Norton just saved me from a VIRUS!!!!!!

[bjc112]

I was downloading on Kazaa... and BOOM , pops up

VBS.loveletter.A(1)

not sure, but i think it was a 311 song...

boy am i happy i quartined that sucker...

 

[mithrandir2001]

You obviously don't use XP.

 

[bjc112]

yeah i do..

 

[lawaris]

if u like forbidden pleasures a lot like me then it will save u aften enough !!

And then u can feel that it was worth the money !

 

[mithrandir2001]

You got Norton to play nice nice with XP?

 

[bjc112]

2002.. works perfect..

 

[bjc112]

<< if u like forbidden pleasures a lot like me then it will save u aften enough !!

And then u can feel that it was worth the money ! >>




Definatley makes it well worth the cause..

 

[Russ]

I just created a document in WORD!!!!!!

Russ, NCNE

 

[Nocturnal]

<< 2002.. works perfect.. >>

 

[amdskip]

I'm sure you have that 311 cd to back up the song you were downloading

 

[bjc112]

<< I just created a document in WORD!!!!!! >>

 

[Flashram]

Norton 2002 works great for me under XP as well. Catches viruses all the time.

 

[AnthraX101]

Wow. You earned a cookie! Viruses are about as comon as cookies on Kazaa anyway... Just a friendly reminder to always scan your downloads!

Norton 8.xxxx works fine for me.

Armani

 

[datalink7]

<< Norton 2002 works great for me under XP as well. >>

 

[bjc112]

well out of the 5 gigs i have downloaded on Kazaa.. thats the first one that popped up, thats why i was so suprised... plus.. the love letter virus is a pretty serious one isn't it?

 

[lawaris]

<< Norton 2002 works great for me under XP as well. Catches viruses all the time. >>




u love porn too ???

 

[RSI]

I've downloaded dozens of gigs off KaZaA and never gotten a virus off it. WTF do you download to get viruses? Do you purposely download porn files labeled as ".EXE" thinking it could actually have a self-extracting archive containing gigs of pr0n? HA!

I believe as long as you're downloading mpegs, jpegs, zips and mp3s, you're ok. And if you DL any EXEs, scan them before running, or try opening them with an archiver to see if it's an archive.

BTW I run Norton also just in case...

 

[bjc112]

<< I believe as long as you're downloading mpegs, jpegs, zips and mp3s, you're ok. And if you DL any EXEs, scan them before running, or try opening them with an archiver to see if it's an archive. >>



that's the thing, this came off an MP3...:Q

 

[mithrandir2001]

I guess Norton 2002 is OK with XP.

The file may have been labeled .mp3, but it probably was a script with a LOT of blank padding to give the impression it was a real music file. I guess they also managed to insert an MP3 header so that Kazaa could report the time/bitrate correctly.

 

[ViRGE]

<<

<< I believe as long as you're downloading mpegs, jpegs, zips and mp3s, you're ok. And if you DL any EXEs, scan them before running, or try opening them with an archiver to see if it's an archive. >>



that's the thing, this came off an MP3...:Q >>


Check your extension. It was most likely .exe.vbs.

 

[kranky]

If it is a virus with a .MP3 extension, how can that hurt? MP3 files are associated with an application, the application tries to interpret the file as MP3 format, and fails. It's not as if the application will decide to run the MP3 as an executable because it doesn't find music.

 

[xirtam]

Norton is a virus.

 

[gwlam12]

its saved many others too.

 

[DanFungus]

<< << I just created a document in WORD!!!!!! >> >>


you must be a pro....I've only gotten to learn about this new fangled thing called the "File" menu....damn it's tough!

 

[ViRGE]

<< If it is a virus with a .MP3 extension, how can that hurt? MP3 files are associated with an application, the application tries to interpret the file as MP3 format, and fails. It's not as if the application will decide to run the MP3 as an executable because it doesn't find music. >>



Cranky, it can't hurt it. MP3's are played in such a way that should the data be unplayable(too many "bad" bits via CRC), the player just stops playing altogether. I suppose a buffer overflow is possible, but that would be hard to do considering that there's no limit on the size of an MP3, and players won't go past 320 usually.