"Wow, is this you?"
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Topic: "Wow, is this you?"
Posted By: choopie911
Subject: "Wow, is this you?"
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 2:53am
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Ok, just about every single windows user on my msn list, and in the entire residence here has now got a virus that I beleive to be a bropia virus.
symptoms" It sends itself through msn, pretending to be a jpg. It apparently prevents users from signing out of msn, if you manage to, it will sign you back in. It blocks any webpage regarding virus's and the removal of them. I hosted a possible fix as an .exe and had a friend run it, but they still cant sign out of msn, and it says the virus wasn't found. So, maybe not bropia? Bropia virus's usually disable the ctrl + alt + delete keystroke and removes the ability to use the task manager. She can still ctrl alt delete though, so maybe a variation? We cant find any fixes, do any of you have ideas? |
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Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 2:56am
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Nortan released a removal tool a few months ago, I will link if I can find it. EDIT : http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.bropia.removal.tool.html - Link to tool Double Edit : When I was sent the file (stopped myself from opening it just in time) it was sent in MS-DOS and titled "new pic of me". Looks like they updated it. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 3:25am
| Thats the tool I'm sending to people. |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 3:29am
Oh, rofl. Have you tried HJT? It only just occured to me, it would probably do the trick. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
choopie911 wrote:Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 4:55am
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Posted By: paintballu
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 6:19am
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reformat=possibly most practical way. Unless, somebody didnt back up their files  ------------- 
my xchat died...... no more irc :( |
Posted By: Funky
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 10:13am
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How the hell do people get virii in this day in age? ------------- 
"Don't you hate pants?" |
Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 10:18am
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i really hope i didn't get it. Chewp I know that you run a Mac, but did u
get it too? ------------- 
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 11:31am
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I know the same thing was happening on AIM last week.....why don't people ever learn?
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Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 11:49am
Look at some of the people who live in this day and age. ------------- 
sporx wrote: well...ya i prolly will be a virgin till i'm at least 30. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 12:38pm
Nope, I cant, so you didnt get it from me. Also, you havent been sending me the "Wow, is this you?" message, so I think you're safe. Its pretty easy to get this virus, I was removing it from my CA's computer as tons and tons of people started talking on her msn, so we started sending out "dont click the link" and the most common response was: "too late, why?" wow And if this is a bropia type virus, you shouldnt need to reformat.... |
Posted By: skarshnik
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 1:49pm
| More sophisticated viruses come with the more sophisticated hardware. Its simple really. |
Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 2:04pm
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Disconnect the internet line. It can't sign into msn then. And as for the blocking the fix sites, just burn the fix to a cd or save to disk or whatever from another comp and do it the old fashon way. That is if you can find the fix.
ps housecall.antivirus.com is a good free online scanner/remover if you can get to it.... -------------  |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 2:24pm
What?....they avtually send infected hardware through the mail to people now??? Awesome! Anyway, I already put the virus fix 1) on a thumbdrive and 2) on my own hosting. This way it wont be blocked/ I can do it off my thumbdrive, but my CA, who obviously had the virus had the checker tell her she didnt have it. It's a new virus me-thinks. |
Posted By: TruePaintballer
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 2:29pm
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yeah among my circle that problem is around too...however i have been smart enough to avoid such occurances ------------- http://www.freewebs.com/outlawspaintball/index.htm - Outlaws *Sponsors* http://www.abrika.ca - Abrika |
Posted By: Jim Paint
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 3:22pm
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Heh- I was ready to message your msn screen name a while ago, but sent you a pm instead.
Lucky me. ------------- 
saepe fidelis |
Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 3:37pm
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reboot in safe mode, Run startup application, Turn off msn and any foriegn tasks... Once thats done clear system restore, reboot, reenable system restore, Do a virus search.
Should clear it up. |
Posted By: Snipa69
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 4:09pm
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Those come along all the time on AIM, I just run my AVG and Adaware SE and then restart my computer and it's gone. ------------- http://imageshack.us - [IMG - http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/857/sig9ac6cs1mj.jpg - |
Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 4:59pm
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Posted By: paintbusta
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 6:31pm
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that sucks ------------- 
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Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 26 October 2005 at 9:55pm
Hijackthis. It eliminayes spyware and viruses by searching for spyware/virus-like behavior of registry entries and allows you to remove them. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 1:08pm
| HJT is a great program. |
Posted By: bluemunky
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 1:36pm
I'm gonna laugh when you get a virus just for being so stupid. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 2:10pm
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Posted By: .Ryan
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 2:16pm
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Have there every been any Mac viruses? ------------- |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 2:24pm
edit- 2000th post ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 3:27pm
Linux, just as virus free as macs, and free. |
Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 3:33pm
Keep in mind that just because very few people try to code virii for OS X doesn't mean they could anyway. The Unix permission system makes it almost impossible for malicious code to damage your system. Of course, that's excluding a braindead user putting in their admin password. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 3:43pm
I beleive their are something like, 6 in the world. Also, os x > window |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 4:09pm
depends on what needs to be accomplished and how well one adapts to certain lines of technology. there was an AIM targeted virus i saw run rampant a few weeks ago. it sent messages over aim saying "How do i look?" followed by a link containing the virus. the easiest way to ensure you never get a virus like this is to not be such a n00b and click on everything people link you to. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 5:42pm
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Have I not been saying this would happen? Hope you enjoy a clogged network...
Also I dont give my screen name to every person on the net. I only give it to people that I know will not aquire a virus and not intentionally send me one. ------------- 
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 27 October 2005 at 6:21pm
Yeah, if you want to call windows swiss-cheese security "sophisticated" thats your business. ------------- 
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