[ADMIN] Update on that Hahaha thing

[Guest guest]

Yes, it seems like antivirus day...

 

Yes, if you get a post from " hahaha " it contains an actual virus, known

formally

as " Hybris " . No, you can't get it from opening the email. Don't open ANY

unsolicited attachments (that " Snow White " thing is the most common one, but

this

thing can be an exe, a vbs, even a scr or a zip file). Delete it and throw it

away. Here is the site at About.com regarding this pernicious critter (which, by

the way, I continue to get at least once a week in my bulk email box where it

has

been filtered out):

 

http://antivirus.about.com/compute/antivirus/library/virusinfo/blhybris.htm

 

In addition, there is another, called MTX, or the Matrix virus. This one shows

up

as a completely blank email without sender, text or subject. I have seen this

thing come through my email box as well. Once again, just delete it and ignore

any

attachments (a lot of these have pif extentions, as well as the typical exe and

scr). Here is the info page on this one:

 

http://antivirus.about.com/compute/antivirus/library/virusinfo/blmtx.htm

 

And as always, yadda yadda, if you have a Mac, lucky you ;-)

 

CYA,

Caroline

 

Spring must be coming, I can smell the mouldy scent of wasters creating new

viruses in the compost heap...