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Alkwilyeaon
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E-mail from JLH...
« on: 08/06/03 at 21:28:35 » |
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just wondering if anybody else got an email from JLH...
Subject was "How are you"
and it was from JLH <JLH@nightmist-online.co.uk>
the file size was 145kb....
but when i opened the email, it was blank 
All the people that i have asked didn't get an email like that...
it's getting me all paranoid coz it might be a virus or something?
did anyone get an email like this?
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #1 on: 08/06/03 at 21:32:46 » |
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Nope, I havn't.
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #2 on: 08/06/03 at 21:35:40 » |
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I would recomend scaning it for a virus, What E-mail was it Hotmail. Yahoo? if its ur isp provider I would sugges you do a virus scan you must remember that e-mails can be faked and made to look like it came from some one else house call is the best online virus scaner there is http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp its free to use
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Alkwilyeaon
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #3 on: 08/06/03 at 21:51:03 » |
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It was sent to my hotmail address....
i'm downloading that anti-virus program you suggested James... thanks 
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #4 on: 08/06/03 at 22:09:41 » |
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certain mail viruses are capable of reading the address book in outlook and emailing itself to everyone on the list saying it's someone else on the list, to raise the likely hood of the reciever running it (which it sounds like you might have done). Norton AntiVirus is recommended.
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Alkwilyeaon
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #5 on: 08/06/03 at 22:11:02 » |
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errmm... house call won't work with me... the download gets to 40% then reverts back to 0%... can anybody out there suggest a different anti virus program that i can download? My registration for Norton Anti-Virus expired... 
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #6 on: 08/06/03 at 22:12:24 » |
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Sending out Viruses JLH..Tsk Tsk..Lol jk. Anyways, yeah a lot of people have gotten viruses like that lately. I get emails from random people that I don't even know that are blank, and result from the virus. U tend to get a lot of hate mail if u have it, but I don't believe it hurts ur system.
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #7 on: 08/06/03 at 22:14:04 » |
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on 08/06/03 at 22:11:02, Alkwilyeaon wrote:| errmm... house call won't work with me... the download gets to 40% then reverts back to 0%... can anybody out there suggest a different anti virus program that i can download? My registration for Norton Anti-Virus expired... |
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When my virus-scan does that, it's normally because I have a virus. I use Mcaffe Virus-Scan.
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #8 on: 08/06/03 at 22:15:18 » |
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It's not the Virus Scan that's doing that, He's trying to download the Virus program itself but it won't transfer onto the her computer past 40%.
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #9 on: 08/06/03 at 22:23:11 » |
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F-prot for dos is a free virus scanner. ftp.f-prot.com has the files you need, the program itself will come as something like fp-xxx.zip (where xxx=numbers), it will probably be in the pub/dos folder. The other files you need to get, which will be in the pub folder, are the files named 'fp-def.zip' and 'macrdef2.zip'. The latter two files are the ones containing the virus definitions, and are updated frequently so it's worth coming here every week or so and downloading them.
edit: I just checked for you, download 'fp-314a.zip' in the ftp.f-prot.com/pub/dos folder. Extract this to the directory of your choice, then extract the files in the other two files I mentioned in there.
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #10 on: 08/06/03 at 22:50:01 » |
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on 08/06/03 at 22:23:11, Harky wrote:F-prot for dos is a free virus scanner. ftp.f-prot.com has the files you need, the program itself will come as something like fp-xxx.zip (where xxx=numbers), it will probably be in the pub/dos folder. The other files you need to get, which will be in the pub folder, are the files named 'fp-def.zip' and 'macrdef2.zip'. The latter two files are the ones containing the virus definitions, and are updated frequently so it's worth coming here every week or so and downloading them.
edit: I just checked for you, download 'fp-314a.zip' in the ftp.f-prot.com/pub/dos folder. Extract this to the directory of your choice, then extract the files in the other two files I mentioned in there. |
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thank you very much
i've downloaded the files and am currently in the process of scanning my computer for viruses
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #11 on: 08/06/03 at 23:54:40 » |
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you where doing a online scan or where u downloading the hole probram? if that didn't work the next best thing is avg viruse scaner http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg_index.php its free and works better then norton and that other one I can't think of but its a major one... any ways avg found viruses that all the other ones can find, also if you find that u can't scan ur hard drive for viruses with the program that might mean if u have a virus that has a area to close viruse programs to stop u from checking, it has happend to me before so if that happens lets me know and I can walk u threw the steps to stop that from happing
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #12 on: 08/07/03 at 01:28:45 » |
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avg failed to find 2 trojan viruses on another PC in my house. I recommend whatever symantec's is called, since that has the best virus definitions.
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #13 on: 08/07/03 at 11:35:01 » |
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i've been getting e-mails from some nightmist fan and other names that contained virusses (said nightmist fan in the subject) but my mail server scans files with virusses and only sends me the e-mail withouth the files, just sais what files it were and what virus was in it 
but the e-mails i got were from some yahoo e-mail addy but might be the same person
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #14 on: 08/07/03 at 16:41:23 » |
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It wouldn't surprise me if it was yet another keylogger. I recommend paying for the Norton Anti-Virus, it's worth it.
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #15 on: 08/08/03 at 12:58:47 » |
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I also recieved an email from 'JLH' recently, same address as the one you got, but this one was labeled "All Rights Reserved" and had some odd file attachment, everytime i go to open it my computer locks. No, i haven't scanned it but I am running Norton Anti Virus latest addition with the latest virus definitions - although i have email protection turned off because it automaticly likes to quarentine any emails i recieve that have attachments and disables me being able to open them. I've scanned my comp for viruses since i've tried to open the file and found nothing. I haven't deleted it yet. Is this a real email or a fake also? If it's real, than my pc is probably freezing because of it's horrible low 64 ram. . .(hook me up J!) lol.
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #16 on: 08/08/03 at 15:15:08 » |
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NEVER run an executable attachment unless you are expecting a file from someone. Executable files end with:
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Ask yourself - why would someone send you an executable file? Check the e-mail content - usually it is nonsense. If in doubt, ask the person who sent you it what it is.
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #17 on: 08/08/03 at 15:37:05 » |
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I heard viruses can be carried by *.jpg's also..
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #18 on: 08/08/03 at 15:45:30 » |
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not unless they have a exsintioni on them as far as I know any image file that has a .jpg, .gif, .png, .bmp, can not and even if some one did go threw the trouble to add them a virus can't run under those exsinton i.e. the .jpg and so on it has to be a windows exicutable things like exe and there are lots other .js is another one i belive and other sneeky things so the best think to do is if u are in the habbit of downloading alot of images make it so you can see the exsintions to your fies so you can see the "file~name.what~ever" and never open any thing that can run a comomand in windows I'm shure some 1 will be more then willing to put up a list for you
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Re: E-mail from JLH...
« Reply #19 on: 08/09/03 at 06:36:48 » |
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on 08/08/03 at 15:45:30, James wrote:| not unless they have a exsintioni on them as far as I know any image file that has a .jpg, .gif, .png, .bmp, can not and even if some one did go threw the trouble to add them a virus can't run under those exsinton i.e. the .jpg and so on it has to be a windows exicutable things like exe and there are lots other .js is another one i belive and other sneeky things so the best think to do is if u are in the habbit of downloading alot of images make it so you can see the exsintions to your fies so you can see the "file~name.what~ever" and never open any thing that can run a comomand in windows I'm shure some 1 will be more then willing to put up a list for you |
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not true, i personally know someone who can add line to jpgs to mess up computers, and usually they only come to about 250-300 extra bytes. some of the most notorious viruses can be small loop viruses, all you have to do, is hope the person tries to look at the jpg
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