There is a new computer virus making the rounds as of this morning. It disables your anti-virus software - it nailed both my Norton and our DSL provider protections.
We were told that it is vectored by message boards
CHECK YOUR ANTI-VIRUS. Norton has a counter-measure already (I had the bad luck to be on-line between the virus' debut and the issuing of the cure).
As far as we know all it does is disable your anti-virus, but when it does, it shuts it down completely. Maybe we were just lucky. When we got our anti-virus up and running, and updated, that new virus was the only thing found.
(What a fucking pain in the ass. Death to hackers. Slow, horrible, painful death)
NEW COMPUTER VIRUS: I Got Hit This Morning
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NEW COMPUTER VIRUS: I Got Hit This Morning
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I'll ask my Other Half when he gets back - he's the computer guru around here. Or pop up to symantec's site
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Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.- Malcolm Reynolds, Captain of Serenity, which sums up my feelings regarding the lawsuit discussed here.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. - John F. Kennedy
Sam Vimes Theory of Economic Injustice
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.- Malcolm Reynolds, Captain of Serenity, which sums up my feelings regarding the lawsuit discussed here.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. - John F. Kennedy
Sam Vimes Theory of Economic Injustice
Re: NEW COMPUTER VIRUS: I Got Hit This Morning
How would that work?Broomstick wrote:We were told that it is vectored by message boards
Can a BBS like this write information into a PC? This sounds an awful lot like some silly hoax people would freak out about. I'm going to go out on a limb and say you can't get a virus just from being on a bulletin board. There would have to be some type of executable file, like an email attachment, that you would try to open.
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Fortunately, Mac OS understands the concept of "permissions".
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"SirNitram: "The nation of France is a theory, not a fact. It should therefore be approached with an open mind, and critically debated and considered."
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is anyone using a third party browser like firefox that actually has some security slightly more safe from this virus, or can it breech them too?
I just ran liveupdate, and it says they're aren't any new virus definitions. I'll check the norton site to be sure.
I just ran liveupdate, and it says they're aren't any new virus definitions. I'll check the norton site to be sure.
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Amusingly enough Norton is actually the means of infection for some attacks. Don't know if that's the case here, though. But Norton certainly has a disproportionate number of security flaws. May I suggest Antivir or Nod32?
Propagation through a BBS/forum is usually done by someone hacking the forum or the server it's on. I doubt either is a problem on this forum but if you visit smaller boards you may want to be careful.
Propagation through a BBS/forum is usually done by someone hacking the forum or the server it's on. I doubt either is a problem on this forum but if you visit smaller boards you may want to be careful.
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Some boards have systems for uploading files to share. I could see that being a potential vector.Xeriar wrote:Amusingly enough Norton is actually the means of infection for some attacks. Don't know if that's the case here, though. But Norton certainly has a disproportionate number of security flaws. May I suggest Antivir or Nod32?
Propagation through a BBS/forum is usually done by someone hacking the forum or the server it's on. I doubt either is a problem on this forum but if you visit smaller boards you may want to be careful.
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"It's all about popularity really, if your invisible friend that tells you to invade places is called Napoleon, you're a loony, if he's called Jesus then you're the president."
"I'd drive more people insane, but I'd have to double back and pick them up first..."
"All it takes for bullshit to thrive is for rational men to do nothing." - Kevin Farrell, B.A. Journalism.
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Huh? Haven't seen any alerts on sec sites, aside from the usual assortment of downloaders. Hoax. IMO. There pretty much isn't any effective available PHPBB exploits left that a worm could be using to "propagate by message boards", aside from the obvious RFI one involving the upload form on old versions that don't properly sanitize the input. Basically, someone would have to post it, and you would have to download and execute it... not that scary. HTML is disabled on this board, so you don't have to worry about a script doing it either, though not using IE would help... And mike doesn't run any vulnerable phpbb addons... Colour me not scared.
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It's possible that a worm could exploit security flaws in various message boards and then modify said boards in an attempt to send a malicious payload to users.
There have been security issues for the Mozilla products that could result in execution of arbitrary code.Darksider wrote:is anyone using a third party browser like firefox that actually has some security slightly more safe from this virus, or can it breech them too?
Just like NT, right?Wyrm wrote:Fortunately, Mac OS understands the concept of "permissions".
They can still trash user data, which is arguably more important than system data, which can be reinstalled.Wyrm wrote:Fortunately, Mac OS understands the concept of "permissions".
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That, and I'm running Linux- even less of a target since few others use it
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Well, folks, the bottom line is that we DID get hit by something, and I'd rather speak up and find we're fine than say nothing.
FYI - I run Firefox, not IE.
Whatever is the most popular OS/browser/whatever is the one that is going to get attacked the most.
If none of ya'll got hit, good for you.
FYI - I run Firefox, not IE.
Whatever is the most popular OS/browser/whatever is the one that is going to get attacked the most.
If none of ya'll got hit, good for you.
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. Leonard Nimoy.
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.- Malcolm Reynolds, Captain of Serenity, which sums up my feelings regarding the lawsuit discussed here.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. - John F. Kennedy
Sam Vimes Theory of Economic Injustice
Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.- Malcolm Reynolds, Captain of Serenity, which sums up my feelings regarding the lawsuit discussed here.
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. - John F. Kennedy
Sam Vimes Theory of Economic Injustice