AIM/MSN/Yahoo Virus - Don't be idiots

**lightdarkness** · 05-1-2005, 03:36 PM

New virus is going around, i've personally had attempts come from my sister and some random person just now, so I'll tell you all about it.

W32.Velkbot.A is its name, and this is how it looks:

lightdarkness42: hey check out this

The actual link will be something that ends in picture.php, pictures.php, or something.com

DO NOT CLICK THE LINK, you will then be infected with the virus. This virus can steal your password, and execute other commands remotely via a IRC server.

HOW TO REMOVE:
http://www.jayloden.com/check.htm <- That page details how to get rid of it

Number of attempts on LD so far: 2

GuidoHunter · 05-1-2005, 03:41 PM

Yeah, I got one of those. Fortunately, it was from a friend whom I didn't think would send me something like that (that is, an IM that read what it did including a hyperlink). I didn't click it, but my suitemate did because he's a dumbass.

So if you just click on the link it infects you? Because when he did it it came up with a menu that said "save to disk" or cancel. He cancelled, so I don't know if he got it or not.

This has been going around for about a week now.

--Guido

http://andy.mikee385.com

jewpinthethird · 05-1-2005, 03:44 PM

Hm..I havent gotten it yet. That must mean I'm nto popular....I am sad now.

**lightdarkness** · 05-1-2005, 03:45 PM

26th is when it surficed.

I don't know for sure about how easily you can be infected, but just don't click it.

**Reach** · 05-1-2005, 03:47 PM

about 100 attempts on me so far

**Draigun** · 05-1-2005, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jewpinthethird

Hm..I havent gotten it yet. That must mean I'm nto popular....I am sad now.

Same here. :< I feel so unloved.

**NightSonnett** · 05-1-2005, 03:49 PM

weird, I got one almost exactly like that, except on MSN. and it was the one time that i clicked it, because it was coming from someone who usually doesn't send my anything unless its really hillarious because they know it annoys me. So i clicked it. and poof! i was toast. this happened about a month and a half ago though...so it's probably different.

JurseyRider734 · 05-1-2005, 03:55 PM

Haven't gotten anything, probably because I was away. I got a thing when I first got this laptop but it was in an away message. Took me FOREVER to get rid of it. Luckily with my skills and the help of my cousin, I was able to free my computer of it.

Verruckter · 05-1-2005, 03:56 PM

About 4-5 coming from the same person... Damn.

Ardor · 05-1-2005, 04:03 PM

I had my friend change his password the other day because of it, stupid virus tried to send me the same thing for 2-3 straight.

rydenHS · 05-1-2005, 04:41 PM

Number of attempts on RydenHS so far: 1

I hate that thing.

NiK_0_0 · 05-1-2005, 04:41 PM

Man my msn gets hit by that all the time.
This really popular kid got it, and sent it to me, I didn't open it, but literally 30 seconds later about 5 people sent the same thing to me.
Apparently, its a html that opens a .exe.
Crafty bastards....

NiK

tnyhwk900 · 05-1-2005, 04:44 PM

I got it from axlecrusher on SMO. With him being a programmer and all, I didn't know. Luckily, I had just ran a spybot test that day which creates a system restore point, so I was saved.

I still have the file if anyone has the need to check it out. All it did to me was make it impossible for me to open task manager.

EDIT: The one i got was a MS-DOS application called "gallery"...

jujo07 · 05-1-2005, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tnyhwk900

The one i got was a MS-DOS application called "gallery"...

I got the same thing, only mine was called funnyhits, it didn't seem to do anything to me though. I also still have the file.

blargherness · 05-1-2005, 05:00 PM

Quote:

The one i got was a MS-DOS application called "gallery"...

yup. thats the exact one i got. clicked link (very stupid of me) but i did it very suspiciously, hence not saving to disk. not sure if i still got virus, but I like to be sure of things...got it twice from the same person. they have in their profile it was a virus, just read it a while ago (after i clicked the link). BTW i never heard of the person's sn, another reason that i was such a dumb idiot for clicking.

HansSky · 05-1-2005, 05:10 PM

Hmph. Why doesn't anyone want to infect ME with the virus?

blargherness · 05-1-2005, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HansSky

Hmph. Why doesn't anyone want to infect ME with the virus?

I will if you want, it would be my pleasure

just let me get it again, add you to my buddy list....that is how you spread it right? right. ok......there.

medik · 05-1-2005, 05:45 PM

I was once a victim to something close to this, only it was a "nuke". Some guy said download this and click it and you can boot people off of irc! So I did. And the program ran deltree. It only deleted about half of windows. Ended up formatting.

JurseyRider734 · 05-1-2005, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HansSky

Hmph. Why doesn't anyone want to infect ME with the virus?

Because you touch yourself at night.

**Kilgamayan** · 05-1-2005, 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tnyhwk900

I got it from axlecrusher on SMO. With him being a programmer and all, I didn't know. Luckily, I had just ran a spybot test that day which creates a system restore point, so I was saved.

I still have the file if anyone has the need to check it out. All it did to me was make it impossible for me to open task manager.

EDIT: The one i got was a MS-DOS application called "gallery"...

You just tried to send it to me 5 minutes ago.

05-1-2005, 03:36 PM	#1
lightdarkness Summer!! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York Age: 35 Posts: 11,308	AIM/MSN/Yahoo Virus - Don't be idiots New virus is going around, i've personally had attempts come from my sister and some random person just now, so I'll tell you all about it. W32.Velkbot.A is its name, and this is how it looks: lightdarkness42: hey check out this The actual link will be something that ends in picture.php, pictures.php, or something.com DO NOT CLICK THE LINK, you will then be infected with the virus. This virus can steal your password, and execute other commands remotely via a IRC server. HOW TO REMOVE: http://www.jayloden.com/check.htm <- That page details how to get rid of it Number of attempts on LD so far: 2 __________________

05-1-2005, 03:45 PM	#4
lightdarkness Summer!! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York Age: 35 Posts: 11,308	26th is when it surficed. I don't know for sure about how easily you can be infected, but just don't click it. __________________

05-1-2005, 03:47 PM	#5
Reach FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 7,471	about 100 attempts on me so far __________________

05-1-2005, 03:56 PM	#9
Verruckter FFR Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Canada, with the cool people! Posts: 2,707	About 4-5 coming from the same person... Damn. __________________ Truth lies in loneliness, When hope is long gone by -Blind Guardian, The Soulforged Image removed for size violation.

05-1-2005, 04:03 PM	#10
Ardor FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 312	I had my friend change his password the other day because of it, stupid virus tried to send me the same thing for 2-3 straight. __________________

05-1-2005, 03:44 PM	#3
jewpinthethird (The Fat's Sabobah) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Palm Springs, California Posts: 11,711	Hm..I havent gotten it yet. That must mean I'm nto popular....I am sad now.

05-1-2005, 03:49 PM	#7
NightSonnett FFR Veteran Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Orange County Posts: 334	weird, I got one almost exactly like that, except on MSN. and it was the one time that i clicked it, because it was coming from someone who usually doesn't send my anything unless its really hillarious because they know it annoys me. So i clicked it. and poof! i was toast. this happened about a month and a half ago though...so it's probably different.

05-1-2005, 04:41 PM	#11
rydenHS FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Orange County, NY Posts: 468	Number of attempts on RydenHS so far: 1 I hate that thing. __________________

05-1-2005, 04:41 PM	#12
NiK_0_0 FFR Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 15	Man my msn gets hit by that all the time. This really popular kid got it, and sent it to me, I didn't open it, but literally 30 seconds later about 5 people sent the same thing to me. Apparently, its a html that opens a .exe. Crafty bastards.... NiK

05-1-2005, 04:44 PM	#13
tnyhwk900 FFR Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: in your pocket Age: 33 Posts: 4,106	I got it from axlecrusher on SMO. With him being a programmer and all, I didn't know. Luckily, I had just ran a spybot test that day which creates a system restore point, so I was saved. I still have the file if anyone has the need to check it out. All it did to me was make it impossible for me to open task manager. EDIT: The one i got was a MS-DOS application called "gallery"... __________________

05-1-2005, 05:10 PM	#16
HansSky FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: ----> Age: 36 Posts: 1,925	Hmph. Why doesn't anyone want to infect ME with the virus? __________________ hi

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