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Miscellaneous => LandzDown Lounge => Topic started by: mitch on December 29, 2006, 09:06:21 PM

Title: happy new year worm !
Post by: mitch on December 29, 2006, 09:06:21 PM
ok, all of us at LandZDown know to never open a exe or zip we get in a e-mail unless we were expecting it RIGHT?
well....................

QuoteWorm-laden messages are titled "Happy New Year" and contain an attachment called either postcard.exe or postcard.zip, according to experts at VeriSign's iDefense Labs, which provides information on security flaws and exploits. If the attachment is opened, malicious software is downloaded from the Internet and can infect computers running Windows operating systems.

Once a computer is infected, it looks for open mail proxies and begins spamming mail to infect other computers. The worm is already moving quickly across the Internet, at a rate of five e-mails per second on at least one large network,

full story
http://news.com.com/This+worm+wishes+you+a+Happy+New+Year/2100-7349_3-6146321.html?tag=nefd.top (http://news.com.com/This+worm+wishes+you+a+Happy+New+Year/2100-7349_3-6146321.html?tag=nefd.top)


Title: Re: happy new year worm !
Post by: GR@PH;<'S on December 29, 2006, 10:31:13 PM
mitch,
Quoteall of us at LandZDown know to never open a exe or zip we get in a e-mail unless we were expecting it RIGHT
:gwave: :gwave:
We all also scan our E-Mail that arrive even if we are expecting them from our friends & family just in case they had forgot to scan there mail.

GR@PH;<'S   :Hammys pint:
Title: Re: happy new year worm !
Post by: Corrine on January 01, 2007, 02:04:26 AM
According to F-Secure (http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/#00001063), the New Year theme postcards currently include expressions such as:
Title: Re: happy new year worm !
Post by: Niecarrah on March 18, 2007, 08:40:11 PM
 Corrine, I thought you would enjoy these !!
I would rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I'm here than a whole truckload when I'm gone.


THESE ARE FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happiness keeps You Sweet,
Trials keep You Strong,
Sorrows keep You Human,
Failures keeps You Humble,
Success keeps You Glowing,


I know it doesn't belong here and you may take it out after viewing, I couldn't figure out how else to do it.








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Post by: Niecarrah on March 18, 2007, 08:52:52 PM
More 3 posts total sorry.   My graphics experience is zilch.                 

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Post by: Niecarrah on March 18, 2007, 09:36:35 PM
Done

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Title: Re: happy new year worm !
Post by: Corrine on March 19, 2007, 11:15:56 AM
Thank you, Niecarrah!  I've added them to my collection.   :rose:    :hug:

So true:

QuoteI would rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I'm here than a whole truckload when I'm gone.
Title: Re: happy new year worm !
Post by: Temmu on March 19, 2007, 05:59:25 PM
Quote from: Niecarrah on March 18, 2007, 08:40:11 PM
...I would rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I'm here than a whole truckload when I'm gone.

wow!  great thought!  how often we overlook those we love until it is far to late...