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New Virus News | If there is no upper right 'x'..

Guenther Danzer — Wed, 29 Jan 2003 19:00:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: New Virus News
Poster: Guenther Danzer
Post title: If there is no upper right 'x'..

an easy way to close this window (even when it fills your whole screen) is:

1. make it the aktive window using ctrl + tab

2. when it the active one press alt + F4

and it\' gone.

You don\'t need ctrl+alt+del or the reset button.

New Virus News | Can they be blocked

Daina Jauntirans — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:22:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: New Virus News
Poster: Daina Jauntirans
Post title: Can they be blocked

by software such as ZoneAlarm Pro that can block pop-ups or will they show up on Norton AntiVirus? I have ZoneAlarm Pro set to block pop-ups, but they show up at times anyway.

New Virus News | Thanks!

Silvina Beatriz Codina — Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:36:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: New Virus News
Poster: Silvina Beatriz Codina
Post title: Thanks!

Haven\'t got any of these yet, but I\'ll be on the lookout for them.

It would be nice if these people used all that ingenuity for something positive...

New Virus News | upper right x

Uwe Kirmse — Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:18:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: New Virus News
Poster: Uwe Kirmse
Post title: upper right x

I\'ve already had such \"alerts\" without any \"x\". In this case you can guess, if it\'s better to click \"yes\" or \"no\" - perhaps both will start the download of the dialer or the virus. Your safety options shouldn\'t allow any automatic download, so you should always be able do cancel it. If you aren\'t sure, what to do, first disconnect the internet, and then do whatever you want, eg. close all browser windows by \"Ctrl+Alt+Del\".

[ This Message was edited by:on2003-01-17 12:22]

New Virus News | Worms/dialers posing as Windows system messages

Ralf Lemster — Thu, 16 Jan 2003 23:35:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: New Virus News
Poster: Ralf Lemster
Post title: Worms/dialers posing as Windows system messages

The latest craze hitting the desktop are pop-up windows which look almost identical to internal Windows alerts. And of course, these \"warnings\" tell of a security gap that\'s been discovered (the version where \"Jenny\" asks you to come back to the chat room is a somewhat more obvious one...).

Depending on the variation, what\'s hiding behind these messages is either a slew of websites (mostly of er, adult content - bad, but no damage), a dialer (can be costly) or a virus/worm. The only thing to do is to close these buggers, using the \'x\' in the upper right-hand corner; don\'t use the \'OK\' button.

What gives these warnings away is usually the TLD in the indicated domain - the most recent one I had showed an alleged Microsoft site ending with .ag - ever heard of Microsoft Tech Support in Antigua?

New Virus News

Parrot — Thu, 16 Jan 2003 20:12:00 +0000

Forum: Safe computing
Topic: New Virus News
Poster: Parrot

Hi all,

I\'ve just intercepted two worms posing as Microsoft patches (MSO-Patch-0035.exe and Two-Up-Secretly.exe). It would be well to keep abreast of news about them:

[url removed]

Luck!

[ This Message was edited by:on2003-01-16 23:47]