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Topic: "Here you have it" virus? |
Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Peter den Hartogh
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Cape Town, South Africa
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Posted 23 Jan 2011 7:05 pm |
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You clicked on it, didn't you?  |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 23 Jan 2011 8:07 pm Re: "Here you have it" virus?
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There is a hoax email that made the rounds last October, which was a followup to one from a few years earlier, which was called Life Is Beautiful. If you receive a forwarded email (probably with many recipients in a CC list), warning about a virus confirmed by AOL, and or Microsoft, etc, it is a hoax.
However, there was a real threat in the form of a spam run from September 2009, continuing until mid 2010, with the Subject "Here You Have." This spam email contained a link to what claimed to be a document in Word format, but it had a double extension. The payload was nasty malware.
The message also came with other subject lines, including "Just for you", "This is the Free Download Sex Movies" and "Here You Have". Clicking the link installed malware on the user's computer that could disrupt some security software on the infected computer and spread itself to other users via email and other means. The malware could also download further malicious software that could steal sensitive information such as passwords from the infected computer. Symantec, makers of Norton anti-virus software and other major security vendors quickly released updates that detected and dealt with the threat.
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Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 23 Jan 2011 8:11 pm
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I recommend never forwarding a forwarded hoax, no matter how dire the warning it contains. It causes panic in those unaware of the real facts and is silly kid's stuff. Chain letters have a place: in the Deleted Items Folder. That's where I send all chain letters and hoax warnings.
Also, check with Hoax-Slayer.com to see if an email warning you receive is an urban legend.
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Bent Romnes
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London,Ontario, Canada
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Posted 24 Jan 2011 9:49 am
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| Peter den Hartogh wrote: |
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No, I got it as a warning from my buddy and checked with Snopes and sent the link to Wiz.Everything's cool 
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