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Macs
03-03-2004, 09:45 PM
everyday i have been getting emails from people with three wheeler names that look familiar. i think it is people from this forum. my hotmail blocks the attachment permanetly. i get about one a day from diffrent users. all it says is please veiw attachment. is anyone else getting these.
twgranger
03-03-2004, 10:15 PM
No :?
trikerider2oo7
03-03-2004, 10:19 PM
i aint been gettin any
yamaha225dx
03-03-2004, 10:25 PM
my hotmail has been giving me these mailer dameon failure things.... it sucks
renotrikeguy
03-03-2004, 10:53 PM
I got two of them myself. But my anti-virus told me they contained a virus so they got deleted.
Trikeaholic
03-03-2004, 11:05 PM
heck ya! on my yahoo account bulk mail folder. They are obviously fake names, stuff like "350X@hotmail" stuff like that. All subjects say "hey" or "thanks very much" or some other BS. I just delete them. But if it someone on this site sending me viruses then heres to you azzhole

<a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_6_3.gif' alt='At Work Moony' border=0></a>
ATC crazy
03-03-2004, 11:05 PM
I've never gotten any...although junk mail is another story.... :x
Trikeaholic
03-03-2004, 11:12 PM
just got another one from "skoorpio@yahoo.com" subject was "hello" what kind of tool would fall for such a scam??
hrc200x
03-03-2004, 11:15 PM
Barry said he got one from me, but I never even knew his email addy until he replied back to me telling me he got a email from my address. I do get about 10 emails a day in hotmail and yahoo with 24k attachments, I havn't opened one yet so don't know what is going on.
TimSr
03-03-2004, 11:52 PM
The way a lot of these viruses work is that they will get into a persons address book, and send emails from one person in the address book to another in the address book. The actual person with the virus doesnt show in the email. One board member probably has the virus, and those of you receiving these emails are probably in his address book.
TRI-Zbrian
03-04-2004, 12:47 AM
omg im not the only one :shock: i get about 3 every day but luckly yahoo has a virus detecter and every one i have been geting yahoo has detected a virus on.... whats going on how do i stop these they are getting very very annoying.
3 weelin geezer
03-04-2004, 01:59 AM
recently I keep getting refinancing offers for my house. Problem is, I don't have one. Used to be not long ago I got invites from strange women and some that seemed like they came from gay men. I just toss them away since I am never more than mildly happy. Except when I am riding my trike I suppose. Then I would rate my happines as being....elated. :D
Howdy
03-04-2004, 09:19 AM
I get this virus sent to me a few hundred times a week. It averages 1-2 per hour. Such emails are helped along by people that don't run a anti virus program. These are the same people that complain when they get infected with a virus.

I was getting over 300 junk emails a day. How ever lately I have been using mailwasher ( www.mailwasher.com ) along with the free junk mail filter that bright.net provides me. Any spam that gets through the one gets caught in the other. I just simply bounce the email back. I have cut the junk email back to 50 or less a day now.

Viruses: My ISP filters 99.99% of the viruses out of my email ( for free ). They use Mc Afee to do this. To be better protected I run Nortons on my personal computer. Every email is scanned a total of 3 times before I can view it. My days of getting a virus are pretty much gone. I just checked my web based email filter. It shows I had 11 viruses sent to me since 10:20 Pm last night. They are always slow at night.


Here is another one to watch out for: Lately I have been getting emails that say: RE: Question for seller -- Item #281699565 . My advice is if you do not have a GOOD anti virus program then do not open it. This could be a infected email. The item number always seems to change for each email. I look at the number and if it isn't any number I know then I delete it.

How it seems to work lately: You open the email and another window pops open. This is a infected web page. The virus is built into the page and gets loaded onto your computer. Without a GOOD anti-virus program you could get infected. I run Nortons and it has caught a few of them that the wife had opened. She no longer opens any with such a title. ;)

Howdy
3WheelsForever
03-04-2004, 09:25 AM
I also thought I was the only one. Im getting a lot of emails saying the mailer dameon failure things like yamaha225dx. It just started about 2 days or so ago.
Trikeaholic
03-04-2004, 10:48 AM
just got another one

trizbrian@yahoo.com Re: Excel file

WTF????

have to have the wife look at the computer virus detector tonite
J.D.
03-04-2004, 12:12 PM
Haha! Guess what, I just got one from you Howdy! Maybe your virus protection isn't as up-to-snuff as you think? :shock:
TimSr
03-04-2004, 12:26 PM
Haha! Guess what, I just got one from you Howdy! Maybe your virus protection isn't as up-to-snuff as you think? :shock:

Reread my post. The person it is "from" is not necessarily infected. All this means is that whoever IS infected has both you and Howdy in their address book, and its also most likely someone who uses Outlook or Outlook Express.
Billy Golightly
03-04-2004, 12:38 PM
These viruses also scan through files for email address it can send itself to. Everytime someone that has the virus views the forum, that particular page is cached onto their computer. The virus will then read this file for any email addresses (And theres always some because people usually list their email addresses which show up on everypost) The virus then emails itself to those address. I'm not sure how the current one is working, but the Klez virus from a while back searched text files, cached webpages, and even intstant messenger programs for email addresses it could send itself to. Its well beyond just the address book now.
J.D.
03-04-2004, 01:36 PM
Haha! Guess what, I just got one from you Howdy! Maybe your virus protection isn't as up-to-snuff as you think? :shock:

Reread my post. The person it is "from" is not necessarily infected. All this means is that whoever IS infected has both you and Howdy in their address book, and its also most likely someone who uses Outlook or Outlook Express.

Sorry...I must've skipped over that. Sure did put my foot in my mouth eh? :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
Howdy
03-04-2004, 04:58 PM
Here is a couple screen captures pictures from my web based email filter. I just took a couple screen shots. Notice the amount of deleted email:

These are Virus infected Emails here. These were all deleted this week.

http://www.bright.net/~4howdy/03x05x04Viruses1.jpg

http://www.bright.net/~4howdy/03x05x04Viruses2.jpg

http://www.bright.net/~4howdy/03x05x04Viruses3.jpg

http://www.bright.net/~4howdy/03x05x04Viruses4.jpg

http://www.bright.net/~4howdy/03x05x04Viruses5.jpg



Howdy
BigGreenMachine
03-04-2004, 04:59 PM
I've only gotten one, it was a 19kb file from "hrc350x" titled "pictures of yourself." My viewer wouldn't let me view the attachment.
renotrikeguy
03-04-2004, 05:51 PM
Hahaha, I liked the subjects on the first mail you supposedly got from Billy.. "You really love me? hehe"
84250r
03-04-2004, 07:48 PM
just got another one

trizbrian@yahoo.com Re: Excel file

WTF????

have to have the wife look at the computer virus detector tonite

I just got the same one! :? :D
smokinp
03-04-2004, 09:36 PM
I got 2 tonite
NOS_350X
03-04-2004, 10:17 PM
I use AOL and i never get them, just penis enlargment adds and viagra ones. If i dont know the sender i just automaticaly delete it.
Wickedfinger
03-04-2004, 11:15 PM
You guys who are getting these e-mails better update your virus software pronto. They are all variants of the DOOM virus, particularly the I-Worm Beagle and I-Work netsky.
NOS_350X
03-05-2004, 08:38 PM
You guys who are getting these e-mails better update your virus software pronto. They are all variants of the DOOM virus, particularly the I-Worm Beagle and I-Work netsky. Wow you sure do know alot about these, hmmm maby your the one giving them out (j/k)
short4stuff
03-05-2004, 08:50 PM
i have gotten a few of those 24kb emails toom i never noticed the email address i got them from though .. if it dont look familier i just delete it.
Wickedfinger
03-05-2004, 09:04 PM
... how do you know I didn't invent them?
mywifeknowseverything
03-05-2004, 10:47 PM
My internet provider has a Virus/spam control...It catches about 200 spam and virus a day...Along time ago a computer person told me to set up a your own email address in your address book...If you ever get a virus that sends itself out you will know it because it sends an email to you...Then you can take the steps to get rid of it...Dont know if it works, havent had it happen yet... :D
Howdy
03-05-2004, 11:05 PM
Along time ago a computer person told me to set up a your own email address in your address book...If you ever get a virus that sends itself out you will know it because it sends an email to you...Then you can take the steps to get rid of it...Dont know if it works, havent had it happen yet... :D

I have 4 email accounts. 2 of the 4 have never been posted on the internet. I use them for comunication to and from the shop from home. If this actually works then I know for sure I haven't sent out any viruses. How do I know? The shops computer has never had a single virus sent to it. And I have never gotten one from that email address either. ;)

Howdy
mywifeknowseverything
03-05-2004, 11:17 PM
Well I have only one computer and the only way I would know is if my computer emailed itself....If you have 2 that you only use between work and home I wouldnt worry about those...The other 2 I would try it and see if anything happens...I wouldnt hurt....Hell everyone try it and maybe we could pin down the person....I would like to see if it works... ;)
ATC crazy
03-05-2004, 11:25 PM
I use AOL and i never get them, just penis enlargment adds and viagra ones. If i dont know the sender i just automaticaly delete it.

Thats EXACTLY what I get too.....hahahahah :D :D
Howdy
03-05-2004, 11:32 PM
Well I have only one computer and the only way I would know is if my computer emailed itself....If you have 2 that you only use between work and home I wouldnt worry about those...The other 2 I would try it and see if anything happens...I wouldnt hurt....Hell everyone try it and maybe we could pin down the person....I would like to see if it works... ;)

I use my regular email account to the shop. So the email addresses are all in my main account. If I was to send a virus email out it would send it to the shop also. It has never happened so far. ;)
Howdy
mywifeknowseverything
03-06-2004, 12:09 AM
Well then if that guy was correct in what he said, you dont seem to be the problem...Like I said though I dont know for sure if that works or not..But I do know that I have never had a virus or had my computer email itself.... ;)
Howdy
03-06-2004, 12:13 AM
The first and last virus I ever got was Happy99. I learned back then a anti virus program is a requirement. Never had a problem since. ;)
Howdy
mywifeknowseverything
03-06-2004, 12:49 AM
was that the one with the Fire Works???? Yea, you can never have too much protection...
Turbo3Wheeler
03-06-2004, 01:39 AM
everyday i have been getting emails from people with three wheeler names that look familiar. i think it is people from this forum. my hotmail blocks the attachment permanetly. i get about one a day from diffrent users. all it says is please veiw attachment. is anyone else getting these.


This is spreading around our local area from what I hear.