VIRUS WARNING - "Mail Server Report"

BritCanuck · #1 February 16, 2009, 2:08 AM

A new virus is making the rounds online. It has the ability to completely erase your hard drive and send your personal information to the hacker responsible. And so far, no anti-virus software program has proven effective against it.
Here's the e-mail I received from a friend:

Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail,
AOL and so on.

This information arrived this morning,
direct from both Microsoft and Norton

Please send it to everybody you know who has
access to the Internet.

You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled
'Mail Server Report'.

If you open either file*, a message will appear on your screen saying:
'It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful.'

Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC,
And the person who sent it to you will gain access to your
name, e-mail and password.

This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon.
AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus softwares
are not capable of destroying it.

The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself
'life owner'.

PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL
TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, And ask them to
PASS IT ON IMMEDIATELY!

THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPES.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/mailserver.asp

* This suggests that the e-mail comes with at least one attachment.
Do not open either the e-mail or the attachment.

Check your e-mail immediately and delete any 'Mail Server Report' e-mails or related files and attachments without opening them.

Thanks for reading.

Recurring Villain · #2 February 16, 2009, 2:51 AM

IF YOU DO NOT SEND THIS TO 9000 DIFFERENT PEOPLE THE VIRUS WILL INFECT YOUR MOM.

...

If you're dumb enough to open a file you weren't expecting to receive, you deserve to get a virus. The best defence against virii is not being a dumb fuck.

Danny Stewart · #3 February 16, 2009, 8:38 AM

I laugh at you pathetic Windows users and your viruses.

Superkid11 · #4 February 16, 2009, 9:14 AM

I wound up being redirected to this page twice with this PDF file that supposedly caused a virus. It obviously didn't do crap to me(

iMac), but I thought I'd mention it. I forgot the name of the site already... The site it was on, not the site I was redirected from.
(well, actually, it was a php script that opened a pdf...)

As I recall, the only Mac virus there's ever been is this one that claimed to be free porn. Naturally, it exploits stupidity rather than OS X.

Jamie Minty · #5 February 16, 2009, 1:33 PM

Originally Posted by BritCanuck

will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC,

Haha

Chris Britton · #6 February 16, 2009, 5:00 PM

Originally Posted by Danny Stewart

I laugh at you pathetic Windows users and your viruses.

Us puny mortals.

Danny Stewart · #7 February 17, 2009, 9:39 AM

Originally Posted by Chris Britton

Us puny mortals.

No immortality necessary; just better taste in computers.

Superkid11 · #8 February 17, 2009, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by Danny Stewart

No immortality necessary; just better taste in computers.

More money helps too.

Danny Stewart · #9 February 17, 2009, 11:25 AM

Originally Posted by Superkid11

More money helps too.

I wish people would stop spreading that misconception. Macs and PCs are very comparably priced these days. The only Mac that's overpriced considering the hardware inside is the Mac mini.

Recurring Villain · #10 February 17, 2009, 8:44 PM

Originally Posted by Danny Stewart

Macs and PCs are very comparably priced these days.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why people ridicule mac users.

Don't be that guy, Danny. Just don't.

Superkid11 · #11 February 17, 2009, 9:27 PM

Here we go... didn't we do this over a year ago?

Danny Stewart · #12 February 17, 2009, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by Recurring Villain

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why people ridicule mac users.

Don't be that guy, Danny. Just don't.

WTF?

http://tr.im/gry4

Sorry to rain on your troll parade. Now kindly go fuck yourself. I'm so tired of taking shit from you on this subject.

Superkid11 · #13 February 17, 2009, 11:57 PM

Originally Posted by Superkid11

More money helps too.

I sorely wish I didn't even say that right now.

RV I understand completely that you may want to reply, but I'd rather this ended now. Considering that the debates/insult slingings/trollings that took place over a year ago went completely nowhere, I'll just lock this up...

But in closing, it's been my experience that macs are comparatively priced to similarly powered commercial windows computers, but said PCs have a wide range of quality, where as Apple sticks to a certain level.
Self-built ones are generally less expensive but lack tech support.

That's what I've seen. I don't care if I'm right or wrong, I don't want this damn argument to happen again.

EDIT: Given that a new thread was just posted... I give up. Have at it...

Recurring Villain · #14 February 18, 2009, 2:30 AM

You got trolled, Danny.

You are "that guy".

Especially considering in lieu of an exchange of ideas you defer to preventing further discourse. I can't imagine what you do when people call you names on the playground.

Superkid11 · #15 February 18, 2009, 8:26 AM

sigh...

Originally Posted by Recurring Villain

I can't imagine what you do when people call you names on the playground.

Usually the best thing to do when that happens is to ignore it and leave.

Considering how long you've known each other I would imagine Danny would know to do that by now...

Danny Stewart · #16 February 18, 2009, 9:52 AM

Originally Posted by Superkid11

Usually the best thing to do when that happens is to ignore it and leave.

Considering how long you've known each other I would imagine Danny would know to do that by now...

I'm not even here anymore.