[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem
I just checked the two registry entries on my system to make sure I didn't have either of the Srizbi trojan statements, and I don't. However, in reading from this link, the simple answer seems to be for people (and I assume, particularly men) to just stop buying on-line "herbal masculine enhancement" products which don't work anyway, since over 40% of the spam being generated was for these products. I wouldn't mind spam nearly as much if it provided some education, or useful hints. "Did you remember to turn down the thermostat before going to sleep tonight?" Naw, I guess even that would get annoying after a while... Art John Sykes wrote: > Have a look at this site: > > http://www.marshal.com/trace/traceitem.asp?article=567 > > Then click through to read more about the Srizbi trojan. Scary. I > downloaded Regscanner after reading this, and then check the registry > for the > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RcpApi\(snip), as > suggested: fortunately OK. > > > > John > > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem
I go one step further to protect accounts, passwords, and sensitive personal info. I set up the computer that connects to the Internet with its hard drive in a drawer so I can easily *remove* the hard drive when I need a secure system. Say I've been reading email (with the hard drive connected) and need to make an online purchase or banking or whatever. I shut down the computer, disconnect the hard drive and reboot from a Ubuntu Linux LiveCD. At this point the computer is known clean and there's no way anything can be saved on the boot disk (it's a CD after all). After finishing my business all I need to do is log out of the bank's web site then press the computer's power button to shut it off -- I don't have to do a proper shutdown because there's no way I can corrupt the CD by not allowing the system to do a clean shutdown. That saves a few seconds. It *is* annoying to have to shut down and reboot, but the knowledge that the system really is clean makes it worth it. Even if you boot from a CD it *is* important to not have a hard drive in the computer because if there's a hard drive, the operating sysem will save stuff on it and use it on later boots -- precisely what I want to avoid. Oh yes, what about the stuff I want to save? Most of the time it's not needed, but for that which is there's always floppy disks or USB flash RAM. You can be sure I check them for lurking viri, trojans, or whatever before using them on another computer, then do a full erase when I have transferred the info. Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem
Arthur Entlich wrote: > I use AVG on all my systems now, and it seems to be working well. I > also do Spybot and Adaware scans every week or two, and use a double > firewall (hardware and software) and I have disabled my email client > address books from the beginning, all in an attempt to keep thing clean > as I can, but I do understand there is no such thing as 100% security > these days, as there are now trojans and viruses out there that are > stealth. I have a suspicious nature which has proved to be as good as 100% security. From my first IBM PC with its 16KB system board to this day I have never had a virus, spyware, or malware of any kind on any machine I have ever owned. In fact, the only time I ever used a computer that became infected was while I was working at Microsoft in the 90s as a technical writer. An early build of Windows NT became infected with a virus twice via one of the corporate servers. Curiously, some of the servers weren't particularly well protected. On Windows XP Prof. I use Counterspy anti-spyware and Kaspersky Internet Security. Kaspersky goes well beyond just signature checking with strong heuristics and proactive defense. I reject attachments in email and am cautious about what little I might choose to click on. That's as close to 100% as anyone is ever going to get. -- Cary Enoch Reinstein... aka enochsvision, Enoch's Vision Inc. Photography, poetry http://www.enochsvision.com/ Blog http://enochsvision.wordpress.com/ Behind all these manifestations is the one radiance, which shines through all things. The function of art is to reveal this radiance through the created object. ~Joseph Campbell Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem
You can build a linux PC for storage. Linux is about as immune as it gets to viruses. If you use opensuse, it can handle the Nvidia and Silicon Image software raid chips found on many motherboards. You need to run SMB on the linux box so that windows can access the files. Most if not all of the net attached storage boxes are just a stripped down version of linux running SMB. FWIW, I've been running AVAST antivirus. It is free, but unlike AVG, you don't have to keep loading a new free version. Just register the software. Once a year, you need to reply to a request to register, but it is very simple. James L. Sims wrote: > Art, > > I can't answer your last question but the pranks around here seem to > have lost their appeal over the past few years (Huntsville, AL). > > I've heard of the virus that you mentioned and it is worrisome. I do > not store personal information on my computers and I'm working toward > storing my files on a firewalled server and that backed up on external > drives that are not always connected. Archiving digital images ain't as > cheap as it once was! > > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem
Art, I can't answer your last question but the pranks around here seem to have lost their appeal over the past few years (Huntsville, AL). I've heard of the virus that you mentioned and it is worrisome. I do not store personal information on my computers and I'm working toward storing my files on a firewalled server and that backed up on external drives that are not always connected. Archiving digital images ain't as cheap as it once was! Jim Arthur Entlich wrote: > Hi Jim, > > I use AVG on all my systems now, and it seems to be working well. I > also do Spybot and Adaware scans every week or two, and use a double > firewall (hardware and software) and I have disabled my email client > address books from the beginning, all in an attempt to keep thing clean > as I can, but I do understand there is no such thing as 100% security > these days, as there are now trojans and viruses out there that are > stealth. There is one apparently that has been out there for a year or > more that has not successfully been detected because it has some method > of mutation that they has not been able to stop or keep on top of, and > it is stealth and sends off information like account numbers and credit > card info to Russia and elsewhere. I received this information on a > computer program on CBC radio, which is usually a pretty accurate > source. They interviewed a number of security experts about it, who were > quite concerned at the infection rate they have encountered and no, this > is not an April Fools day prank. (Is April Fools Day Pranking something > done outside of the US and Canada, BTW?) > > Art > > > > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem
Hi Jim, I use AVG on all my systems now, and it seems to be working well. I also do Spybot and Adaware scans every week or two, and use a double firewall (hardware and software) and I have disabled my email client address books from the beginning, all in an attempt to keep thing clean as I can, but I do understand there is no such thing as 100% security these days, as there are now trojans and viruses out there that are stealth. There is one apparently that has been out there for a year or more that has not successfully been detected because it has some method of mutation that they has not been able to stop or keep on top of, and it is stealth and sends off information like account numbers and credit card info to Russia and elsewhere. I received this information on a computer program on CBC radio, which is usually a pretty accurate source. They interviewed a number of security experts about it, who were quite concerned at the infection rate they have encountered and no, this is not an April Fools day prank. (Is April Fools Day Pranking something done outside of the US and Canada, BTW?) Art James L. Sims wrote: > Art, > > I have not received anything like this from the filmscanners list, or > from you. I have, however received at least one message, recently, from > a local individual that was several years old - similar, I think, to > what you described. I called the individual to help troubleshoot the > problem and the first thing I found was that his antivirus had not been > working for quite some time. He was getting a message from McAfee > stating that he needed to "verify" his account and decided it was just > another attempt by CA to sell him something. I hear this a lot (verify > your account) from McAfee subscribers, lately. Most of these > individuals are in their eighties and did not warm up to the computer > age until the mid to late nineties, or later. About the only time they > call me is when they encounter a "Blue Screen" or something else that > stops their computer from functioning. I have started recommending that > they cancel their McAfee account and download one of the free antivirus > application, such as AVG. > > I don't know what is causing these strange e-mailings, unless it's a > worm. I do not believe this is occurrence is unique. > > Jim > > > > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem
Art, I have not received anything like this from the filmscanners list, or from you. I have, however received at least one message, recently, from a local individual that was several years old - similar, I think, to what you described. I called the individual to help troubleshoot the problem and the first thing I found was that his antivirus had not been working for quite some time. He was getting a message from McAfee stating that he needed to "verify" his account and decided it was just another attempt by CA to sell him something. I hear this a lot (verify your account) from McAfee subscribers, lately. Most of these individuals are in their eighties and did not warm up to the computer age until the mid to late nineties, or later. About the only time they call me is when they encounter a "Blue Screen" or something else that stops their computer from functioning. I have started recommending that they cancel their McAfee account and download one of the free antivirus application, such as AVG. I don't know what is causing these strange e-mailings, unless it's a worm. I do not believe this is occurrence is unique. Jim Arthur Entlich wrote: > I just received a rather unusual email, and am asking anyone who might > have been similarly involved to please email me. > > On March 31st I sent a posting to this list under the thread > [filmscanners] Re: spam magnet, which was posted to the group at 2:41 AM. > > I recently received an email from someone who I was in correspondence > with over 4 years ago (one time) who sent me a copy of that posting > which he indicated he had just received as a personal email from the > email address I sent the posting from. I have emailed him to ask him if > he was ever a member of the filmscanner list, and for the message source > header information, which I am waiting to see, but in the meantime, if > anyone else on this list has received an unsolicited email from me > coming from my email account, rather than this list (that would be from > artistik(at)shaw(dot)com), please email me, if possible, with the full > header., so I can try to determine what is going on. > > Some very strange things are happening of late, and I need to try to > resolve this. > > Thank you. > > > Art > > > > Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
[filmscanners] Re: Trying to track down a problem
Have a look at this site: http://www.marshal.com/trace/traceitem.asp?article=567 Then click through to read more about the Srizbi trojan. Scary. I downloaded Regscanner after reading this, and then check the registry for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\RcpApi\(snip), as suggested: fortunately OK. John * * * * Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
