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Amdathlonuk
14-10-2002, 21:40
From somebody called Delwar Khela, and the subject heading is

RE: 200 Board

The message says; Ian give me a ring on ********* or ********

and it has an attachment called Reg Year. doc.zlq

Any ideas???

:confused: :confused:
Chris
14-10-2002, 21:46
just ignore it m8
Daniel san
14-10-2002, 21:46
For sure:mad:
Dunk
14-10-2002, 21:55
Worm virus - delete & purge mate... delete & purge
RAY...
14-10-2002, 22:05
a virus attachment is usually 124 - 129KB but dont quote me on that
Dai
14-10-2002, 22:34
Thats the guy D bought his S13 from.

I had a weird email a while back. Twas from Debenhams thaking me for ordering a gift for some couple.

But the name on it was not from me !! but a friend would bought them a gift, and the mail had come to me, plus others in his address book!

Worrying for him if his mailed is being cc'ed without him knowing !!
Keith_C
15-10-2002, 00:01
I can confirm it was a virus. Anyone who picks up email via a sxoc.com email address will be fine, as we have a superb virus scanner on our mail system.

Anyone else though would be well advised to do a scan.
davidra
15-10-2002, 02:18
Bugbear virus attachments usually 52Kb
dave_s13
15-10-2002, 10:05
Yep, I got it as well, our virus scanning stuff picked it up though.
Mike Martin
15-10-2002, 10:42
If you don't have a good virus software you can get a really good one for FREE , it is AVG and is from a software company called Grisoft. I have been using it for over two years and it stopped me falling for the infamous Snowwhite one.

To download it just visit www.grisoft.com

Did I mention that it scans everything for viruses and tells you everytime that there is an update to the virus database for you to down load.
Tricky-Ricky
15-10-2002, 13:46
Have to agree AVG works realy well! scans and fix's as well!
AshT_200
15-10-2002, 14:38
Originally posted by Dai Boy
Thats the guy D bought his S13 from.

I had a weird email a while back. Twas from Debenhams thaking me for ordering a gift for some couple.

But the name on it was not from me !! but a friend would bought them a gift, and the mail had come to me, plus others in his address book!

Worrying for him if his mailed is being cc'ed without him knowing !!

Blame Chris Lacey for that :D
tDR
15-10-2002, 15:13
I'm using another freeware Anti Virus prog called AVAST32 - recently rated as the best allegedly. Get it from www.webattack.com - It's done it's job well for me.
AshT_200
15-10-2002, 16:19
Anti virus software is only as good as the latest updates.

Using 3 packages, to protect against virus attack. Won't say which ones they are.... that's half the defence. But I'm glad we have it in place, quarantined 575 emails infected with Bugbear this week from outside sources.
Dave H
15-10-2002, 17:27
Just checked my e-mail and I had it too :(
dunc
17-10-2002, 08:58
I just got this pest this morning :mad:
Robbie
17-10-2002, 19:54
Strange this thread cropping up. I've just paid for another year of Norton Antivirus and it still won't let me update the virus definitions. Think I'll try one of the free one's 'cos symantec tech support have been oh so helpful. NOT!! Just ring this number in Canada. Yeah right.
Nathan_200sx
18-10-2002, 09:34
Originally posted by Robbie
Strange this thread cropping up. I've just paid for another year of Norton Antivirus and it still won't let me update the virus definitions. Think I'll try one of the free one's 'cos symantec tech support have been oh so helpful. NOT!! Just ring this number in Canada. Yeah right.

Try www.sophos.com I use them at work and home and it keeps the wee beasties away, they also email you everytime they have a new virus fix even if the virus hasnt been reported in the wild yet. you can get a fee vertion to try for a while. one of the main reasons I like it is that it is very resource friendly.