Computer Virus in e-mails

[meagain]

This is an e mail I got and thought I would pass it on.

New Virus "Robot"

Yes,unfortunately it's true. Another virus has been discovered and it is quickly working it's way

around the internet. The name of the virus is "Robot" and it looks as if this one has perfected

the use of trickery. The virus comes in through an e mail, with the scammers conning you into thinking they're going to help you, but they actually infect you instead.

The e mail you might see says something about a robot detecting abnormal activity from your

IP address when your sending out e mails. It then goes on to say this is probadly happening because of another virus and they offer you a patch to install. The patch with supposedly remove

the virus files and stop any further 'bad' e-mails from going out. They then tell you if you do not

get the patch, your account will be blocked and you won't be able to send any e-mails at all.

Once you install the patch, a Trojan then installs itself into your Windows system under the name

of "windev-72b5-203e.sys." The Trojan virus has also been found under other names, including

Trojan.Packed.13, W32/Nuwar@MM, Worm:Win32/Nuwar.JT and Mal/Dorf-A. Now as you can see,

this scam is perfect, because when most people are told they are infected with a virus, they do whatever they can to get rid of it. That is, despite the fact they may be hurting themselves even more in the end. So the bottom line is, if you see anything pop up in your e-mail, don't do anything with it. Just ignore it, delete it and keep on moving. Stay safe, my friends!

[Afal]

Thanks for the advice!

[onetiggerroo]

Thanks...I recently had something dwnload itself on my computer..my daughter noticed it on the tool bar where the Start button is located. She called me, asking if I had downloaded a Virus Scan. I told her no, and that it was probably a virus. She ran our virus scan programs and removed it...it came back in the start menu, before we finally were rid of it! I simply sent the icon to trash emptied the trash and ran the scans again. These things can be pesky.

[meagain]

A while back, Win32 showed up on mine and since I have Nod32, I just thought it was an update or something and hit on it, man what a mess.

[Kansasdad]

Also a good idea is to run your virus program while in safe mode. One more pesky trick one needs to do.

God Bless,

K.D.

[onetiggerroo]

Also a good idea is to run your virus program while in safe mode. One more pesky trick one needs to do.

God Bless,

K.D.

Thanks for that bit of advice...and it is good to see you again KD!

[nebula]

Also a good idea is to run your virus program while in safe mode. One more pesky trick one needs to do.

God Bless,

K.D.

For the non-computer savy, would you mind explaining how to do this?

[Kansasdad]

Also a good idea is to run your virus program while in safe mode. One more pesky trick one needs to do.

God Bless,

K.D.

For the non-computer savy, would you mind explaining how to do this?

As the computer is booting up you will need to hit one of the F1-12 buttons. It is probably different for each computer. After you find the right F button, there is a screen that will give you different options for completing the boot up. Choose the option to boot in safe mode. Once in safe mode go to your start button, find your antivirus program and run the program. Once it is completed reboot normally.

You can probably google "safe mode" and find a little better instructions.

Sorry it has been awhile since I have done this. last time I had a virus in fact. Learned this trick from researching it on the net.

God Bless,

K.D.

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[None]

this scam is perfect, because when most people[noobs] are told they are infected with a virus, they do whatever they can to get rid of it.