aim virus

flagratgirl · Post by **flagratgirl** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:40 pm

hey there is this virus on aim just to let you knwo cuz im tired of my friends complainging about getting it. it says i found ________'s picture here and then if u click it and u down load it u get the virus! so beware

IsnipeWithAknife · Post by **IsnipeWithAknife** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 5:43 pm

haha i use Mozilla so i dont get affected by IE vulnerabilites

LovableSheep · Post by **LovableSheep** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 6:26 pm

IsnipeWithAknife wrote:haha i use Mozilla so i dont get affected by IE vulnerabilites

haha me too

TMRsaxyDM · Post by **TMRsaxyDM** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 8:50 pm

thats why yo never download anything unless you aboslutle know who you are downloading from and they exatacly what it is you are downloading..

IsnipeWithAknife · Post by **IsnipeWithAknife** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 8:59 pm

TMRsaxyDM wrote:thats why yo never download anything unless you aboslutle know who you are downloading from and they exatacly what it is you are downloading..

The internet explorer vulnerability was that websites could automatically instal programs on to your computer without your knowledge and permission. for example a weird toolbar appeared in my brother's laptop and he didnt install anything there. and it also took him awhile to figure out how to get rid of it.

Another IE vulnerability is sites displaying a different URL in the address bar so you could be visiting a scam site but the address bar is displaying a legitimate site

VHSTrumpetGuy86 · Post by **VHSTrumpetGuy86** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:03 pm

I have it and I don't know how to get rid of it. THats the thing. It definately doesn't ask you if you want to download it. It just happns. I tried system refresh and that didn't work. My friend says to start fresh...but its not that big of deal. Any mods know what I should do???

TMRsaxyDM · Post by **TMRsaxyDM** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:04 pm

when i said download i also meant to say links as well..

flagratgirl · Post by **flagratgirl** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 9:08 pm

you have to deleate the whole aim progrma and re download it to ur comp

formermarcher · Post by **formermarcher** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:31 pm

VHSTrumpetGuy86 wrote:I have it and I don't know how to get rid of it. THats the thing. It definately doesn't ask you if you want to download it. It just happns. I tried system refresh and that didn't work. My friend says to start fresh...but its not that big of deal. Any mods know what I should do???

First things first, run whatever Anti-Virus scan you have to confirm that do indeed have the virus. I too saw the profile thing, but with a friend of mine. I clicked on the link and I was warned I had a virus. I ran my protection service, and it says I don't have a virus.
If it does say you have a virus, then your service might give you some options to get rid of it. I myself have never had a virus, so I'm not quite sure what options you have.

If you have no anti-virus software, then there are some sites online that will do virus scans for you.
I'm afraid thats the most advice I can offer.

Good luck!

IsnipeWithAknife · Post by **IsnipeWithAknife** » Mon Dec 15, 2003 11:58 pm

by now your anti virus should be notified of this 'scam' virus thingy exploiting this IE vulnerability. if not update your virus database

VHSTrumpetGuy86 · Post by **VHSTrumpetGuy86** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 8:50 pm

Virus gone. Thanks guys. I had some problems in the beginning, then I found out that all I needed to do was delete the actual messege.

VHSTrumpetGuy86 · Post by **VHSTrumpetGuy86** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 8:51 pm

Virus gone. Thanks guys. I had some problems in the beginning, then I found out that all I needed to do was delete the actual messege. It's rather ugly too. If they are going to send a virus around, might as well add some spunk to it

Shorty41 · Post by **Shorty41** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:16 pm

Whoa, I didnt know that AIM could get a virus.. shows how smart I am.

sabrebatgirl · Post by **sabrebatgirl** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 6:14 pm

Wow I haven't heard anything about that. I always have my computer set to ask me if I want to download things, but I don't know much about computers and I'm sure there are ways to get around that. I'm paranoid and run Virus Scan a lot.

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