The Letterville BullBoard: Blue Stinger Stung Me...IFyou were in my e-mail it s headed your way! DUCK!

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Posted by Dave Draper (Member # 102) on :

Hi Heads,

Got an e-mail from a sign guy, it wasn't from him...it was Blue Stinger Virus and it sent out an e-mail to everyone in my address book.

So I hope I can save you some grief by posting this!

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Draper The Signmaker
Bloomington Illinois USA

Get To A Letterhead
Meet This Summer! See
you there!
309-828-7110
drapersigns@hotmail.com
Draper_Dave on mIRC chat

Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :

Okay, I tried to open it. What do I do? Did I get it? How do I get rid of it?

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"He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes. He who doesnt ask, remains a fool forever."
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Marcano-Welch Signs Luquillo, Puerto Rico
787-889-6608

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

Dave,

What was the title of the e-mail?

"Conversion.doc.pif" ?

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Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :

doing a find as we speak

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"He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes. He who doesnt ask, remains a fool forever."
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Marcano-Welch Signs Luquillo, Puerto Rico
787-889-6608

Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :

I know it was a .doc. something but I see no pif on find. I deleted everything. I can't remember.

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"He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes. He who doesnt ask, remains a fool forever."
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Marcano-Welch Signs Luquillo, Puerto Rico
787-889-6608

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

I did a search for "Blue Stinger" on Norton's and McAffee's sites and can find no references to that name.

Still looking.

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Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :

I talked to a friend in NY I she said Blue stinger is a sega game.

But I have another friend a couple streets down that says she got a "Help Me" email & got a virus that doesn't let her open anything after a day or so. I'm calling it quits today to "flush" my computer.

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"He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes. He who doesnt ask, remains a fool forever."
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Marcano-Welch Signs Luquillo, Puerto Rico
787-889-6608

Posted by Bob Ficucell (Member # 1460) on :

Dave,
My lawyer will be in touch with you !!
Just kidding , I got it this morning and deleted it, No Harm No Foul. Bob

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Bob Ficucell
Signworks
Canoga Park, CA,
jeanroda@earthlink.net

Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :

CAUTION: I did a virus check when Dave's "heads Up" appeared. Nothing was detected, but when I updated my dat files and did a SECOND check, the Norton Anti-Virus picked it up. Unless you have the MOST CURRENT dat files, your anti-virus program may wery well NOT DETECT this virus. Be extra careful folks.

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Ken Henry
Henry & Henry Signs
London, Ontario Canada
(519) 439-1881
e-mail kjmlhenry@home.

Some days you get to be the dog....other days, you get to be the fire hydrant.

Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :

Hey someone forward that bugger to me, I wanna check it out.

Couldnt dig up anything referring to "Blue Stinger" except for that SEGA video game..

Maybe that's just the message that comes through but the file is probably something else..

Anyway.. if ya see it in yer inbox, forward it to me. sales@stickerpimp.com

By the way, if you guys disable the Windows Scripting Host (under Windows Setup in Add/Remove Programs) you wont have to worry about the VBS style worms running themselves when you view those emails.

The scripting host is what VBS (Visual Basic Script) uses to execute, and unless you are a programmer you dont need it. The Host is always enabled by default.

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Mike Pipes
Digital Illusion Custom Graphics
Lake Havasu City, AZ
http://www.stickerpimp.com

Posted by Chuck Peterson (Member # 70) on :

Well, I got the e-mail, opened it, it was a joke. Now I did a Norton check, shows no virus. I just backed up all my files. Is this going to forward to everyone on my list? How do I get the latest anti-virus?

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Chuck Peterson Graphics
1860 Playa Riviera Dr.
Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif. 92007

Posted by Dave Draper (Member # 102) on :

hi heads

man, what a day!

Glenn was right ...its the conversion thingy and not Blue Stinger....somebody told me that was the name.

a total of 7 sign people sent me the same e-mail today and I had to stupidly open one of them...McAfee said there was no virus detected.

Most of my programs are locked up and I could only get into the internet through a back door. The computer experts told me to unplug the CPU and bring it in and they will try to fix it.

Gonna be a while...see you all later.

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Draper The Signmaker
Bloomington Illinois USA

Get To A Letterhead
Meet This Summer! See
you there!
309-828-7110
drapersigns@hotmail.com
Draper_Dave on mIRC chat

Posted by roger bailey (Member # 556) on :

It was on my e-mail too, but I scanned and "no virus".

Roger

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Roger Bailey
Rapid Tac Incorporated
Waikoloa, Hawaii

Posted by Adrienne Pereira (Member # 1046) on :

GEEESH!! I havn't been able to get any email in several days due to a mess up with Earthlink...they are STILL (after a total of 10 hours of MY time on the phone) trying to find out why my account has been inactivated!!
Meanwhile, I guess I have been spared the virus!
I don't have a current virus checker now...which is stupid I suppoze....so.....which one should I get? McAfee or Norton?????
A

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Adrienne Morgan
Splash Signs
www.splashsigns.com
"Rainkatt'on chat

Benicia, CA
707-550-4553
adrienne@splashsigns.com

Posted by Chuck Peterson (Member # 70) on :

I was overdue to backup files so no harm done, I hope.

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Chuck Peterson Graphics
1860 Playa Riviera Dr.
Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif. 92007

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

Well, I just got another e-mail with the virus on it. This time it came from Wayne Webb.

What I've noticed is that the Subject line and attached file name are different this time, but the message is exactly the same.

quote:
Hi! How are you?

I send you this file in order to have your advice

See you later. Thanks

Both attached files from Dave's and Wayne's computers end in PIF.

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Warning: A well designed sign may cause fatigue due to increased business.
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walldog@nc.rr.com

[This message has been edited by Glenn Taylor (edited July 23, 2001).]

Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :

Yes Glenn...I got one with a virus called W32.Sircam.Worm@mm this morning...Norton Caught it OK. It was from someone I didn't regognise. I also got it again a couple of minutes ago from Wayne too.

Sure glad I have Norton up to date and running all the time.

Time to do a virus scan Wayne!!!!!

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Dave Grundy
AKA "applicator" on mIRC
"stickin' sticky stuff to valuable vessels and vehicles!"
in Granton, Ontario, Canada
1-519-225-2634
dave.grundy@quadro.net
www.quadro.net/~shirley

Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :

Just one more downside to owning a Mac! Got that file from Wayne Webb and dammit, that file won't open on a mac at all, not even if I tried. They just don't spend alot of time writing virii for Macs.

Now, please excuse me while I go knock on wood.

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Don Coplen
aka "SaintPete"
Coplen Designs
St.Petersburg,
FL
dcoplen@mindspring.com

Co-Conspirator (with Bill
Modzel and Dave Sherby)
of the unofficial Letterville
Adobe Illustrator
Support Group &
coffee house.

If any Letterville Adobe
Illustrator users need any
help, feel free to
email any of the three
of us and we will help
out as best we can.

Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :

Bad stuff! It goes by different names, and is a worm.If ya don't believe me, check out:

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sircam.worm@mm.html

all you ever wanted to know about this one...and lots more!

It is out there and ppl on other boards are getting it too!

BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN OPENING YOUR Email!!!

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Si Allen #562
La Mirada, CA. USA
(714) 521-4810
ICQ # 330407
"SignPainters do It with Longer Strokes!"

95% of all accidents occur immediately after the words "Hey...watch this."

Brushasaurus on Chat

Gladly supporting this BB !

[This message has been edited by Si Allen (edited July 23, 2001).]

Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :

Dave Glenn, LynnDee is at the shop today. She got 5 different versions of the e-mail this morning on the shop computer, it came from someone named Wanda Taylor and the message read exactly as Glenn quoted. I assumed it was from a fellow Letterhead and, like a dummy, I told her to open one of the attachments. SignWizard tried to open it but there was nothing there. I told LynnDee to reply to the e-mail to ask what help they needed. I believe it came back as undeliverable. I have Norton Antivirus 2001 on the shop computer and it usually stops them in their tracks.

I'm going to call LynnDee now and she will run the scan. Sorry folks.

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"The most beautiful
thing we can experience
is the mysterious. It is
the source of all true
art and all science. He
to whom this emotion is
a stranger, who can no
longer pause to wonder
and stand rapt in awe,
is as good as dead: his
eyes are closed."

Albert Einstein

Failure to advertise is a lot like blinking in the dark. Nobody, but you, knows what you're doing.

Wayne Webb
Webb Sign Studio
Chipley, FL
850.638.9329
webbsignstudio@digitalexp.com

Posted by Jackie B (Member # 186) on :

Yes, I got it too - a few times. But beware, as the latest virus definition just came out July 18th. If you haven't updated your virus protection after July 18th, your virus program probably won't catch it.
Update your virus protection!
Bomba-Dear

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Bomba-Dear
Jackie Vaughn #5115
Volcano, California
www.chocoholic.com
10% Discount for Letterheads
Use Reference Code letr01
email jackiebv@cdepot.net

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

Yep, Wanda Taylor is my wife and it came from our computer. Apparently, the virus is either sending out to the entire list of names on the address book or selecting names randomly.

Just gotta luv it.

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Warning: A well designed sign may cause fatigue due to increased business.
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walldog@nc.rr.com

Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :

i received e-mail from wanda taylor and dave draper, like a fool i opened dave's file and contracted the virus.
i went to symantics website and downloaded the fix and whammo, it's fixed.
i am sure it went through my address book and sent it to everyone on it.

i now have norton anti-virus on my machine.

whewwww!!!!

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Mark Fair Signs
Montgomery, Alabama
http://www.markfair.com/flash.html

Posted by david drane (Member # 507) on :

Some of you may find this interesting. my sister sent it to me because I suffered a virus earlier this year.This is the virus alert people who send me stuff regularly. This one just
arrived. Thought you might find it interesting.
Dot

Dot Whittington
Journalist
Phone 54459782
++++++++++++
I intend to live forever - so far, so good.
----- Original Message -----
From: <support@protectorplus.com>
To: Dot Whittington <dotwit@ozemail.com.au>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 10:08 AM
Subject: Virus Alert from Proland Software - Win32/Sircam.

Hello,

This mail comes to you from the Virus Emergency Response Team
at Proland Software.

A new worm has been discovered in the wild, called the Win32/SirCam worm.
This worm is spreading rapidly via the Internet.

About the Win32/SirCam Worm:

Win32/SirCam is a rapidly spreading email worm, which spreads to all the
addresses found in the Windows Address Book. This worm can infect Windows
systems. The worm arrives with a random subject.

You can read more about this worm at
http://www.protectorplus.com/virus_info/worms/sircam.htm

Protector Plus will detect and remove this worm. Please download the
latest version of Virus Database from

http://www.protectorplus.com/download/database.htm

You can also download a 30 day evaluation copy from

http://www.protectorplus.com/download

You are welcome to use this information to help any one who might
need or benefit from it. If you have questions or face problems in
the use of Protector Plus, please write to support@protectorplus.com.

================================================================

DISCLAIMER

This alert is coming to you from Virus Emergency Response Team at
Proland Software. The reason this alert is being sent to you is
because either you or someone acting on your behalf, subscribed
to the Virus Alert Mailing List maintained by us. This is not SPAM.
If you do not wish to receive further alerts, please send a return
mail to unsubscribe-vaml@pspl.com

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Drane Signs
Sunshine Coast
Nambour, Qld.
dranesig@dingoblue.net.au
Downunder
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life" - Confucius

Posted by Amy Brown (Member # 1963) on :

Got it twice today. Norton was updated this morning and didn't pick it up but I knew it looked fishy so I just flushed it down the toilet!

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Amy Brown
AMBO Design
Lake Helen, FL
jabrown@cfl.rr.com

"If only my toddler was better with paint & computers!"

Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :

Well, I'm finally home. Virus er um, Viruses are gone. had 2 of them. JSIkak@M autoexec.nai The info I got was what Glenn said: "I send you this file in order to have your advice..."

I guess I got it out on time. I hear that sircam is a real beach. The guy that fixed mine got it & screwed up his wife's comp. badly.

I guess the day didn't go so bad, I found out I had a few other bugs in my 'puter, fixed em, smoked some cigarettes (wife doesnt let me) blabbed about business, etc.

Dave, you owe me 30 Bucks but I'll settle for a case of BUD! LOL Just kiddin'!

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"He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes. He who doesnt ask, remains a fool forever."
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Marcano-Welch Signs Luquillo, Puerto Rico
787-889-6608

Posted by John Deaton (Member # 925) on :

It came to me twice today via Dave Draper, and some name I didn't recognize. I had Mcaffee, but went to Norton's site and used the fix-it tool to look for it, but none was found. I went out to buy the newest version of Norton this afternoon, but they were out.
I'll get it though. WHewwwwww.......

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John Deaton III
Deaton Design
109 N. Cumberland Ave.,Harlan, Ky. 40831 606-573-9101

john@deatondesigns.com
www.deatondesigns.com
"Don't tailgate, or I'll flick a booger on your windshield."-Larry Richmond, 11th grade english class.

Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :

LynnDee downloaded the update to my Norton program and it found and quarantined the virus. But She had to get my sister, next door, to download the fix and save it on a floppy because the computer locked up or something. They chucked in the floppy and it got rid of the contrary thing on the shop computer.

Since then, this computer has gotten two of the e-mails (still from Wanda Taylor).

NO MORE "ADVICE" TODAY

Failure to advertise is a lot like blinking in the dark. Nobody, but you, knows what you're doing.

Wayne Webb
Webb Sign Studio
Chipley, FL
850.638.9329
webbsignstudio@digitalexp.com

Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :

My Internet Service Provider virus scans things before they send it out. I got a note from them alerting me that a virus was sent and I can go to their web site to read it without downloading it if I choose. It came from Draper. Never got to my computer. Our ISP uses this thing called Postini....saved me many a time. Never got to find out if my virus software would catch it.

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The SignShop
Mendocino, California
"Where the Redwoods meet the Surf"

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

Well, I got home, updated my McAffee anti-virus and ran the program. The worm had infected over 100 different files. I followed the directions from McAffee and my computer couldn't find anything anywhere afterward. I had to use a boot disk to reinstall Windows ME onto the computer again.

The bad thing is that the computer was left on all day today and it is on a cable connection. There is no telling how many e-mails this computer has sent out today.

It took me 3 hours to get the computer back up and running again. I wish I had known about Symantic's fix program.

I'm a bit ticked off that McAffee didn't detect it. I had updated my DAT file just 3 weeks ago. Aurrggghhhh...

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http://members.tripod.com/taylor_graphics
walldog@nc.rr.com

Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :

I got it from wayne today too, luckily I had read about it this morning and my norton update was flashing this morning to be updated. So I had the latest updates when I opened it, It quarantined it and then I ran the Norton fix. It came up empty.

So if anyone gets it from me let me know so I can rescan.

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Bob Rochon
Creative Signworks
Millbury, MA
bob@creativesignworks.com

"Some people's kids"

Posted by Steve Shortreed (Member # 436) on :

We got several copies of this virus today. Barb's Norton virus program caught them all. The laptop missed them even though I updated my virus definitions a week ago. After downloading and installing the latest update, the laptop caught them all too.

The lesson here is to check for new virus definitions more often. It seems they have no updates at least every week these days...sometimes even every couple days.

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Steve Shortreed
144 Hill St., E.
Fergus, Ontario
Canada N1M 1G9
519-787-2673
steve@letterhead.com
ICQ 316338
www.letterhead.com/profiles/shortreed/

Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :

a more direct link to the fix-it file...

W32.Sircam.Worm@mm

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html

thanks si

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Mark Fair Signs
Montgomery, Alabama
http://www.markfair.com/flash.html

[This message has been edited by Mark Fair Signs (edited July 23, 2001).]

Posted by Adrienne Pereira (Member # 1046) on :

Wow......what was driving me nuts all week has probably saved me a lot of trouble!! My emails been out of service for the last 4 days and everything sent to me has been bounced back to the sender!!
Like Rick said, I can go to my ISP's server to read my mail and I can remove it before it even leaves the server.
Whew!!!
A

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Adrienne Morgan
Splash Signs
www.splashsigns.com
"Rainkatt'on chat

Benicia, CA
707-550-4553
adrienne@splashsigns.com

Posted by Gail & Dave Beattie (Member # 572) on :

thanks for the heads up...
while i didnt have the virus that you all had i took the reminder to heart and updated my protection, which inturn found me an interesting virus all of its own.
anyone know about win95cih... i didnt till today
seems it has a fine time with exe files... running thru your system and attaching itself all over the place

guess it shows to go ya!

hope everyone gets clear of this latest nasty

cheers
gail

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on chat T2

Gail & Dave
NSW Australia

taurus@kooee.com.au

sumtimes ya just gota!

Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :

Got it twice in the E-mails or the last day.

One called Whayne Webb and the other from Robert..

Norton pick the first one up and put it into the Quaritine room and the second I dumped as fast as I could!

People have nothing better to do but to play games with you.

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Raven/2001
Airbrushed by Raven
Lower Sackville N.S.
deveausdiscovery@sprint.ca

Posted by Felix Marcano (Member # 1833) on :

Well I thought I WAS in the clear. Now my Rip doesnt work. I'm just gonna go ahead & reformat....yipee....

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"He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes. He who doesnt ask, remains a fool forever."
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Marcano-Welch Signs Luquillo, Puerto Rico
787-889-6608

Posted by Troy Haas (Member # 472) on :

I must have got lucky!!!

I got the e-mail from Dave Draper, and seeing who it was from, I thought nothing about opening it. When I did I seen it was a joke list, some were funny. After reading I deleted it and then went in and took the trash out.

I came to the board and seen this thread so I ran VS, nothing, updated the VS, ran again, agian nothing, no problems running any program thus far.

I don't have any worries about sending it to other people, since my HD crash I have not replaced my address book as of yet.

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Troy Haas
"Metal_Leg" on mIRC

SAM Signs
"At old Hose House No. 8"
931 W. Columbia street
Evansville,Indiana 47710
812-437-5367
Home of the:
"Brush Fire at the Hose House" Letterhead Meet
April 27-29th,2001

"Chaos, panic, disorder - my work here is done."

Posted by Chuck Peterson (Member # 70) on :

I thought I was in the clear too, but then... trouble. No files would open but I was able to get on the web and get the fix. Strange thing was, it said the virus was not detected but now I'm OK, I hope. Everyone: KEEP YOUR VIRUS PROTECTION UPDATED. I will from now on.

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Chuck Peterson Graphics
1860 Playa Riviera Dr.
Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Calif. 92007

Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :

From what I've gathered so far, the only people who have acknowledged receiving the virus from my computer have been sign people. Neither my mother, sister, nor any other relatives or friends have gotten it from us. Come to think of it, I haven't heard from any of my customers yet either.

Wierd.

Failure to advertise is a lot like blinking in the dark. Nobody, but you, knows what you're doing.

Wayne Webb
Webb Sign Studio
Chipley, FL
850.638.9329
webbsignstudio@digitalexp.com

Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :

One day there were about 5 emails from WandaTaylor. I didn't open any of them...the files attached were huge. Today there were more from people I dont' know.

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surf or MoJo
on mirc
Cheryl J Nordby
Signs by Cheryl
Seattle WA.....!
signsbycheryl@hotmail.com

http://www.thisismycool.com/signs/

From sharp minds come sharp products

Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :

Wayne...It may be that those of us who frequent this bullboard are a little more in tune with what is going on on the internet than the average internet user, and have got virus protection. Up until a year ago, I never had any, and it cost me about $750 to replace my motherboard and BIOS as a result of a virus that I didn't know I had.

If the subject hadn't come up here you might never known you had it until things started going wrong. But, as you also know, I sent you an e-mail to let you know as soon as Norton detected the virus, in case you hadn't read the Board at that point. And I have done this in the past with customers who have unknowingly passed on a virus. You might do your relatives and customers a favour by e-mailing them and alerting them to the possibility they might have it.

Wayne... I, and I believe the other folks here, don't blame you or Glenn or anyone for this problem..I know that the only one I blame is the A**hole who created it in the first place!

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

Hehe....this has got to be a fun virus for its creator. Between Midnight and 8am this morning, I received 16 e-mails with the virus on them. Five of them were from Wanda's and my computer at home.

Just gotta love it.

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Warning: A well designed sign may cause fatigue due to increased business.
http://members.tripod.com/taylor_graphics
walldog@nc.rr.com

Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :

i am in total agreement with mr. grundy.
it is neither wayne or glenn's fault.
it's the jerk hacker who created this bug!

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Mark Fair Signs
Montgomery, Alabama
http://www.markfair.com/flash.html

Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :

LynnDee sent warnings to everyone in our address book today. We are beginning to recieve replies from some of our suppliers. One said that she didn't know if it came from us but it got opened on one of their 3 networked computers and went through the whole shabang. They're trying to fix it now.

Man, if they catch this dude, he should be prosecuted to the fullest extent. How many manhours that are wasted in people's businesses, not to mention ruined computers, from this kind of junk.

Must be a deranged sociopath, psyco or something.

Just plain evil.

Thanks Dave for sending me the warning.

Failure to advertise is a lot like blinking in the dark. Nobody, but you, knows what you're doing.

Wayne Webb
Webb Sign Studio
Chipley, FL
850.638.9329
webbsignstudio@digitalexp.com

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

The heck with the Law. I've for some Louisville Slugger justice! If I could afford it, I'd hire Guido and Vinnie.

I just wish my McAffee Anti-Virus program had been able to do a better job.

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Warning: A well designed sign may cause fatigue due to increased business.
http://members.tripod.com/taylor_graphics
walldog@nc.rr.com

Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :

Glenn

I can see your thought of humour, but I can't.

People that have this happen to them at any level has to deal with it!

Not a nice thing to stop business to fix a problem of someone that thinks this is a joke! (Not You!)

But the Person that started this!

Someone in the group or outside has gotten the idea that this is a way to break this party up!

So much for that!

As the group has help each other out in the times of need!

Glad to see all the support that this board offers......

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Raven/2001
Airbrushed by Raven
Lower Sackville N.S.
deveausdiscovery@sprint.ca

Posted by Bill Biggs (Member # 18) on :

I got that file from David Allen Today, No prob, I open my e-mail on the web anyway first, I just deleted it
Bill

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Bill & Barbara Biggs
Art's Sign Service, Inc.
Clute, Texas, USA
Home of The Great Texas Mosquito Festival
Proud Third year Supporter of the Letterheads Website
MailTo:twobeesusa@netscape.net

Posted by Dave Draper (Member # 102) on :

Hi Heads,

Got my computer back up and running. Cost $87.50 for the experts at DMI here in Bloomington, Illinois to fix it.

They told me this is a new virus, and a real nasty one. They told me Norton would not detect it unless I had just updated like last Saturday. A lot of people were infected with this, not just sign people.

I have now had a total of 57 e-mails come my way with the virus. They are mostly from the Letterville family. Some are from total strangers.

I have had local businesses calling me all day long informing me I was sending out a virus. I called as many people as I could to warn them.

My daughter in Florida got 2 from us and 1 from someone unknown. She was about to open the attachment from us.....we got her on the phone just in time. The name attached was "blue stinger" just like I was told from the very begining and posted here. However, it is the same virus.

As a group of friendly signmakers, we seam to be sharing a lot more than knowledge.
We are all going to have to work real hard not to spread these "social diseases" to each other.

I have deleted all the names in my e-mail address book. This won't happen again from my computer.

I'm two days behind work now....how about you guys?

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Draper The Signmaker
Bloomington Illinois USA

Get To A Letterhead
Meet This Summer! See
you there!
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