VIRUS ALERT - DANGER - IMPORTANT

Ezliving_Jim · 08-09-2004, 04:32 PM

VIRUS ALERT - DANGER - IMPORTANT

Be careful opening any email with an attachment. Size of the email is 9k.

It came to me from "Mytanningplace" mytanningplace@yahoo.com (I don't know who this is.) and I fear it has been resent to everyone in my addressbook. Everybody! It may come from "Jim" jim@easyliving.com DELETE IT WITHOUT OPENING IT!

It is a zip attachment named "newprice.zip" that passed Norton anti-virus okay. Inside the zip is an html file named "price.html" that is all javascript. DO NOT OPEN "price.html" !!! It killed me with 150 changes to my system.

The email subject may be blank. The body of the email just says "price" or "new price".

Dell and "System Restore" saved my life.

_________________

Support the PTAF.

Jim.
Entrepreneur Extraordinaire

[ This Message was edited by: Ezliving_Jim on 2004-08-09 17:14 ]

lil_missfit · 08-09-2004, 04:41 PM

I received that exact email today. I've learned not to open any attachment unless I know the person sending it. I also get a lot of return sender emails that are suppose to be emails I have sent and aren't. I have scan for virus often and have adaware that cleans up the trash you pick up off the internet, but there must be something that send those.

PeppermintPatty · 08-09-2004, 07:16 PM

I got that email today too! Thank you for the warning!!! It actually had my first name on it. It was to me and the subject was price!

smartypants · 08-12-2004, 11:19 AM

I had the same one - my computer tech was ticked - subject was price as well

ZABAZU · 08-13-2004, 12:12 AM

Isn't that the person from the "quit after 2.5 years" threads?

Who is now asking to have their profile deleted...

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08-09-2004, 04:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ezliving_Jim I love Derf!! Join Date: Mar 12 2002 Location: Virtual Reality Posts: 2,182 Rep Power: 10	VIRUS ALERT - DANGER - IMPORTANT Be careful opening any email with an attachment. Size of the email is 9k. It came to me from "Mytanningplace" mytanningplace@yahoo.com (I don't know who this is.) and I fear it has been resent to everyone in my addressbook. Everybody! It may come from "Jim" jim@easyliving.com DELETE IT WITHOUT OPENING IT! It is a zip attachment named "newprice.zip" that passed Norton anti-virus okay. Inside the zip is an html file named "price.html" that is all javascript. DO NOT OPEN "price.html" !!! It killed me with 150 changes to my system. The email subject may be blank. The body of the email just says "price" or "new price". Dell and "System Restore" saved my life. _________________ Support the PTAF. Jim. Entrepreneur Extraordinaire [ This Message was edited by: Ezliving_Jim on 2004-08-09 17:14 ]

08-09-2004, 04:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
lil_missfit Join Date: Sep 29 2003 Location: Arizona Posts: 2,149 Rep Power: 9	I received that exact email today. I've learned not to open any attachment unless I know the person sending it. I also get a lot of return sender emails that are suppose to be emails I have sent and aren't. I have scan for virus often and have adaware that cleans up the trash you pick up off the internet, but there must be something that send those.

08-09-2004, 07:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
PeppermintPatty Join Date: May 5 2003 Location: Marietta Posts: 644 Rep Power: 6	I got that email today too! Thank you for the warning!!! It actually had my first name on it. It was to me and the subject was price!

08-12-2004, 11:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
smartypants Waiting Confirmation Join Date: Jun 23 2004 Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0	I had the same one - my computer tech was ticked - subject was price as well

08-13-2004, 12:12 AM	#5 (permalink)
ZABAZU Join Date: Apr 14 2003 Posts: 719 Rep Power: 6	Isn't that the person from the "quit after 2.5 years" threads? Who is now asking to have their profile deleted...

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