Thread: VB (Virus Builder) Virus Posted
Hello Fellow Postgres users, If any of you got the message posted by this idiot "Sean" <sean@fastinternet.net.au> to the list, the attached VB (otherwise known as Virus Builder) script is infected with the VBS.Freelink virus. Watch out for it and if you are reading your mail running a Windows platform and happen to get this virus, you must delete the files c:\windows\links.vbs c:\windows\system\rundll.vbs If you are running Linux (of course) you may ignore it and politely tell Sean to put this VB script where the Sun doesn't shine. Regards, Jim ,-,-. ,-,-. ,-,-. ,-,-. ,- / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / `-'-' `-'-' `-'-' `-'-' -------------------------------------------------------- FSC - Building Better Information Technology Solutions- From the Production Floor to the Customer's Door. -------------------------------------------------------- Jim Jennis, Technical Director, Commercial Systems Fuentez Systems Concepts, Inc. 1 Discovery Place, Suite 2 Martinsburg, WV. 25401 USA. Phone: +001 (304) 263-0163 ext 235 FAX: +001 (304) 263-0702 Email: jjennis@fuentez.com jhjennis@shentel.net Web: http://www.discovery.fuentez.com/ ---------------------------------------------------
Jim Jennis, Technical Director, Commercial Systems wrote: > Hello Fellow Postgres users, > > If any of you got the message posted by this idiot "Sean" > <sean@fastinternet.net.au> to the list, the attached VB (otherwise known as > Virus Builder) script is infected with the VBS.Freelink virus. I knew it as Visual Bullsh.. so far, but that's another good substitution for a UPS (Useless Peace of Sh..). > If you are running Linux (of course) you may ignore it and politely tell > Sean to put this VB script where the Sun doesn't shine. Unfortunately, yes. I'd love to go back to the gdold Minix days, when I polled mail'n'news (uncompressed single articles) via UUCP, spooling them to bnews and ... But I haven't succeded to view application/msshit attachments under Minix yet (it's a well designed OS, so bydefault rejecting to process this kinda content entirely). Means, I wouldn't be able to read all the eMail thatbelongs to my dayjob. Jan -- #======================================================================# # It's easier to get forgiveness for being wrong than for being right. # # Let's break this rule - forgive me. # #========================================= wieck@debis.com (Jan Wieck) #
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Jan Wieck wrote:
> Unfortunately, yes. I'd love to go back to the gdold Minix
> days, when I polled mail'n'news (uncompressed single
> articles) via UUCP, spooling them to bnews and ...
>
> But I haven't succeded to view application/msshit attachments
> under Minix yet (it's a well designed OS, so by default
> rejecting to process this kinda content entirely). Means, I
> wouldn't be able to read all the eMail that belongs to my
> dayjob.
You mean, we're supposed to read the attachments? Oh man, am I in trouble.
Anyway, I do like the new def for the VB acronym! ;-)
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In Sean's defence, he's probably just a patsy. This virus is one of those that propagates from an infected computer without the user's knowledge. I got this message some time back, but fortunately my Norton Antivirus was up to date. Even they get caught unprepared sometimes however. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Jennis [SMTP:jhjennis@shentel.net] > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 6:59 PM > To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org > Subject: [SQL] VB (Virus Builder) Virus Posted > > Hello Fellow Postgres users, > > If any of you got the message posted by this idiot "Sean" > <sean@fastinternet.net.au> to the list, the attached VB (otherwise known > as > Virus Builder) script is infected with the VBS.Freelink virus. > > Watch out for it and if you are reading your mail running a Windows > platform and happen to get this virus, you must delete the files > > c:\windows\links.vbs > c:\windows\system\rundll.vbs > > If you are running Linux (of course) you may ignore it and politely tell > Sean to put this VB script where the Sun doesn't shine. > > Regards, > > Jim > > > > ,-,-. ,-,-. ,-,-. ,-,-. ,- > / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / > \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ / / > `-'-' `-'-' `-'-' `-'-' > -------------------------------------------------------- > FSC - Building Better Information Technology Solutions- > From the Production Floor to the Customer's Door. > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Jim Jennis, Technical Director, Commercial Systems > Fuentez Systems Concepts, Inc. > 1 Discovery Place, Suite 2 > Martinsburg, WV. 25401 USA. > > Phone: +001 (304) 263-0163 ext 235 > FAX: +001 (304) 263-0702 > > Email: jjennis@fuentez.com > jhjennis@shentel.net > Web: http://www.discovery.fuentez.com/ > ---------------------------------------------------