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Starbuck
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Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Posts: 8715
Location: between chaos and melody
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 Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:34 pm AIM VIRUS ALERT |
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There's a new AIM virus, it comes from someone on your buddy list with a message like "damn, this looks just like me lol" or "rofl look at this" or "this looks just like you" they're followed by links that come from google or ebaumsworld. They redirect and download a worm, then it propogates itself through your buddy list. Its a medium risk worm, but it *beep* up your computer bad. McAfee can't find it and Norton has a hard time killing it. I got really lucky, MSN redirected it to a search instead of the worm.
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lionhead
Rear Admiral
Joined: 26 May 2004
Posts: 4020
Location: The Delta Quadrant (or not...)
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:56 am |
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Glad i don't have AIM...
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Never explain comedy or satire or the ironic comment. Those who get it, get it. Those who don't, never will. -Michael Moore
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Leo Wyatt
Sweetest Angel
Joined: 25 Feb 2004
Posts: 19045
Location: Investigating A Crime Scene. What did Quark do this time?
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:05 am |
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I deleted mine off my computer cause I sure don't want no virus on my new computer. Even though I got a program but still just in case.
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Captain.Dan V2
*Currently Banned*
Joined: 06 May 2005
Posts: 1588
Location: My own little world
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:11 am |
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what is AIM ????
anyway
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AndrewBullock
The Misguided One
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
Posts: 2112
Location: Kentucky. (North America)
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 5:16 am |
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AOL instant messenger
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Otter
Fleet Admiral
Joined: 12 Oct 2004
Posts: 12895
Location: England
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 6:04 am |
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dame things 
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Yeah, We'll Stay Forever This Way..
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lionhead
Rear Admiral
Joined: 26 May 2004
Posts: 4020
Location: The Delta Quadrant (or not...)
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:57 am |
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don't go thinking MSN is safe though, MSN is a lot worse than AIM. MSN is probably the worst program ever created.
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Never explain comedy or satire or the ironic comment. Those who get it, get it. Those who don't, never will. -Michael Moore
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Leo Wyatt
Sweetest Angel
Joined: 25 Feb 2004
Posts: 19045
Location: Investigating A Crime Scene. What did Quark do this time?
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 11:00 am |
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I never had any trouble out of msn. It was always aol . I can not stant aol.
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zero
Rear Admiral
Joined: 03 Apr 2005
Posts: 4566
Location: Texas
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:24 pm |
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I haven't had a problem with AOL. I always got viruses on my Internet Explorer. That is why I now have Mozilla Firefox.
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Leo Wyatt
Sweetest Angel
Joined: 25 Feb 2004
Posts: 19045
Location: Investigating A Crime Scene. What did Quark do this time?
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:37 pm |
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is that Mozilla Firefox any good? How well does keep viruses off?
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zero
Rear Admiral
Joined: 03 Apr 2005
Posts: 4566
Location: Texas
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 2:40 pm |
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It is very good. It keeps them off pretty good too!!
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John Connor
Admiral of the Terran Empire
Joined: 07 Sep 2002
Posts: 15657
Location: I.S.S Emperor
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:35 pm |
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Darn, AIM this totally sucks. But what can you do.
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Starbuck
faster...
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Posts: 8715
Location: between chaos and melody
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| Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:38 pm |
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I meant to post this the other day, but there's a website called www.jayloden.com. If you have aim, I recomend downloading AIMfix (its only 103 kb) and running it if you have aim. Even if you haven't caught the worm yet.
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Captain.Dan V2
*Currently Banned*
Joined: 06 May 2005
Posts: 1588
Location: My own little world
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| Sun Jun 26, 2005 10:58 am |
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Just a warning but this thing is officially on MSN
I have it and its really annoying,
My friend has Macafee and she can't stop it,
I have no protection (Yet) so I'm screwed and it sends message like 'ooh you look wierd' or something like that
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Natira
The Cute One
Joined: 15 Jul 2001
Posts: 5407
Location: Wrapped around Bella's little finger!
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| Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:04 am |
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I'll be watching for it, Viruses totally suck!
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Captain.Dan V2
*Currently Banned*
Joined: 06 May 2005
Posts: 1588
Location: My own little world
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| Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:18 am |
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This ones a pain in the bum
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Ronevick
The King
Joined: 23 May 2003
Posts: 11428
Location: (609), New Jersey
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| Sun Jun 26, 2005 12:02 pm |
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Oh man...thats crazy... A while back someone sent me a message saying stuff like that. Fortunately I had to get off before I could click the link. Wow...now thats luck right there.
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B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9
Ballet Babe
Joined: 20 Aug 2001
Posts: 3642
Location: DISNEY WORLD
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| Sun Jun 26, 2005 12:10 pm |
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MSN will do the same thing. It has happened to my friends before where i've just been talking to them, and suddenly a random link appears w/ some text, and i know it' not from them. You gotta be careful about that stuff aways just in general whether it's aim, msn, yim... anythng!
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"...I want so much more than they've got planned."*Belle Reprise* Beauty and the Beast
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AndrewBullock
The Misguided One
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
Posts: 2112
Location: Kentucky. (North America)
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| Sun Jun 26, 2005 8:33 pm |
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While we're on the subject of AIM I was wondering if I could get some feed back.
I can get into AIM fine, but when I open an IM box it just crashes. I don't get an error notice or anything. I've already redownloaded it a dozen times, but it still does the same thing. Can you offer any help?
Thanks,
~Andrew
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"Our integrity sells for so little, but it is all we really have. It is the very last inch of us. But within that inch we are free"
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Starbuck
faster...
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Posts: 8715
Location: between chaos and melody
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| Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:05 pm |
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MSN. You have msn, don't you. I often have version conflicts, you just have to stick with an older version of aim.
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