View Full Version : Fhughin' virus... (and other Internet animosities)
Okay, so while the main idea of this thread is to discuss what *exactly* are virus creators thinking when they go and create their babies, I'm also issuing a warning to everyone that spotted me in their contact lists today (11/08/2003) from 4 pm to 5 pm (GMT-6, Mexico City), and to people in general, because I had a virus attacking three of the computers at my office. :mad:
It's not a serious virus but in case you get it, don't let it reboot your computer. It's just a minor window that pops up and warns you that NT Authority/SYSTEM will reboot your computer in 60 seconds because something in the computer's protocol has stopped to work. In case it does pop up, don't ignore it! It basically restarts your computer and starts it up without the antivirus working. Shut down your computer while it counts down to :00 and don't start it up again in a while.
So, anyway. The Web is infested with prank virus, Trojan horse virus, and worm virus, not to mention those things that really jump into the international news: prank websites. Anyone ever heard of the Bonsai Kittens?
Lets's discuss on it: who else can remember something in the web that really went macaroni colored?
viruses suck very much. I recently got when I was D/L music. THe damn thing just put 50 unknown files on my comp which I couldn't get rid of no matter what I did. :rolleyes:
I'm not sure what kind of virus this was, but it was fcuking my comp up pretty bad. EATing memory and deleting files off comp as it pleased. It took me 5 different virus programs to get this damn thing. :mad: :dead: I lost alot of files in the process, and think I was actually lucky I spoted the bogus files when I did.
So be cautious when down loading anything. If you detect you maybe have a virus, check all ur files, to make sure or run a virus detector. Cuz if you dont get it in time, ur pretty much screwed out of alot. :spy: :user:
There's also a helpful advice for Kazaa users: instead of Kazaa, install KazaaLite. It's way more secure, doesn't give you as many viruses... :P
only I would suggest ppl to install the very new version of Kazaalite. Cuz I actually got the virus while d/l off of my old kazzlite. THe new one is much improved and is alot better. :done:
Bonsai Kittens?...:spy:
since i got a pc (3 1/2 yrs ago) i was like...what virus? why should i have an antivirus program...it will just slow down my pc...i could never get a virus.....and so on...untill one day (maybe 3-4 months ago) shit started to happen :(
for about a week i had this problem with this WindowsFileProtection thing...and i reinstalled Windoz a couple of times in just few days...but same thing all the time, and some programs failed to work.....so i decided to install an antivirus program (norton) and when i started scaning, i was like "WTF?!".....the antivirus found around 500-600 infected files that (most of them) had to be erased :(
they were only .exe files located on my D drive (backup programs and stuff)...
the virus was W32.Pinfi and i will never forget it's name ;)
from that day on, i don't connect to the net till i'm not sure Norton is working ;)
it's been updated almost daily and there's a very little chance that the "incident" will happen again ;)
so, people, take care :znaika: :D
Originally posted by crni
Bonsai Kittens?...:spy:
since i got a pc (3 1/2 yrs ago) i was like...what virus? why should i have an antivirus program...it will just slow down my pc...i could never get a virus.....and so on...untill one day (maybe 3-4 months ago) shit started to happen :(
for about a week i had this problem with this WindowsFileProtection thing...and i reinstalled Windoz a couple of times in just few days...but same thing all the time, and some programs failed to work.....so i decided to install an antivirus program (norton) and when i started scaning, i was like "WTF?!".....the antivirus found around 500-600 infected files that (most of them) had to be erased :(
they were only .exe files located on my D drive (backup programs and stuff)...
the virus was W32.Pinfi and i will never forget it's name ;)
from that day on, i don't connect to the net till i'm not sure Norton is working ;)
it's been updated almost daily and there's a very little chance that the "incident" will happen again ;)
so, people, take care :znaika: :D
Lol those unknown infected files just come out of nowhere huh?? :rolleyes:
I also used Norton anti virus, thats what caught my virus. I think its one of the best virus protection programs. Glad ya got rid of it. :heh:
I also used Norton anit virus, thats what caught my virus. I think its one of the best virus protection programs.
yeah, bless Mr. Norton...or whoever made it ;)
Yeah lately, I've had TEN Klez viruses sent to my email in THREE days. I was like "Good God! Thank God I have Norton!"
My FIRST experience was with the FunLove virus. LMAO.
Norton is my bitch though. I love it, even though I may smack it around a bit if it gets out of line. :D
be nice now. :D
Just remembered the virus I had was called supernova, or something stupid like that. Thanx to Norton its history tho.
Tom Violence
12-08-2003, 01:00
Originally posted by crni
Bonsai Kittens?...:spy:
Have a gander (http://www.bonsaikitten.com).
Tom Violence, are you serios? is HE fcuking serious???
WTF?!? cats in wessels? anus sealing?? i mean...WTF??? :spy:
Originally posted by Tom Violence
Have a gander (http://www.bonsaikitten.com).
OMG, i can't believe those people mistreated the case of an Apple Power Mac G4 Cube! That's sick!!!
crni, it's a prank: I was in 8th grade when it happened. It is not serious: it was played by three MIT students, and set the world on fire. It alarmed the Humane Rights Asociation worldwide, the Animal Rights Asociation, about three million people...
I'm angry because that website hasn't been taken off.
Virus creators are a diverse crowd but they fall in four main categories:
Complete idiots: (yes, programmers can be idiots) they like prank jokes and think that a farting microvirus is the coolest thing ever.
Self proclaimed anarchists: they basically hate Microsoft and think that Bill Gates is going to take over the world, their goal is to demonstrate that Microsoft products are crap.
Evil geniuses: they do it for the thrill, the challenge, their goal is to break the most secured systems in the world just to prove to themselves that they are the most intelligent people on the planet.
Hitmen: they do it for the money, they are paid by a company to shut down the system of a competitor.
But the main reason why viruses exist is because they have a body to infect: the Windows operating system. An OS with hundreds of security holes that no one at Microsoft seem in a hurry to fix. As long as Microsoft won't make any efforts to secure its OS, viruses will spread like fire. Of course, one of the main problems is that virus creators are often also Windows programmers... :rolleyes:
rylettia
12-08-2003, 02:56
Ugh, that's just sick. Sites like that the bonzai cat and this (http://www.realultimatepower.net/) may have been made in "good fun," but it really just shows the public how stupid they are :rolleyes:
I have to run Ad-Aware every few days to get rid of spyware and Gator software, but I haven't had any problems with viruses after my second computer wipe in a year :p
Originally posted by rylettia
Sites like that the bonzai cat and this (http://www.realultimatepower.net/) may have been made in "good fun,"
LMAO, :laugh: :laugh: :D :D
My name is Robert and i can't stop thinking about ninjas. These guys are cool; and by cool, I mean totally sweet.
:laugh:
rylettia
12-08-2003, 03:24
Hehe. That background music is so excellent :D I'm just amazed that they could find six guys to dress up like ninjas.
Tom Violence
12-08-2003, 10:10
Thing is some spoof sites are both wonderful and worthwhile. Since nobody knows who you are on the internet, it's great for satire.
Here are my favourites:
Black People Love Us! (http://www.blackpeopleloveus.com/)
Big Bad Chinese Mama (www.bigbadchinesemama.com)
Originally posted by darje
Lets's discuss on it: who else can remember something in the web that really went macaroni colored?
Uhm, I found a site of some Anti-Porn Guy (http://www.spies.com/~gus/ran/0012/antiporn/index.html) thorugh a journal; the girl (journal author) seemed pretty upset about this guy's point of view... So, went there, read it and couldn't help but laugh. Most people just wouldn't get it, but hey... I found it very amusing. :dknow:
BTW, I also laughed with the Bonsai Kittens site; back when a terrified friend referred me to it. Either I'm not easily impressed or a gut feeling tells me it's just a prank. Who knows, right? :p
- sk.
I remember about one year ago I had a virus on my pc that really deleted everything in a few mintes. And at that point of time I didn't have any backups - the whole stuff for college and work was gone in an instant, it took me weeks to write all the essays again.
Thinking back I really was willing and able to kill the person who created that crap - I understand it's interesting to do such stuff when you got the abilities but at some point there should be something like a feeling for responsibility. Besides I would have loved to sue that person.
...happened just few minutes ago ;)
but without any damage :D
take a look:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/72092532/85390479MTuhGT
http://community.webshots.com/photo/72092532/85391351GrYDlU
and i have it again, no matter the norton :confused:
EDIT: i think my latest norton patch just killed it :D
EDIT2:no, it didn't :( so i'm back in Linux now till norton makes some better patch ;)
prostrel
12-08-2003, 15:27
Thank God Darje, you saved my night`s sleep! I got that Bonsai Kitten thing, about year ago or so, my friend emailed it to me and I didn`t doubt it. I love cats so I was really upset and I had even nightmares, and this B K thing keeps/kept popping up to my mind every now and then. Now I can get rid off it. Pfhhhh... How cruel can a human being be, making that kind of pranks.
About viruses, I have Norton too. My hard disc said good bye to me about 3 or 4 weeks ago, it just stopped working. I don`t know what was the reason, maybe there was a virus, but I had to buy a new disk. And of course I didn`t have backup copies so all my Tatu stuff was also gone. Well, I learned something about that.
What about prank emails?
Anyone ever got one with a link saying something like 'Hot Teenage Sluts' and when you click on it, you get a picture of a female corpse on an autopsy table cut into several pieces... :rolleyes:
crni, Click here (http://www.microsoft.com/library/shared/deeptree/asp/rightframe.asp?dtcfg=/technet/treeview/deeptreeconfig.xml&url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.asp?frame=true&hidetoc=false) and here (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.blaster.worm.removal.tool.html). :done:
QueenBee
12-08-2003, 18:25
Anyone ever got one with a link saying something like 'Hot Teenage Sluts' and when you click on it, you get a picture of a female corpse on an autopsy table cut into several pieces...
Neh, I never open mails like that...
I remember those Bonsai Cats... At first I got a little bit upset, but since there is already SO much animal abuse in the world, I wasn't very surprised. Then I found out it was all a joke, and all they did was "push" the cats against a glass-thing so that it look like they were actually in a bottle.
Then there was the talking dog. Apparently the dog could talk like a deaf person... But was it really just a joke? I saw it on Ripley's Believe it or Not, so yeah...
I heard that the new virus gives you a message that says "--- , my son. Why do you make this possible Bill Gates? Fix your software." :laugh:
Originally posted by darje
It's not a serious virus but in case you get it, don't let it reboot your computer. It's just a minor window that pops up and warns you that NT Authority/SYSTEM will reboot your computer in 60 seconds because something in the computer's protocol has stopped to work. In case it does pop up, don't ignore it! It basically restarts your computer and starts it up without the antivirus working. Shut down your computer while it counts down to :00 and don't start it up again in a while.
OMG - I've got that exact virus!! It hit me last night and I've still got it!
I did what you said darje - I shut down my comp before it got a chance to and I left it off all day today but now I'm still getting that message. How can I get rid of it?
Mossopp, http://forum.tatysite.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=102647#post102647 ?
Thanks Igor, but that doesn't kill it. It keeps coming back!
Igor, tnx ;) but i just did that before i read your post :D
and i think it's finally gone this time :done:
How did you get rid of it? When I run the application it says it's deleted the virus but the little b~stard just keeps coming back!!
first of all you should disable msblast.exe from starting at boot...then you should download the two patches (assuming your norton av is updated daily (live update and stuff)). download the microsoft patch and install it and download the norton patch, the one for MANUAL installation (called 20030812-006-i32) and install it... restart your machine and scan your computer and you should have no more problems...:done:
Thanks. I'll give it a shot. :rose:
Originally posted by haku
Virus creators are a diverse crowd but they fall in four main categories...
You forgot the biggest category of them all:
The pathetic geeks who never got over being picked on at school and who are now middle-aged yet still living in their parents basement and are consequently so angry at the world that the only way to make themselves feel better is by destroying other people's work and property.
If I ever meet the twat who started this bug that's now inside my machine..... :mad:
Tom Violence
12-08-2003, 23:37
Tonight, this fudging virus took over this computer too. I believe my father has solved it. I am not sure. I really don't understand these things. A terrible nuisance, nonetheless.
A pox on the runtish blackguard who created it.
Originally posted by Mossopp
You forgot the biggest category of them all:
The pathetic geeks
LOL, you're right, i know the type.
Those people have no other goal than simply destroy. Their viruses are poorly written and easily eliminated by antivirus software, but during their short lifespan, they are very destructive.
This thread could use some cheering up, and since we can post weird things from the internet, here's the dildo song (http://www.damnthe.com/dildo/dildo.html).
Originally posted by haku
This thread could use some cheering up, and since we can post weird things from the internet, here's the dildo song (http://www.damnthe.com/dildo/dildo.html). OMG...that was f**king hilarious!!! :D
So, there's a dildo song huh? Well, once I found a site pro-masturbation: Masturbate for Peace (http://www.masturbateforpeace.com/) site...
There's a song too: "I Cum In Peace" (ftp://ftp.masturbateforpeace.com/icuminpeace_64.mp3). :p Lyrics here (http://www.masturbateforpeace.com/lyrics.html).
- sk.
EeZeReal
13-08-2003, 01:45
Awwww I got suckered into that one... :lalala:
We'll issue new orders
Tell the troops to jack off
LooL... :spy:
Originally posted by Sullen.Kloun
Masturbate for Peace (http://www.masturbateforpeace.com/)
I'm all for peace... :rolleyes:
This site seems to focus only on male masturbation though, women can work for peace too! :p
Edit: LOL!!! I just read some of the horror stories of this site!!! :laugh:
LOL@those guys using vaccum cleaners!!! How stupid can you get! :spy:
For anyone who doesn't have any antivirus programs at all try
http://www.grisoft.com and go and get their free version.
Any protection is better than none.
Or go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ and they'll give you a free online scan.
Worked for me.
taty994945
28-08-2003, 11:56
that virus is scary....blaster is such a scary name
Thankfully i avoided Blaster due to me still being om Windows ME.
Sometimes it pays to have an old PC that when you look at it you wonder where the coal goes:done:
taty994945
28-08-2003, 12:05
yo DAZ i got windows ME as well! hehe i remember everyone was putting shit on ME. [pun intended]
blaster virus sucks ***. :mad:it disabled this lappytop for over a month!! take a few hundred dollars later and add a computer science graduate and it's back online.
WEEEEEEEEELCOME TO MY WORLD!
well Darje shutting out your computer will do nothing against the virus, because when that message appears it has already infected your computer send itself to more people and it's just rebooting to patch your OS...
and god I know how annoying is that thing! in the same day with only MSN open I got Blaster, Welchia, and Sobig all the three different variants of the original blaster :D how cute isn't it?
Thank god that that damn virus do nothing else....just restarting and sending itself again...it would be a bitch if it erased .dlls or normal files... imagine this I have the three FIX TOOLS from symantec (norton) I got infected run one and deleted the virus...when my computer was clean I got infected again...it's soooo damn friggin annoying.... and I can't install the patch because I don't have the latest updates of WINXP (Xtremadamente Pendejo) soooo for the time being I'm exiled to my old laptop...where old but loyal Windows 98 it's installed...
Sobig is a nightmare.It's easy enough to avoid though just don't open unexpected e mails with attachments.
The attachments are usually always about 99-103k in size and are usually called Thank You,Re-Cool ScreenSaver,Re-Your Details or a few other titles.
For a full detail check out the Trnd Micro database i mentined above.Its very thorough
you don't have to have the latest update of WinXP (i don't have any). just download the patch "WindowsXP-KB823980-x86-ENU.exe" and install it, along with the latest update from norton ;)
crni, my dear I tried that :P heheheh but the problem is that my computer has the update.inf file wrong(kinda frustrating that I have the patch and when I executed it "error, bla bla bla check that cryptographic service is running in your computer have a nice day :P") ...so either I download all the past updates or format the computer... maybe I'll try the second one when I have time...until that I can live in my old laptop.
To help cheer you up, read this news article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3190799.stm
What a picture :rolleyes: Does he scream pathetic dork to you?
crni, my dear I tried that :P
lol :D
sorry it doesn't work :( and if you backup all stuff and format c: and reinstall windoz...?
Originally posted by mulder
What a picture :rolleyes: Does he scream pathetic dork to you?
Indeed. Infact he screams: I'm so hideous and I must have my revenge on this cruel world.:D
Compensation, compensation.:rolleyes:
Originally posted by crni
lol :D
sorry it doesn't work :( and if you backup all stuff and format c: and reinstall windoz...?
what do you think I'm gonna do? :P
In fact I was thinking in the possibility of change from OS.
Anyway I can survive in my old laptop for the time being :D
karxwp, well...you could wait a little more till symantec releases some more antivirus updates...and then format c: and reinstall xp and install all the updates for norton av (along with that hotfix for xp) and you should be safe for some time being... ;)
QueenBee
31-08-2003, 13:01
o.O After all these years of no anti-virus program I finally checked if I had any viruses and I didn't! w00t! Talk about luck :P
karxwp, ouch. :bum: Windows 98 or something right? How do you survive, how do you survive? God bless you *casts magic spell*
crni: No, I think I will format it...it's easier and faster :D just have to back up everything :S thing that annoys me like you have no idea, but I'm getting tired of this Win 98 laptop
QueenBee windows 98...it's kinda nice...not as great (graphically speaking) as Windows XP but it's not so bad...the thing that annoys me it's that I can't download a thing cause this laptop doesn't have a damn burner...how do I survive? well it's better than no internet afterall ;)
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