allow automatic opening of attachments or extension hidding.

still, on a related point, someone setting things up exactly wrong on a linux based windows emulater has managed to catch a windows virus (but it only worked for spreading itself, as it didn't have permission to modify executables).

it goes to show that you just have to be carefull how you set things up.

WAKE UP! SOME ONE UNKNOWN to me send a virus that is crime!

I do NOT need virus information!

over 100 e-mails from unknown with virus

Do they all appear to be from the same person?

If so, they probably *are* from the same person, and you might want to try and tell them about it...

If they all seem to be from different people, they're probably *still* from the same person, but the virus is forging return addresses. It may still be possible to work out who it's from by looking at the message headers -- see if there's an option to do this.

Whichever is the case, it's almost certain that they're being sent automatically by the virus itself -- the only person to blame is the virus writer...

the name of email address is artist who I am not sure is not alive anymore, behind @ sign is .com address of e-mail provider you have pay for. I thunk some one used some kind of "stealth" to hide real e-mail address!

Hmm, see if you can find the mail headers and post 'em here, it should be possible to tell whether the address is real...

I can do that, but what about house rules ?

Hmm, I suppose you'd have to star out part of any bits that look like email addresses... the rest should be okay, though.

Not sure, over 100 e-mails . Not nice.

Better than actually having the virus!