Fhughin' virus... (and other Internet animosities)

Rob · 12-08-2003, 11:51

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.

crni · 12-08-2003, 12:14

...happened just few minutes ago

but without any damage

take a look:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...85390479MTuhGT
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...85391351GrYDlU

and i have it again, no matter the norton

EDIT: i think my latest norton patch just killed it

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.

haku · 12-08-2003, 18:05

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...

Igor · 12-08-2003, 18:18

crni, Click here and here.

QueenBee · 12-08-2003, 18:25

Quote:

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."

Mossopp · 12-08-2003, 18:28

Quote:

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?

Igor · 12-08-2003, 18:33

Mossopp, http://forum.tatysite.net/showthread...647#post102647 ?

Mossopp · 12-08-2003, 22:04

Thanks Igor, but that doesn't kill it. It keeps coming back!

crni · 12-08-2003, 22:17

Igor, tnx

but i just did that before i read your post

and i think it's finally gone this time

Mossopp · 12-08-2003, 22:22

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!!

crni · 12-08-2003, 22:49

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...

Mossopp · 12-08-2003, 22:58

Thanks. I'll give it a shot.

Mossopp · 12-08-2003, 23:29

Quote:

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.....

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.

haku · 12-08-2003, 23:46

Quote:

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.