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offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-05-12 00:30 [#00215518]
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I keep getting emails from various sources... they all say
nothing, but are about 100-150k in size... I get them like
twice a week. No attachments or pics or anything. I opened a
bunch of them at first absent mindedly and thought, ''what
the fuck''... deleted them.

Could they be viruses? I have a lot of anti-virus stuff on
my computer.

I got two in the last two days, and I stupidly opened them
(I should be more careful), and they said something like...

Hi. This is my new exciting game.
You're the first to try it.
I hope you enjoy it.
Thanks.

Again, about 150k.

IT'S CREEPY!!! WHAT GAME?!?!?!


 

offline Archrival on 2002-05-12 00:32 [#00215522]
Points: 4265 Status: Lurker



FUCK I also got that one :(

Beware its some fucking virus shit. Dont open that shit, I
got the "love letter" virus from a "no name" mail like
that.

Stay away from that.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2002-05-12 00:34 [#00215527]
Points: 24578 Status: Lurker



i always delete & block any emails that arent from people i
know or from names i recognise


 

offline teapot from Paddington (Australia) on 2002-05-12 00:35 [#00215530]
Points: 5739 Status: Regular



ive been getting ones sorta like that, when i open them i
get a syntax error, wierd stuff


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-05-12 00:35 [#00215531]
Points: 14550 Status: Lurker



yea in my hotmail account i keep getting those emails too,
same exact description. my virus scanner isn't picking
anything up though.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-05-12 00:35 [#00215533]
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Yeah... I've gotta stop opening them... they're always from
different addresses every time...

But the last two (DAMN ME for forgetting and actually
opening them), the game thing... that was that creepy. :-)


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-05-12 00:35 [#00215534]
Points: 14550 Status: Lurker



my messages are just blank, straight up


 

offline mylittlesister from ...wherever (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-12 00:35 [#00215535]
Points: 8472 Status: Regular



someone told me about some crazy software, but most of the
emails are about "girls having FUN on webcams"...... :-/,
they're usually called Jenny too


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-05-12 00:37 [#00215538]
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Alright, glad to know I'm not being harrassed by some
internet psycho! My messages are usually blank, but the game
thing is the last straw, I'll never open another one. My
virus thingys aren't catching anything, so I think I'm
fine...


 

offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2002-05-12 00:56 [#00215584]
Points: 11005 Status: Regular



I get those E-Mails too, along with other porn SPAM ! Just
delte em !


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2002-05-12 01:09 [#00215605]
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it's those e-mails with fuckin' attachments you've gotta
worry about......


 

offline MO2 from Minneapolis, MN (United States) on 2002-05-12 04:50 [#00215962]
Points: 321 Status: Lurker



That same virus got into most of my college's email lists
and I get them everyday... my math professor got 124 in one
day..... Ophecks, if you opened them, it may have sent the
same message to everyone in your address book....but I'm not
sure what exactly these viruses do other than that....


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-05-12 04:54 [#00215968]
Points: 3476 Status: Regular



is it possible to get a virus from email WITHOUT opening
attatchments?


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-05-12 04:58 [#00215975]
Points: 16280 Status: Lurker



I always get weird e-mails telling me how I can enlarge my
penis and all that good stuff... like my penis needs to be
any bigger!! :)


 

offline MO2 from Minneapolis, MN (United States) on 2002-05-12 05:00 [#00215979]
Points: 321 Status: Lurker



haha....funkmaster "once again my friends, THE SCHLONG IS
LONGGGG....."


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-05-12 05:00 [#00215980]
Points: 3301 Status: Lurker | Followup to AMinal: #00215968



Yes, there is a security hole in Outlook that allows this to
happen and several virii take advantage of this. Either get
the security fix for Outlook or use a better email client.


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2002-05-12 05:03 [#00215983]
Points: 11920 Status: Regular



I got one about "girls with 3 tits"

it was so funny


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-05-12 05:06 [#00215987]
Points: 3476 Status: Regular | Followup to Inverted Whale: #00215980



thanks for the info

but what about an off-computer type email service like
hotmail or yahoo?


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-05-12 05:07 [#00215989]
Points: 16280 Status: Lurker



my latest e-mail...

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weapon... Pheromones!!

Invisible and undetectable, when unknowingly inhaled,
Pheromone Concentrate
unblocks all restraints and releases the raw animal s e x
drive!

This is the strongest concentration of HUMAN Pheromones,
allowed by law, in an
essential oil base.

Available in formulas for both men and women.

To learn more: CLICK HERE TO ATTRACT:
http://209.51.137.158

I had better click!!!


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-05-12 05:13 [#00215994]
Points: 3301 Status: Lurker | Followup to AMinal: #00215987



It depends. The danger with web email is if the service
doesn't filter javascript and java out of your messages.
Then it would be possible to run code on your computer and
take advantage of a security hole in the web browser.

I know Yahoo removes javascript and java tags from messages,
I have no idea about hotmail.

The best defense is to keep your browser up to date.
Disabling javascript and java is a good idea if you're
really paranoid, but so many sites depend on javascript
these days.


 

offline B3n from Manchester (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-12 11:34 [#00216190]
Points: 4700 Status: Lurker | Followup to AMinal: #00215968



Aminal, I got the KAK virus from just looking at an email
cos it. It changed my signatures to the virus and madea
button come up that when I pressed it my pc booted down.

Now, i'm getting all sorts of weird emails like ophecks, but
with attachments!

Sub:A Humour Game

Hi,This is a very humour game
This game is my first work.
You're the first player.
I expect you would enjoy it.

Attach:Kitty.exe

Sub:Internet Access Did Not Detect Dialtone

Attach:MDIALTON.BAT

I'm also getting these weird annoying sex emails all of a
sudden shown from a different address from where they are
actully from (if you look at message source)


 

offline Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2002-05-12 11:41 [#00216194]
Points: 4630 Status: Lurker



i once got a virus via morpheus 'cause i installed some
'crack search engine'. the program worked pretty fine but
after a week or two i found out that everything i had typed
was sent to a weird ip somewhere UK (i think), even when i
was offline everything was stored and sent afterwards. if i
had used a credit card then, i'd probably got some serious
problems.


 

offline B3n from Manchester (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-12 11:42 [#00216196]
Points: 4700 Status: Lurker



I got a copy of Sonar off morpheus and it unloaded a load of
Trojans....serves me right tightarse for not paying (not
that I have anyway)!


 

offline Cheffe1979 from fuck (Austria) on 2002-05-12 11:47 [#00216200]
Points: 4630 Status: Lurker



the last thing i did with the crack search engine was
getting a crack for norton anti virus :-))


 

offline Jedi Chris on 2002-05-12 15:19 [#00216358]
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Make sure you guys have protection on your computers -
McAffee or Norton are the ones I use!

:)


 

offline B3n from Manchester (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-12 15:26 [#00216368]
Points: 4700 Status: Lurker



NORTON KEEPS FUX0RING UP! everything corrupts in it....now
it won't let me update my definitions...


 

offline Ubik from United States on 2002-05-12 15:32 [#00216376]
Points: 662 Status: Lurker



two weeks ago i got a couple blank eMails that had Trojan
viruses, but not recently... so if you got these viruses,
you would not know until they "wake up"...


 

offline Jedi Chris on 2002-05-12 15:34 [#00216379]
Points: 11496 Status: Lurker | Followup to B3n: #00216368



Treat yourself to a new computer!

;)


 

offline B3n from Manchester (United Kingdom) on 2002-05-12 16:21 [#00216402]
Points: 4700 Status: Lurker | Followup to Jedi Chris: #00216379



I am, the flatscreen is waiting on my desk as we speak..


 

offline jabizzy from St. Louis, Misery. Er, that's (United States) on 2002-05-12 21:03 [#00216708]
Points: 434 Status: Regular



You know what could be annoying? If you got an e-mail that
said "Girls have fun on webcams" and you decided you wanted
to see it, so you open it and it turns out to be a bunch of
8 year olds playing jump rope. Being a straight female I
probably wouldn't run into that problem but it could be
annoying nevertheless.


 

offline Quoth from Sweden on 2002-05-12 21:04 [#00216712]
Points: 3840 Status: Lurker



my porn email account gets about 270 emails a day... it's a
bitch to sort out!


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-05-12 21:09 [#00216724]
Points: 16280 Status: Lurker



I use hotmail, so will a virus in an e-mail in my hotmail
account be able to infect my computer if I don't open it? Or
even if I do?


 

offline Quoth from Sweden on 2002-05-12 21:11 [#00216726]
Points: 3840 Status: Lurker



i don't think so... coz i use only hotmail accounts and i've
never received an email attached w/a virus... especially
from all those porno fuckers... the only bad thing was that
i started receiving gay porn... then i email bombed the
fucking company & then i switched email accounts... woo hoo


 


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