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Strange instant message from CAGrayWolf - beware
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Durin Mephit
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:18 pm    Post subject: Strange instant message from CAGrayWolf - beware Reply with quote

Just a short while ago, I received an unusual instant message, seemingly from CAGrayWolf. Also, my IM client told me that he disconnected immediately after the message. The contents of the message were:

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is that you on that photo?! Neutral <link>


... where <link> is a URL to what appears to be a JPEG picture. But it isn't a picture! It really tries to send a ".pif" file to your computer, in the hopes that you'll run it and install whatever unpleasantness it is.

I've PM'd CAGrayWolf with information about this incident and a list of steps he may wish to take to ensure his computer and account are not compromised. However, I wanted to warn everyone else here as well. If you receive an instant message similar to the one above from anyone, don't trust it.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I also received this. Probably some kind of Messaging Virus he received that made it send that msg to all those in his MSN buddy list. I have avast! which caught it and quickly deleted it so no problems on my end.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just received a phone call from Wolfie confirming that his computer is now "dead in the water" and that he has a virus, and he wants to warn everyone not to click on those messages he sent out this afternoon.

I'll post about this on a couple of additional forums.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ditto on a phone call from Wolfie! Sounds pretty nasty. Hope he is back up and running soon.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marten, would you mind replacing the address with something like [web address], or even just the partial domain name so people get the idea and not accidentally visit the site? I'm one of those types of people that will try to view a website before reading on so I can get a context of the message. Although I couldn't click on the address, I still copied it and pasted it into my browser and visited the page (embarassingly enough). I'm crossing my fingers this computer didn't get a virus, especially because it's not mine. (To make matters worse, it's my in-laws' computer. Shocked ) I really don't think it's necessary to share the entire address anyways.
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You could always go UO and just mod-edit it into oblivion! Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually, at all other forums I did omit the web address, because of fear that insatiably curious people would follow it anyway.

Laughing

I'll remove the link. There. Done!
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Embarassed Embarassed Embarassed

If I was just patient and read the rest of the message before attempting the link I wouldn't have had to worry about it, huh?

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 3:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, your logic was good... you clicked on it because I didn't really explain that it was bad before the link.

My bad!
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

brian wrote:
You could always go UO and just mod-edit it into oblivion! Laughing

[MOD EDIT: Brian, this is inappropriate. Don't make me go mod on your a$$. -Saxy] *Roffle*

ADMINISTRATOR EDIT: Please, you two, let's take this somewhere else. This is the forum of reason and there's no room for this kind of behavior. Flapl flapl flapl blah
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saxy wrote:
brian wrote:
You could always go UO and just mod-edit it into oblivion! Laughing

[MOD EDIT: Brian, this is inappropriate. Don't make me go mod on your hinder. -Saxy] *Roffle*

[MOD EDIT: Saxy, please watch your language. -MJ] ;D /satire
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OMG, double-mod edit poast! Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

heeheeheeheeheeee!
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You guys rule. :: heart ::
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moiety Jean wrote:
Saxy wrote:
brian wrote:
You could always go UO and just mod-edit it into oblivion! Laughing

[MOD EDIT: Brian, this is inappropriate. Don't make me go mod on your hinder. -Saxy] *Roffle*

[MOD EDIT: Saxy, please watch your diction. -MJ] ;D /satire

[ADMIN EDIT:
lan·guage: audible, articulate, meaningful sound as produced by the action of the vocal organs.
dic·tion: choice of words especially with regard to correctness, clearness, or effectiveness -Daed]
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