stupid mom.. got me my first virus today

[TallBill]

God damnit... "can i open something up from your aunt? i dont have word yet on my computer" "sure mom"... "it wont open... weird"..

i look over and shes trying to open an email with no message and only an attachment called phydi.scr immediatly worried, i go to housecall.. and i've found 127 infected files already... most of em cleanable.. one not tho.. she probably tried opening it on both computers too

 

[Muadib]

Moms, gotta luv em.

 

[yakko]

Why don't you have her trained better?

 

[CKDragon]

Time to straighten her out. :|:|:|

CK

 

[spanky]

hey, she brought u into this world, and god d@mmit, she'll take u out if need be

 

[TallBill]

the thing is.. she was just talkin about stupid people at work downloading viruses, etc... screwing up computers... i figured that she knew how... grrr

 

[Harvey]

Not to bust your chops too bad, but since you know the dangers, why wasn't your machine secured before you even hooked it to anything outside your room?

 

[Ornery]

Damn, Harvey is too kind. Man, you talk about your mom being stupid!

 

[CKDragon]

<< Not to bust your chops too bad, but since you know the dangers, why wasn't your machine secured before you even hooked it to anything outside your room? >>



Yea, the people who say they only use 'common sense' in the anti-virus thread would do well to read this.

CK

 

[Harvey]

Damn, but you're ornery, Ornery. Whether or not his mom was "stupid," bob970 is responsible for the security of his own machine, and he obviously knows more about the dangers than she does.

The rule is easy. Never connect to the web before you've installed your protections, including AV, a firewall and maybe anti-spyware software.

Got Ad-Aware?

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

<<

<< Not to bust your chops too bad, but since you know the dangers, why wasn't your machine secured before you even hooked it to anything outside your room? >>



Yea, the people who say they only use 'common sense' in the anti-virus thread would do well to read this.

CK >>



fvckin idiots are what they are :|

 

[Harvey]

<< Yea, the people who say they only use 'common sense' in the anti-virus thread would do well to read this. >>

People who say that don't have any.

 

[nihil]

<< the thing is.. she was just talkin about stupid people at work downloading viruses, etc... screwing up computers... i figured that she knew how... grrr >>



never underestimate the power of user error!!

 

[WarCon]

I have had to go work on my Mom's computer to remove viruses (i know its virii, but I want the ignorant people to read this too....) several times. She now has a list of extensions to never open on a sticky note right above her computer. Telling her wasn't enough. Since then she has been fine. She has even not opened several virii that someone sent her. Parents can learn

 

[Harvey]

<< never underestimate the power of user error!! >>

I believe the technical name for that is operator malfunction.

WarCon -- << She now has a list of extensions to never open... >>

A lot of good that will do with some of the Klez variants. You don't have to open any attachements for them. All you have to do is click on the letter in your In Box. :Q

 

[arod]

<<

<< Not to bust your chops too bad, but since you know the dangers, why wasn't your machine secured before you even hooked it to anything outside your room? >>



Yea, the people who say they only use 'common sense' in the anti-virus thread would do well to read this.

CK >>




I agree.

 

[TallBill]

oh... under my use.. in the 4 years that i've had a computer, i've never got a virus before... its locked down decently...

 

[WarCon]

I also took your advice and disabled Windows Scripting. Won't that stop these type of virii?

BTW how effective is Scriptblocking? If it won't stop this kind of virus then what purpose does it serve? There was a virus 4-6 months ago that installed just by looking at the email. I have had scriptblocking on ever since. Also many websites have some kind of virus that installs simply by visiting their sites. One of my friends was browsing some place like rotten.com (ugly place, don't ever go) and got a virus.

 

[Ornery]

I would have been just as tactful as you Harvey, if he hadn't called his mom stupid! And now, " i've never got a virus before... its locked down decently... Guess that means you don't back up your data either, since you've never lost any before? I've never lost data, but I still backup. I never caught a virus, but still use AV software. Would it be that much of a bother to enable Email protection?

 

[TallBill]

there you are wrong again.. everything is backed up.. as of yesterday.. and i havnt added any new data since then