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Joaquin
419Eater is my life
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 456
Location: Guatemala (GMT-6)
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:43 pm |
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I have been receiving mails in catcher accounts with no text and only attachments like greetingcard.exe, postcard.exe, etc. They all contain viruses and I must assume that they come from unsuccesful scammers, and I also suppose that I am not the only baiter receiving them.
These viruses are promptly detected by the email inbox internal antivirus protection and will probably also be detected by each computer's own antivirus program, but anyway it is wise to watch out for these gifts. |
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dear sir
after waiting at the airport for 3 hours i did not see you, i was there till the last pilot came out, what is the position , are you in belgium or still in usa pls write me back , am confused - Patrick Williams
you must be a mad man why can,t you understand simple language it your
stupid mother that have head like that of sadam hussien that was hang
may your mouth bend to your back idiot i am helping you and you are talking trash.
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kleindoofy
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Joined: 24 Oct 2004
Posts: 6248
Location: Europe
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Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:59 pm |
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Rule #1 for any internet user, baiter or not:
Never open *anything* that is attached to an email, especially ecards, if you don't know the person who sent it and are not expecting it.
If you do, don't complain to anybody about the results. Just reformat your harddisks and kick yourself in the butt. |
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Joaquin
419Eater is my life
Joined: 14 Mar 2005
Posts: 456
Location: Guatemala (GMT-6)
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:27 am |
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Right. Good advise. Everything with those characteristics I just click it for the antivirus to confirm my suspicion that it contains a virus. 98% of the times the virus alert comes on. And the 2% left that the AV says it is safe I don't open them anyway.
So at the end everything is deleted without opening. And then emptied from the trash folder also. |
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dear sir
after waiting at the airport for 3 hours i did not see you, i was there till the last pilot came out, what is the position , are you in belgium or still in usa pls write me back , am confused - Patrick Williams
you must be a mad man why can,t you understand simple language it your
stupid mother that have head like that of sadam hussien that was hang
may your mouth bend to your back idiot i am helping you and you are talking trash.
francis mensah |
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kleindoofy
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Joined: 24 Oct 2004
Posts: 6248
Location: Europe
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:31 am |
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I go further.
Although I use POP for my private email, I use my IPS' webmail service first and delete *everything* there that doesn't look like I really want it. I only download mails via POP that I know are ok. |
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Kickstart
419Eater is my life
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Posts: 447
Location: Godzone
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:00 am |
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I don't think these are actually viruses, more trojan horses etc. I'm not sure on the exact details but when run, usually nothing happens and you forget about it, however when idle time is noticed on your internet connection the programme talks to it's master and allows remote type access to your files, keystrokes and even webcam.
I'm not sure if the destination IP is easily added to the file - but with the recent surge of them I guess its a new wave of cybercriminals who are trolling the internet for emails just like those ba*rt viagra spammers or our mugus.
Main thing to remember is never open something you werent expecting, and certainly never .exe, .com, .bat, .scr, .pif files. They can even trick you with something like me_naked.jpg.exe Remember, virus scanners scan for viruses, and sometimes trojans. I know they're getting better and better but they will never catch 100% of all malicious software. |
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Don
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Posts: 3045
Location: Italy, 87.2.222.132
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:25 am |
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Joaquin wrote: |
I must assume that they come from unsuccesful scammers |
Viruses are known to spread themselves from infected machines, that's kind of what defines a virus. A virus you'd have to send from A to B to work wouldn't be exceedingly successfull in the wild, would it? So for the seemingly thousandth time:
No, lads will not send you viruses, they work from infested internet caf� PCs. And known as viruses are little programs that distribute themselves, that's what they're made for. |
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mathias
Baiting Guru
Joined: 18 Feb 2005
Posts: 4187
Location: Germany
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:28 am |
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these "cards" contain trojans and are sent out by professionel criminals (often from Russia or China) to build so-called zombies (gigantic nets with hijacked computers) to carry out bandwith attacks or to send out millions of scam-mails
This people are for sure not our usual lads |
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Righteous
Master Baiter
Joined: 28 Nov 2006
Posts: 152
Location: Someplace my mugus will never think to look.
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 2:24 pm |
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Don wrote: |
No, lads will not send you viruses |
They will threaten to, though. It's pretty funny. |
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Charlie Muggins
Master Baiter
Joined: 21 Jan 2007
Posts: 118
Location: A place where happiness reigns, and music plays ever so loudly.
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:03 pm |
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kleindoofy,
From past experience what you said is sound advice |
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Don
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Posts: 3045
Location: Italy, 87.2.222.132
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:05 pm |
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Righteous wrote: |
They will threaten to, though. It's pretty funny. |
Yes, of course. But they will also threaten me that my penis will fall off. I however promise that once my penis falls off I won't post a thread about it blaming my lads for it. |
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Tsnerd
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
Posts: 41
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:09 pm |
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It's good that you've thought this out, Don.
Lads know diddly squit about virii - a large percentage of cafe computers are infected eight ways to Sunday, hence the occasional 'A lad sent me a virus!' thread.
As Mathias mentioned, Vlads are a different matter, and you will always have script kiddies out there who think it's funny. |
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kleindoofy
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Joined: 24 Oct 2004
Posts: 6248
Location: Europe
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:41 pm |
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Why do Don's posts always end up reminding me of the film "L�empire des sens"? |
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Don
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Posts: 3045
Location: Italy, 87.2.222.132
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:46 pm |
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kleindoofy
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:48 pm |
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"Im Reiche der Sinne" for you.
Something tells me that never made it to the movie halls in the GDR. |
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Don
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Posts: 3045
Location: Italy, 87.2.222.132
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Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:50 pm |
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kleindoofy wrote: |
Something tells me that never made it to the movie halls in the GDR. |
No, we weren't verklemmt enough to need such stimulation. |
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HarryNess
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 29 Dec 2006
Posts: 72
Location: USA
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Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:49 am |
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I got one today in my box....It was sopposidly from a postcards.com or somthing. I was hoping my ladd-ette had sent me a getwell soon card about my recent drive by shooting I was involved in. But to no luck....just more virus's on my computer. Yay! |
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