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Virus Updates (Real ones only)
« on: May 13, 2003, 08:03:19 AM »
Fizzer:

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A very clever mass-mailing worm is spreading rapidly across the Internet.

Fizzer (w32.fizzer@mm) has many different components, each timed to trigger different processes, making it quite difficult to contain.

The worm spreads via e-mail and includes its own SMTP engine to bypass any security your e-mail client may have. Fizzer also spreads via Kazaa, a popular file-sharing application.



http://www.esafe.com/home/csrt/valerts2.asp?virus_no=11455&cf=tl

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-1001062.html

http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=100295
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« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2003, 03:34:21 PM »
There was a email being sent around saying an email with the heading of "It takes guts to say Jesus" something along those line.... was a virus...  

IT IS A HOAX... trendmicro, mcafee, symantec...they all say so.. just communicating....
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2003, 11:16:02 AM »
esafe has disabled it's auto update for 3.0 the free one. You now have to go to the web site and download it..

http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php

Here is a free A/V with auto updates

[Edited on 11-30-2003 by Boomslang]

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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2006, 09:01:05 PM »
This has to rank up there as one of the biggest screw-ups of all times as far as anti-virus software makers go.
Anti-virus vendor McAfee is scrambling to contain the damage from a faulty definition update that incorrectly flagged hundreds of legitimate software programs as W95/CTX, a low-risk Windows 95 virus that was first detected in 2004.

The erroneous .DAT file (4715) was shipped late on March 10 with definitions for a wide range of new malware threats, but when the update was installed, it quarantined or deleted several widely deployed applications, including Microsoft Excel, Macromedia Flash Player, Adobe Update Manager and the Google Toolbar Installer.

Santa Clara, Calif.-based McAfee acknowledged the gaffe and quickly shipped a new virus pattern file (4716), but for some users the damage was already done.

In a notice posted online, McAfee said the 4715 DAT files caused problems for customers running its VirusScan Enterprise, Managed VirusScan, VirusScan Online, LinuxShield and VirusScan (consumer) products.

Read the entire article over at eWeek

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Re: Virus Updates (Real ones only)
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2008, 07:38:38 PM »
Sometimes I really love my AVG.
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« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2009, 06:17:13 PM »
http://appriver.blogspot.com/

I had the version that read as follows:
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Dear customer!

We failed to deliver the postal package which was sent on the 5th of March in time because the addressee's address is inexact.
Please print out the invoice copy attached and collect the package at our office.

Your United Parcel Service of America


there was a zip file attached that had the payload in it.

The tipoff was the senders address:
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From: Johnathan Escobar [mailto:pulpscce22@soktop.co.kr]
Doesn't look like UPS to me.  :shame:

Be careful!
« Last Edit: June 16, 2009, 06:22:08 PM by ZWarrior »
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Re: Virus Updates (Real ones only)
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2009, 02:29:19 AM »
Oh yeah....meant to tell you about that....went through the AF systems here about a month ago....you'll see there are a few variations on that theme too....USPS Address Verification and the like.
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Re: Virus Updates (Real ones only)
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2009, 11:04:11 PM »
I have recieved more than a dozen of them in the past two days. *ugh*
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Zoë: Shepard, isn't the Bible kind of specific about killing?
Book: Very specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzy around the area of kneecaps.