Hoss

This virus warning just came straight from my IT guy. Might want to keep an eye out for it...<br><br>Please be aware of the e-mails that you receive each day, as there is a new virus running rampant called the Fizzer virus.<br><br>The e-mail will comes with various subjects as:<br><br>Subject: The subject line is randomly chosen from a list carried by the worm. It may be one of the following:<br><br>I thought this was interesting...<br>rather psychedelic...<br>found this on the net, you might like it...<br>discothèque<br>imbrue<br>it feels good to be gangsta.<br>The way I feel - Remy Shand<br>Paradigm Shift<br>WASSUP!<br>Know Thyself<br>Hell<br>I love you<br>Please discard if you don't like or agree with our present leadership...<br>little popup remover<br>B cannot remember<br>Yo, WASSUP, B?<br>an interesting program...<br>You might not appreciate this...<br>I think you might find this amusing...<br>LOL<br>check this out... hehehe<br>question...<br>see you tomorrow.<br>how are you?<br>you need to lose weight.<br>why?<br>kind of simple, but fun nonetheless.<br>check it out.<br><br> <br><br>The message in the body will look like this:<br><br> <br><br>Message: The message body is randomly chosen from a list carried by the worm. It may be one of the following:<br><br>I sent this program (Sparky) from anonymous places on the net.<br>The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.<br>There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.<br>Watchin' the game, having a bud.<br>Did you ever stop to think that viruses are good for the economy? Maybe the primary creators of the world's worst viruses are the companies that make the Anti-Virus software.<br>Today is a good day to die...<br>so, how are you?<br>the attachment is only for you to look at<br>you must not show this to anyone...<br>delete this as soon as you look at it...<br>Let me know what you think of this...<br>If you don't like it, just delete it.<br>thought I'd let you know<br>you don't have to if you don't want to.<br><br> <br><br> <br><br>If you are receiving any of these e-mails, please delete them immediately. These have been stepped up by all of the anti-virus companies as destructive and intrusive, which mean that personal or confidential information could be sent without you even knowing it. <br><br>

me4osu

If I ever recieve an e-mail with &quot;yo, wassup B&quot; in the subject, I don't care if it is a virus or not. IT WILL BE DELETED. :

DieselDaze

nEver I eMialS open I donT that knOw iTs wHo fRom.<br><br>haVe Never I haD problEms Any fAr sO. <br><br> <br><br>Thanks Hoss,<br>Being in the IT environment, we get 1000's of infected spam hit our email filter every day.<br>Its rediculous!<br><br>Rich.

Scotty

You can go to Symantec.com and do a search for more info too.
I search all virus warnings as some are hoaxes...this one is a legit Worm.

Good heads up Hoss.

Thanks

http://www.securityresponse.symantec...fizzer@mm.html

Srigs

Good find Hoss!<br><br>I'll bring this to work and share it with the antivirus guys. My team just hooks up all the computers around the world so they can share viruses easier (network engineering)!<br><br>Keep it coming...

BigBlue

What do you know? Ol' Hoss was looking out for us. I wonder if the new baby and not getting any sleep has anything to do with it. <br><br>Thanks Hoss. I'll keep a lookout and let all of my friends know.

Hoss

[quote author=Scotty link=board=10;threadid=14632;start=0#137349 date=1052776871]<br>You can go to Symantec.com and do a search for more info too.<br>I search all virus warnings as some are hoaxes...this one is a legit Worm.<br><br>Good heads up Hoss.<br><br>Thanks <br><br>http://www.securityresponse.symantec...fizzer@mm.html<br>[/quote]<br><br>Of course it is...I TOLD you it came straight from my IT guy. You think I'd just make this stuff up??!! ;D

Scotty

[quote author=Hoss link=board=10;threadid=14632;start=0#137508 date=1052830482]<br>[quote author=Scotty link=board=10;threadid=14632;start=0#137349 date=1052776871]<br>You can go to Symantec.com and do a search for more info too.<br>I search all virus warnings as some are hoaxes...this one is a legit Worm.<br><br>Good heads up Hoss.<br><br>Thanks <br><br>http://www.securityresponse.symantec...fizzer@mm.html<br>[/quote]<br><br>Of course it is...I TOLD you it came straight from my IT guy. You think I'd just make this stuff up??!! ;D<br>[/quote]<br><br> <br><br>You know what I mean...lots of folks go to panic mode and post and it turns out to be a hoax. I simply added the link for folks to see it on an actual site.<br>Go change a diaper.

Hoss

I'm with you. It DOES look like something I'd make up though...

phox_mulder

We're having a news story on it, so it must be the real deal.<br><br>Said it before, will say it again.<br><br>Don't open email attachments and you'll never have to worry about it.<br>Zero attachments, whether they're from someone you know or not, don't open them, it's not worth it.<br><br><br>phox

brassbuldog

I don't open anything from someone that I don't know. Also, I dont open something from someone I do know, that seem wierd. ie...<br>I got an email from my Dad that had a wierd Subject line...I called him on the phone and asked if he sent it. He thought I was nuts for calling him, BUT he didn't send it to me. He was sending viruses unknowingly. My virus protection didn't detect it, but I deleted it before it did anything to my machine.

redramnc

I have seen two dozen of these e-mails in the last 48 hours to my account (and not one came from Hoss). The company uses ScanMail so all viruses were scrubbed inbound. This is a pretty nasty little bug. As the unofficial IT guy for my department I spent a good bit of time yesterday making sure everybody had the proper virus definitions loaded and certain other loopholes closed to keep them from receiving or sending any problems.<br><br>Ain't sure who is brighter - the worm coders or the anti-virus guys. Big THANKS to Norton AV - don't log in without it!