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Topic: Anyone heard of this virus?
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Wee Bald Man
Member Posts: 502
From:Simple Mud Hut (Near Twisted Gnarltree), The Swamp, Dagobah, Distant Sluis Sector of the Outer Rim Territories
Registered: May 2001
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posted 12-22-2001 11:12 AM
   
From: http://www.itpapers.com/cgi/PSummaryIT.pl?paperid=23336&scid=908 September 4th, 2001 "Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer, announces the detection of the Internet worm "Lara": the first malicious program that spreads in Desktop Themes files. At the moment, Kaspersky Labs has received two reports of infections by this worm. Lara spreads exclusively via Internet Relay Chat (IRC), transferring the LaraCroft.theme worm-carrying file to remote computers. The file name is presented to users in a deceitful way, masking itself as a Windows desktop decorating application according to the Tomb Raider theme. Upon starting the infected file, Lara scans the available disks, searching for the location IRC-related programs (mIRC client), and modifies their system files. As a result, the worm sends out its copies to all users connected to the same IRC-channel as the infected computer. " WBM
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craziej2k
Member Posts: 199
From:in front of my PC
Registered: May 2001
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posted 12-22-2001 01:46 PM
I've never heard of it before but I bet it'll end up on my PC (damn PC)------------------
If ingnorance is bliss I'm in heaven!!!
Stupidity is not a disorder, it's a way of life.
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qbg
Member Posts: 149
From:Newtown, Powys, Wales
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-22-2001 02:39 PM
Sounds like bluff and smells of fluff.Lara. (oops  ) IP: Logged |
fairchild
Member Posts: 83
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Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-22-2001 10:07 PM
WBM, thanks for the warning!since the Dawn of Time(win 95 release,
wuz' it in 1996? can't remember back
that far...)anyways-- it occurs to me that the more *complex*
the Billy Gates GUI OS & screen interface
gets w/ each new *miracle* release of an
"improved" MS version--- the easier it is for invasive germs to
attach to folks PCs. it's impossible to help those who have
No Concept.
but thanks fer' trying, man-- for those who are curious:
any CAD, Photoshop,TR or UnReal,HalfLife
games can be run from pure DOS or Win 3.1.---
95,98,NT,ME,2000 are not needed. when you add your friends names into a
email "address book"; you are setting them up for recieving viruses---
(as if you care...) WBM--thanks for the notice---Vagrant IP: Logged |
Misaki
Member Posts: 198
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Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 12-23-2001 02:11 AM
Thanks for the warning  ------------------
I like Lara ..I like everthing !I like Tomb
Raider!  I am stub#34 !!     
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Misaki
Member Posts: 198
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Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 12-23-2001 02:14 AM
Thanks for the warning ------------------
I like Lara ..I like everthing !I like Tomb
Raider! I am stub#34 !!
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