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 Feb 1 2006, 1:27 pm
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Has anyone else heard about this? I hear it's back-door trojan that's going to hit (the U.S., I think) on Friday.
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Audeuro wrote:
Files which may be deleted by the malware include files ending with the extension of [...] DMP What now? It deletes BYOND maps? Aw, bummer. Here come the tech support posts... "BYOND deleted my map!" (Yeah, I know, it's probably intended to delete Oracle database files... but still.) | |
Exactly. You'll also want to back up your maps among other things, since they -do- have the .dmp extension.
Or, as an alternative, you can just get a nice AntiVirus with Real-Time Protection and up-to-date definitions and hope that it does not get (infect) to you. | |
Why is it gonna hit Friday? And how!?
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I have Oracle database files on my PC =(
Luckily, I'm not dumb enough to download nor open random e-mails. | |
I just got an E-Mail from Zone Alarm trying to get me to upgrade my free Zone Alarm software, saying they can stop the wurm.
What the hell is that? If the virus isn't out yet, how do they know how to stop it? It seems to me either the e-mail I got was a fake and it had a virus on it. (I didnt download anything) or perhaps companies are now making their own viruses, wurms and trojans and using them to scare the public? Hmmm. | |
u get the BLACK WORM by opening up mail, if u want to prevent it, try not opening up ur mail if u dont know whos sending it....
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I believe they can stop viruses like that before they happen because they know the nature of the virus.
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You people seem to be misinformed. Unless you use something like Outlook Express, you don't need to worry about it.
If you use Hotmail or like Gmail, you do not automatically download anything attached to the e-mails. And Hotmails actively scans all e-mails sent and recived for viruses. Only people with E-Mail Clients that download the stuff as soon as you open it should even be worried about it. | |
The virus IS out. Its been out for a while spreading through out the world. The virus lays dormaint til..Febuary 3..then activates and starts deleting files.
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The worm activates on the third of every month. It doesn't get the time off a server, but instead it gets the time off your personell computer, so if you think you have it one way to stop it is to set your clock to the forth so it skips that day.
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Hmm, I wonder where I can get it.
I have a windows 98 box that I'm about to format, and I'd love to toy around this little virus before I do. That's if it will even run on 98. | |
Haha,
Black Hole Virus pop up: "Your Operating system is too outdatied, please installed an O.S. higher than Windows ME and install me again." | |
"Files which may be deleted by the malware include files ending with the extension of DOC, XLS, MDE, MDB, PPT, PPS, RAR, PDF, PSD, DMP, ZIP "
- http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1067
(Direct Quote)
Luckily, I don't use E-Mail much, so I don't whave to worry about THAT method, but there are still the other ones, I guess.