COMPUTER VIRUS w/ Kingman Mail - ALERT !

[Wing King]

Jon, thanks for responding to my desperate phone call to get that message out. What a terrible day! The good news is I think I've got everything cleaned up and restored.

I have McAfee protection, but apparently this thing came is as a new strain of a W32/Bad Trans virus originated on November 24th, and remained a ticking time bomb until 10am this morning. I was sitting at my desk with my e-mail files open, but inactive. I watched in amazement as the hard drive all of a sudden started grinding, followed shortly by the appearance of some refusal notices from other ISP's. I shut it down real quick, so I hope not too many got out.

It blows my mind because I NEVER open an attached file from a strange source..... just delete them. I had not even opened ANY such files for the last TWO days prior to this surprised.

Just to be safe, don't open ANY attached files from me for several days, unless I send a PRIOR message first, alerting you the file is coming in a second one. Sheesh..... some people are so SICK!

Sorry if this caused anyone else problems

 

[VOI9 ASP]

I had one in my box from you today with an attachment. I didn't open it. I read Jon B's just note before I looked at my email. That was close.

 

[Steve-Indy]

Have added to similar problem under "off topic"...I'm about to go back to TELEPHONE ONLY!!!!

 

[JonB]

Winking Hitz has a computer virus problem, that is replicating to his e-mail list. King has asked me to ALERT YOU to NOT OPEN E-MAIL FROM KINGMAN, even if you are expecting something.

 

[Jason-Middle Tennessee]

I got this virus twice from Wing King and from Matt Cupp. Did not open just deleted. THanks for the heads up though

 

[RED 97 GTS]

Sorry, guys for the trouble if you got an email from me. i must have a virus that my mcfee didnt pick up.

 

[Jason-Middle Tennessee]

No problem Matt. No harm done on my side.

 

[GTS Dean]

I have gotten several e-mails from all sorts of contacts lately that have *.pif files attached.

This is bad ju-ju!

NEVER OPEN AN .EXE, .COM, .PIF, etc FILE FROM ANYONE!!!!!

If you do, shame on you.

 

[Wing King]

Dean, just a "heads up" to you and everyone else..... this is a NEW strain that doesn't even come as an attached file. If you don't have literally "up to the minute" protection, the very moment you click on what you may even think to be just standard junk e-mail, ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DELETING IT, it's GOT you!!!

Shame on the sub-human slime that CREATED it!

 

[Gerald]

People, NEVER, NEVER open emails from people you don't know. Everytime I get an email and don't recognize the name, in the trash it goes WIHTOUT opening it.

Learned the hardway. Chernobyl hit me. Needed whole new computer. Was out of business for about a week. Corrupted my entire database(s). Total cost out of pocket.. Approx 6,000 to 8,000 dollars. ACK! People that create these need to be .... shot...


Gerald