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Discussion in 'Off Topic Discussion' started by superman, May 2, 2002.

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  1. superman

    superman Guest

    Ok, just about every day this past week I've gotten blank emails that my Norton anti virus warns me about and quarantines, then today I got an e-mail from someone that said " Dude, I think you have a virus on your computer, I recieved a blank e-mail, and I have no clue from who this message is even from." So could I have a virus in my outlook express? What should I do? Have any of you experienced this?
     
    superman, May 2, 2002
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  2. zabooza

    zabooza Full Member

    have you ran virusscan?
     
    zabooza, May 2, 2002
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  3. One Eyed Jack

    One Eyed Jack Full Member

    Just don't use outlook. simple as that.
    I can't stand outlook. It's the most awful software ever- and its not MS's fault
     
    One Eyed Jack, May 2, 2002
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  4. superman

    superman Guest

    ran a virus scan, and got nothing
     
    superman, May 2, 2002
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  5. zabooza

    zabooza Full Member

    is it norton? if so, what year??
     
    zabooza, May 2, 2002
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  6. sandt38

    sandt38 Full Member

    MS has a patch for a worm virus going around. I wish I had the address still, but I don't. It was said the virus attacked outlook if you were using 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 explorer version. It went through address books (and spred itself through the poor souls in your book) and attatched itself on random folders throughout the system. The results vary as it selects it's own path. I suggest trying any MS pages that may have the repair and protect patches available.
     
    sandt38, May 2, 2002
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  7. superman

    superman Guest

    How do I find these "patches"?
     
    superman, May 2, 2002
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  8. GTAutumn

    GTAutumn Guest

    my friends mac had a virus and when you tried to open a program it popped up with an AOL error message that said something to the effect of

    "I hope you burn in hell in eternal agony"

    it was funny
     
    GTAutumn, May 2, 2002
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  9. superman

    superman Guest

    Cool, but you aren't helping
     
    superman, May 2, 2002
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  10. superman

    superman Guest

    Sorry for being snappy, but this has my really ticked off, I feel helpless!! I get so frustrated with computers, I am such a hands on Fix It type of guy, but with computers I am so helpless with stuff that I can't even begin to understand. :throwup:
     
    superman, May 2, 2002
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  11. sandt38

    sandt38 Full Member

    sandt38, May 2, 2002
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  12. The_Ancient

    The_Ancient Full Member

    what anti-virus software do you have?
     
    The_Ancient, May 2, 2002
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  13. superman

    superman Guest

    OK, this may sound dumb, but how can I tell what version of internet explorer I have?
     
    superman, May 2, 2002
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  14. sandt38

    sandt38 Full Member

     
    sandt38, May 2, 2002
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  15. AbRaKaDaVa

    AbRaKaDaVa Full Member

    It was probably just some jackoff fucking around...got your e-mail in one way or another...i doubt you're infected..

    update your virus software from the manufactures website and run a scan...you should be fine
     
    AbRaKaDaVa, May 2, 2002
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  16. sandt38

    sandt38 Full Member

    Top toolbar in explorer, click help. In the dropdown menu click about Internet explorer, it will be on the page that opens then.
     
    sandt38, May 2, 2002
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  17. superman

    superman Guest

    I am infected, I just read the list of emails that carry the "worm" and I have recieved these. HOW CAN I TELL WHAT VERSION OF INTERNET EXPLORER I HAVE?!!
     
    superman, May 2, 2002
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  18. The_Ancient

    The_Ancient Full Member

     
    The_Ancient, May 2, 2002
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  19. AbRaKaDaVa

    AbRaKaDaVa Full Member

    LoL hackers sure are annoying little fuckers, arn't they?? :D

    Go to help in the IE toolbar, and then click "About Internet Explorer" it should list the version in there

    Why do you care what version you have anyway??
     
    AbRaKaDaVa, May 2, 2002
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  20. superman

    superman Guest

    Thanks, but I didn't find any patches that I could download for my 6.0 version, So I am still trying to figure things out.
     
    superman, May 2, 2002
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