Thread: NEW VIRUS!!!!!!!!!!

This is just another hoax. See
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/virtualcard.html

Any virus warning that suggests you warn all your friends has a good chance of being a hoax. The damage is done by the propogation of the warning. There are several authoritative internet sites that have regular updates on virus hoaxes. The above link is to just one. This company also makes very good anti virus software.

Cheers, Rod

Thanks Rod.

I normally don't post Virus warnings but this one came from a generally reliable source. In light of what has happened to the Grand Poobahs Puter nothing surprises me any more .

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Ian () Robertson
"We do good turns every day"

However, got this from a mate who is a pooter person.......
Folks,
One of my e-mails was recently rejected by the firewall of a large organisation with whom I sometimes exchange messages. The message was diagnosed as being infected by a virus, namely the Kak.B HTML worm, which (I think) can be passed on directly from e-mails, and does not require an attachment. I wish to warn those with whom I have recently exchanged e-mails and who will not be protected by an organisational firewall. You may have caught it from me, or I have caught it from you.

I could not detect any sympthoms in my computer, and nor, it seems, is this worm detected by everyday virus protectors. Can I suggest you go to the Symantec (Norton) service site, at http://service.symantec.com and follow your nose to locate the article on this Kek worm. From the site you can download a file fixkekb.exe which will remove the worm or give you an all clear. That program indicated that the worm had to be removed from my computer, even though there were no sympthoms of infection (yet!!).

Sorry to raise the alarm, but some or all of us are infected.


Back to me, I ran the check and I was not infected, I do have a nasty rash though

I work on a computer helpdesk and the majority of our calls are concerning forgotten passwords or viruses that have come through the email. Our firewalls and email servers detect and delete them, then it warns the user of what it has done thus making them call us to tell us they had a virus and to check that we know of it etc... unfortunately this will continue to happen as the virus creators always seem a step ahead of the virus detectors. If only they had something more useful to do with their time...

Agree with that last comment oges, I call it electronic grafitti.