Question for all!
Hi,
I was just wondering did any else(besides me) get an email from : webmaster@cedarpoint.com on March 31,2002 or around that date or any time for that matter. I got this email from them with the subject line on the email saying: SOS! and all that was in the email was an attachment called Private.zip. So I ,unsuspecting of anything,I downloaded it. But for some reason I couldnt open it. Now I think I have a virus in my comp. This other person in my buddy list was sent an email (from me supposedly) at that same minute i downloaded that attachment.I never sent him that,Now he says I sent him a virus and has reported me. I dont understand all this.
But I am sure it was from webmaster@cedarpoint.com . I wrote them asking what that email was and no replies. Has anyone else recieved this email or something similiar?
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At the turn of the Millenium......there were signs...
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Mantis Crew '02 - Where's the unload station at?!? ;-)
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-Chris Woodard
"Mean Streak would be better if they replaced the square wheels with round ones."
VertiGo: VertiGone but not forgotten.
What program are you using for your email? Also, it's pretty easy to set up something to SAY it's from webmaster@cedarpoint.com and not have it be so don't assume it actually WAS from them.
Other thing... in your folder view options, the standard windows install has a default set to "hide file extentions to known file types". This is probably your best clue as to if it could have been a virus. Windows sets this by default to on. The significance of this? You would have never seen the .zip at the end of the file probably. Also of virus' come named things like blahblah.zip.exe. This automatically hides the .exe so peopel will run it thinking it's a zip.
Just a few notes.. Feel free to email me the answers to these questions but if your friend got an email FROM you aroudn the same time you "tried to unzip" the file. Chances are you're usign Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express and you activated a virus with a double 8.3 filename..
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June 11th, 2001 - Gemini 100
VertiGo Rides - 82 Farewell my good friend..
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http://www.msu.edu/~armbrus9/cp.html
Fear the Mullet!
Well heres as much as I know. I know for sure its a virus because my friend contacted aol and they did something and found out it was a virus. I have AOL. I dont know who could have sent that to me with the webmasters name. Ever since I downloaded that file ,every time I restart my comp it says I dont have enough memory to start running certain programs wich are numbers.exe,the numbers change every time I restart the comp.
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At the turn of the Millenium......there were signs...
The virus basically downloads, you try to open it, it installs the virus. Like alot of virus' it uses your AOL buddy list to find new victims, sends the virus to everyone on your buddy list that is signed on at that point in time (and then generally will crash your computer and make aol not start up) Also watch out cause ALOT of these virus' will log your password next time you sign on and email that to someone who created the virus. How does it say its from webmaster @ cedarpoint? The virus goes into your old mail folder and takes perhaps the most recent email you have and steals the author from it to put on your new virus emails (like the one it sent to your buddy). Theres a virus that goes around at school here that takes a random text file off your computer, puts it as the subject and body for an email, attaches the virus and then sends to all email addresses in your list.
Shawn
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http://www.msu.edu/~armbrus9/cp.html
Fear the Mullet!
Yeah Jeff, but chances are if she doesn't know much about virus's then knowing the name of it will not help her too much more either :-) So we teamed up to give a decent response to the problem. As for fixing the problem, probably go search on yahoo for that virus name and you should come up with several pages telling you what to do.
Shawn
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At the turn of the Millenium......there were signs...
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http://www.msu.edu/~armbrus9/cp.html
Fear the Mullet!
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- Chris -
http://www.thepointol.com/~simplycp
Computer Science - Ashland University
Witches' Wheel/Monster - 2002
3rd Shift Trash Removal - 2001
Missy, have you wrote to The Webmaster Of Cp?
If you did there is a virus out there that sends private.zip messages. and it duplicates and looks like other e-mail addresses you've been in contact with i'm gussing Funtimes@Cedarpoint.com?
My 2 Cents...
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Wicked Twister Rocks
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Tommy Penner - Variable X
"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence you tried."
Yes,
I have wrote webmaster@CP twice and I have yet to recieve any replies.I dont know whats going on or why they have not written back yet.
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At the turn of the Millenium......there were signs...
www.mcafee.com offers online virus protection (for a small cost) and many other free features. They helped me when my computer started sending a virus to all in my addy book. The virus I had also was designed to send credit card numbers and account numbers that had been used on my 'puter to some dude in Russia. He started a website (porn) using MY credit card. I assume that as it speads, it gathers credit card numbers and account numbers from all infected and he just bounces from one to another as they get shut down.
MrScott
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"If we go any faster, she'll blow apart for sure!"
You should always run an anti-virus program on your computer. That's rule number one of the internet.
Once you have been wiped out, it is to late. So be smart and spend the money now and cry a little, or you will end up crying a lot.
Very handy but a stickler to set with AOL messaging and stuff..not to hard to figure out though!
Main thing is thats its Free! I run that as well as my Nortons...
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http://www.msu.edu/~armbrus9/cp.html
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