virus

angelofdeath

just got this, this has to be the dumbest virus ive ever seen, youd have to be a complete idiot to fall for it

Dear PayPal member,

We regret to inform you that your account is about to be expired in
next five business days. To avoid suspension of your account you have to
reactivate it by providing us with your personal information.

To update your personal profile and continue using PayPal services you
have to run the attached application to this email. Just run it and
follow the instructions.

IMPORTANT! If you ignore this alert, your account will be suspended in
next five business days and you will not be able to use PayPal anymore.

Thank you for using PayPal.


oazouchu


attachment was

ww.paypal.com.pif

:rolleyes:

rocco

will u forward that mail onto me I dont want mypaypal a/c to be deactivated .

Thanks

Gillie

Well I know about 2,000 morons that we support that would fall for it!
MiMail has been a major pain in the arse for us!

GoneShootin

Oh im sure theres loads of em out there. Though you would hope that the people that setup a paypal account would by default be some bit savvy about such things

More on the virus :

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/mimail_j.shtml

theciscokid

M$ really regret making "picture it format" (.pif) an executable

GoneShootin

Im afrad your wrong there theciscokid

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/PIF_file.html

Short for Program InFormation file, a type of file that holds information about how Windows should run a non-Windows application. For example, a PIF file can contain instructions for executing a DOS application in the Windows environment. These instructions can include the amount of memory to use, the path to the executable file, and what type of window to use. PIF files have a .pif extension .

irishgeo

Why not block the pif extension on all the mail servers around the world?

As it seems to be is a virus carrier!

theciscokid

Originally posted by GoneShootin
Im afrad your wrong there theciscokid

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/PIF_file.html

Short for Program InFormation file, a type of file that holds information about how Windows should run a non-Windows application. For example, a PIF file can contain instructions for executing a DOS application in the Windows environment. These instructions can include the amount of memory to use, the path to the executable file, and what type of window to use. PIF files have a .pif extension .

/me hides

i knew that i was um.. testing you :ninja:

Capt'n Midnight

ah the days when the only executables that could screw up your system were...

.bat
.com
.cmd (NT batch file)
.exe
.pif
.scr

somano

I ran McAfee Virus Scan and it told me that I had a virus in my cookies file: index.dat - but it wont let me delete it.

Also says I have vbs/loveletter @mm
virus x 3 with the following filenames dVS_Excl.mmf, dAV_Excl.mmf & dAV_scan.mmf.

If wont let me clean or delete them as it says media is right protected.

ANy suggestions how to get rid of these please?:mad:

captainpat

Have you tried deleting them from Windows Explorer in Safe Mode. Or start up in DOS and delete from there. You will need the full path to each file.

somano

Thanks. Posted a big long reply but it never went through. Very frustrating when that happens. Anyhow:- I uninstalled McAfee Virus SCan and reinstalled and there was no virus !

Bit odd that eh ?

captainpat

Looks like you're sorted, then. Sometimes it's best not to wonder why. Life's too short

Cake Fiend

Originally posted by angelofdeath
just got this, this has to be the dumbest virus ive ever seen, youd have to be a complete idiot to fall for it

Never underestimate the stupidity of the average member of the general public.

Then bear in mind that up to 50% of them are even more thick :eek: