10-10-2002, 08:04 AM | #1 |
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This must be the most serious ever. It's called Win32Irish and apparently is 100% destructive. Here is the payload.
Dear Receiver You have just received an Irish virus. This is a MANUAL virus. Please delete all the files on your hard disk yourself and send this mail to everyone you know - that'll be grand. Paddy O'Hacker If I was you, I start rushing about like a mad thing updating virus scanners and generally panicking [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]
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10-10-2002, 08:12 AM | #2 |
Apophis
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rotflmao!!! So that´s what caused my other drive to collapse. I should have known [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img]
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10-10-2002, 08:21 AM | #3 |
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Holy Hearts Stars an HorseShoes! That virus sounds like a knick of a knacker! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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10-10-2002, 08:24 AM | #4 |
Jack Burton
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And apparently there IS a virus like this, and people HAVE fallen for it [img]graemlins/saywhat.gif[/img]
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10-10-2002, 08:36 AM | #5 | |
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Quote:
This is the one I mentioned to lennon: http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/HBMalCode.shtml#jdbgmgr
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10-10-2002, 10:43 AM | #6 |
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Talk about the luck of the Irish, thanks for the warning Mouse.
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