Technology tips and software for the Southwestern University community
Before installing Sophos, please uninstall any previous anti-virus software (such as Virex) that you may have installed on your computer. (more…)
Before installing Sophos, please uninstall any anti-virus or virus-update software packages from your computer. Go to Control Panel->Add and Remove Programs (Windows XP) or Uninstall a Program (Vista) for removal.
This virus came out August 2003, we are hearing that some on campus have received this message and we are getting calls on if they should install it. IF YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT PLEASE DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY.
From: “Microsoft” security@microsoft.com
Subject: Use this patch immediately !
Attachment: patch.exe
Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!More than 500.000 already infected!
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This virus came out August 2003, we are hearing that some on campus have received this message and we are getting calls on if they should install it. IF YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT PLEASE DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY.
From: “Microsoft” security@microsoft.com
Subject: Use this patch immediately !
Attachment: patch.exe
Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!More than 500.000 already infected!
(more…)
This virus came out August 2003, we are hearing that some on campus have received this message and we are getting calls on if they should install it. IF YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT PLEASE DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY.
From: “Microsoft” security@microsoft.com
Subject: Use this patch immediately !
Attachment: patch.exe
Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!More than 500.000 already infected!
(more…)
Attention PayPal shoppers: Bad People want your credit card information. Dow Jones says a new variant of an e-mail virus (w32\mimail.J@mm) that seeks to defraud users of the popular online-payment service was spreading rapidly among PC users, in another sign that viruses are becoming a key tool of criminals and not just a plaything of irascible adolescents.
The “Mimail.J” virus tries to induce users of PayPal, a unit of eBay Inc., to type their credit-card information into a pop-up window that’s generated when a victim clicks on an attached program.
The program also asks for two key pieces of data useful to identity thieves: a social-security number and mother’s maiden name, the latter a fact often used by companies to authenticate their customers.
The e-mail message’s “from” address is forged to read “Do_Not_Reply@paypal.com” and the subject line says “Important.” The message text carries a bogus warning to a PayPal user that his account is about to expire.
Please read on:
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Attention PayPal shoppers: Bad People want your credit card information. Dow Jones says a new variant of an e-mail virus (w32\mimail.J@mm) that seeks to defraud users of the popular online-payment service was spreading rapidly among PC users, in another sign that viruses are becoming a key tool of criminals and not just a plaything of irascible adolescents.
The “Mimail.J” virus tries to induce users of PayPal, a unit of eBay Inc., to type their credit-card information into a pop-up window that’s generated when a victim clicks on an attached program.
The program also asks for two key pieces of data useful to identity thieves: a social-security number and mother’s maiden name, the latter a fact often used by companies to authenticate their customers.
The e-mail message’s “from” address is forged to read “Do_Not_Reply@paypal.com” and the subject line says “Important.” The message text carries a bogus warning to a PayPal user that his account is about to expire.
Please read on:
(more…)
Attention PayPal shoppers: Bad People want your credit card information. Dow Jones says a new variant of an e-mail virus (w32\mimail.J@mm) that seeks to defraud users of the popular online-payment service was spreading rapidly among PC users, in another sign that viruses are becoming a key tool of criminals and not just a plaything of irascible adolescents.
The “Mimail.J” virus tries to induce users of PayPal, a unit of eBay Inc., to type their credit-card information into a pop-up window that’s generated when a victim clicks on an attached program.
The program also asks for two key pieces of data useful to identity thieves: a social-security number and mother’s maiden name, the latter a fact often used by companies to authenticate their customers.
The e-mail message’s “from” address is forged to read “Do_Not_Reply@paypal.com” and the subject line says “Important.” The message text carries a bogus warning to a PayPal user that his account is about to expire.
Please read on:
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OS X 10.3 (Panther) has a bug which disables duplex printing. There is a fix available, though, that appears to fix the problem. Download the Print Aid package here. Unzip it with Stuffit Expander and double-click the .pkg file to continue.
Warning: This will remove all your printers from the Print Center. You have to add the printers again.
Once you have added the printers and configured them, access to duplex printing is under the Layout option in the Print dialog box.
OS X 10.3 (Panther) has a bug which disables duplex printing. There is a fix available, though, that appears to fix the problem. Download the Print Aid package here. Unzip it with Stuffit Expander and double-click the .pkg file to continue.
Warning: This will remove all your printers from the Print Center. You have to add the printers again.
Once you have added the printers and configured them, access to duplex printing is under the Layout option in the Print dialog box.
This virus comes to you in an email that looks like:
Outgoing messages are sent using the worm’s own SMTP engine. They are formatted as follows:
Subject : don’t be late! (plus additional spaces then random characters)
Attachment : readnow.zip (10,912 bytes) which contains readnow.doc.scr (10,784 bytes)
Message Body :
Will meet tonight as we agreed, because on Wednesday I don’t think I’ll make it,
so don’t be late. And yes, by the way here is the file you asked for.
It’s all written there. See you.
(random characters - the same as those terminating the subject)
The ‘From’ address of outgoing messages may be spoofed as follows:
john@(target domain.com)
Such as
john@abc.com
john@xyz.com
etc
You can remove this virus with the latest McAfee dat file 4301 see McAfee site for additional instructions. Network Associates site on how to remove the W32.MiMail worm
Latest McAfee Definition file 4301 Save to your desktop and double click to install. Check here for latest update.
Or read below and download the removal tool to remove the virus.
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This virus comes to you in an email that looks like:
Outgoing messages are sent using the worm’s own SMTP engine. They are formatted as follows:
Subject : don’t be late! (plus additional spaces then random characters)
Attachment : readnow.zip (10,912 bytes) which contains readnow.doc.scr (10,784 bytes)
Message Body :
Will meet tonight as we agreed, because on Wednesday I don’t think I’ll make it,
so don’t be late. And yes, by the way here is the file you asked for.
It’s all written there. See you.
(random characters - the same as those terminating the subject)
The ‘From’ address of outgoing messages may be spoofed as follows:
john@(target domain.com)
Such as
john@abc.com
john@xyz.com
etc
You can remove this virus with the latest McAfee dat file 4301 see McAfee site for additional instructions. Network Associates site on how to remove the W32.MiMail worm
Latest McAfee Definition file 4301 Save to your desktop and double click to install. Check here for latest update.
Or read below and download the removal tool to remove the virus.
(more…)
This virus comes to you in an email that looks like:
Outgoing messages are sent using the worm’s own SMTP engine. They are formatted as follows:
Subject : don’t be late! (plus additional spaces then random characters)
Attachment : readnow.zip (10,912 bytes) which contains readnow.doc.scr (10,784 bytes)
Message Body :
Will meet tonight as we agreed, because on Wednesday I don’t think I’ll make it,
so don’t be late. And yes, by the way here is the file you asked for.
It’s all written there. See you.
(random characters - the same as those terminating the subject)
The ‘From’ address of outgoing messages may be spoofed as follows:
john@(target domain.com)
Such as
john@abc.com
john@xyz.com
etc
You can remove this virus with the latest McAfee dat file 4301 see McAfee site for additional instructions. Network Associates site on how to remove the W32.MiMail worm
Latest McAfee Definition file 4301 Save to your desktop and double click to install. Check here for latest update.
Or read below and download the removal tool to remove the virus.
(more…)