ATTN: AMV Creator with a VIRUS

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 6:49 pm

I know this is not strictly about AMVs and should probably go in Off Topic but this could affect many amv creators as I know a few creators who have received this.

It's the klez virus http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99455.htm and will send itself to someone in a persons address book and look like it is from someone else in the address book.

So, for example it could look like I'm sending the email to kusoyaro if both our addresses were stored on the infected computer.

This virus has been sent to myself, wonka, kusoyaro and in the from: field it has had been addressed from dokidoki and some other creators.

So there is an amv creator out there who has been infected by this virus. They can remove it by running the removal program in the link above. Of course, they probably don't know that they have one.

To find out, install a free antivirus program like this one:

http://www.free-av.com/

Machine · Post by **Machine** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 7:14 pm

I know I havent recieved this email yet, but is it possible that someone on the a-m-v.org mailing list may have it on their hard drive?

AbsoluteDestiny · Post by **AbsoluteDestiny** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 7:17 pm

Its unlikely that its someone on the amv ML as no strange messages have been sent to that address and I'd expect at least one to have been sent.

bloodyfang · Post by **bloodyfang** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 7:25 pm

That reminds me. I need to update my DAT files and anti virus software.

Red Wolf · Post by **Red Wolf** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 8:22 pm

No viruses here...I use a Mac

FYI: There are 70 some viruses total on the Mac OS. There are 0 (yes, zero) for Mac OS X.

Good post, though, AD. I'd hate to see a virus destroy a lot of valuable master video files.

bloodyfang · Post by **bloodyfang** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 9:53 pm

Red Wolf wrote:No viruses here...I use a Mac

FYI: There are 70 some viruses total on the Mac OS. There are 0 (yes, zero) for Mac OS X.

Good post, though, AD. I'd hate to see a virus destroy a lot of valuable master video files.

The dark side is alluring......

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 10:09 pm

They always scoffed at me because I didn't use Windows...

Adiamante · Post by **Adiamante** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 10:16 pm

I've been getting actually alot of these lately, probably about 15 of them it just for some reason never crossed my mind to post here. I figured it would run its course like most do.

Oh well now I know

ErMaC · Post by **ErMaC** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 10:27 pm

I get them a lot, occaisionally from doki or Hsien.

ErMaC · Post by **ErMaC** » Mon Oct 21, 2002 10:31 pm

Oh yea and apparently some people have gotten emails from "me" with the virus, too.