This so called “patch” from the opensource community is actualy a sort of undestructive trojan / spyware. And opens your browser to a lot of other exploits
Since Windows & internet explorer aren’t open source, i already didn’t trust this patch beforehand. Without the source of a program (Windows) it’s impossibel to create a good clean &working patch for it.
Thanks Waldo…
For all users which are reading this post, remember that Microsoft does not send emails alerting for the existence of patches and claiming for download. Remember either that there is no ‘Windows Open Source’
Nice to hear from you again. It is not a surprise that malicious persons will use any product name to conduct their dastardly deeds.
No patch, fix, update, upgrade or file should be downloaded or used unless the source has been verified and we understand the ramifications of its’ use (Terms of Use). WE know not to do it, but other users do not, so I applaud you for bringing this to the forum in the hope that the word will be spread.
Other such patches have been named as coming from Microsoft, "IE update (in email) and such.
Technical and Mac agree fully as I do.
Sorry to come in on this late, but I still have lots to do for the holiday.
I surprised myself and didn’t rush to “fix” anything
I get updates from Windows only.
My ISP has apparently clamped down again…doing a good job. I received another notice they had deleted a message:
ciefoa.exe was infected with the malicious virus W32.FunLove.4099 and has been deleted because the file cannot be cleaned.
I just don’t know where the ciefoa.exe came from as there was no information about the message itself.
hmmmm…
I just don't know where the ciefoa.exe came from as there was no information about the message itself.
hmmmm...
Cojo,
Viruses can be downloaded just by visiting a web page. The malicious sender “piggybacks” the virus in with the html of the page. That’s why a good firewall and anti-virus are absolutely needed.
Viri are not only gotten through email!
Glad to see that you are not rushing to change things. That shows me you have learned here on the forum about computers and what not to do. I’m proud of you!
you experts are so good to me what kind of cookies do you want for Christmas?
seriously, I do appreciate the willigness to share your knowledge with me!
Avast! is the best in more ways than one 8)
and I am using EZ Firewall…part of the free one year EZ Guard.
'Course I have another question…
part of the firewall has a section for email…which I have turned off…but it has a very long list of extensions that it will not allow to be executed…should I turn that on or would that interfere with Avast! doing it’s job?
If you block the emails attachments into the firewall settings, probably you won’t be able to receive email with this extensions, they would remain in the server and avast! won’t scan them because you won’t even download them ;D
Probably, I’m not sure, you won’t be able to send email with this extensions too.
For instance, when you turn on the option of Outlook Express to block emails with attachments, you could configure its behavior by the program Attachment Unblocker 1.0 (http://www.hofnet.com/software). What is it? Melissa, Love letter, etc. are worms that use the scripting capabilities within Outlook to spread rapidly over the internet. In Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft has tightened up security to limit the effects of this new generation of viruses. This has been done by limiting the possibility to access file attachments that is considered unsafe. While it usually is a good idea to not open .vbs files that arrive in mail, there is times where one might want to. The same goes for .exe files and many other types of files that has been blocked in Outlook. This would be a very good thing if they had remembered to include some way to change this setting. But they seem to have forgotten about that. This is where AU (Attachment Unblocker) comes to use. AU can be used to temporarily or permanently unblock certain file types in Outlook. If someone sends you an e-mail with a VBScript (.vbs) attached to it that you know is not a virus and you would like to save the file to disk or run it, just unblock .vbs files and use the file as you wish. When you’re done you could re-block .vbs files again if you wish. Note! AU should be used with caution. To unblock all files permanently completely disables this security feature in Outlook.
So, you can use either the Script Defender to prevent infections from emails (http://www.analogx.com). You can block: .VBS,.VBE,.JS,.JSE,.HTA,.WSF,.WSH,.SHS,.SHB,.REG and any other extension that you want.
I just received another message from my isp:
edylg.exe was infected with the malicious virus W32.FunLove.4099 and has been deleted because the file cannot be cleaned
so apparently something is working?? I don’t let any attachments to come through…several months ago I got a virus from an unknowing friend who sent me a picture. ever since then, I have blocked any attachments…I may miss an occasional pretty thing, but I’d rather this happen then to get infected again
Have you already tried MailWasher application? You can ‘see’ the email without downloading it and decide if you want to receive or not. You can delete it before you receive it. (www.mailwasher.net). The free application allows only one email account. In the pro version, the number of email accounts is unlimited.
no, I haven’t tried MailWasher ??? and I don’t remember why not…
but my isp has a spam guard folder that I can view what it caught and I can delete it…that way, I don’t miss an occasional friendly one and I can delete all the rest…is that just as good?
by the way, I just tried to download a test and Avast! blasted me with a warning…so I deleted it and am going to run a scan in a few minutes.
Technical. I think my ignorance is showing again! :-[
it is an IRC worm killer tool…from clickteam.com
and I think Avast! did its usual great job and detected it as a worm when it was actually part of the test…
it installs as test.exe and a file that has the same ending but with test$$A…
so I think I just panicked and deleted it…sigh
cojo