Virus Alert

BillW@honeywell

A new variant of the "Bagel" virus is making the rounds, and I've been getting emails with Wallie addresses that I know you didn't send. Our antivirus is stopping it, but be careful when you open any emails, and update your Norton or McAfee. It spreads by email attatchments, beware of .zip files or attatchments ending im .com,.exe,.cpl or.scr. They may have a Wallie name as the sender.

Unknown

Same here Bill

I keep getting messages regarding undeliverable e-mails that I did not send. If we could only harness the knowledge these hackers have and put it to better use, the world would be a better place.

Glenn

jackchips_2

Just checked

my hotmail (no comments Scott) and there were three curious messages with attachments.

Deleted them all, which is what I have finally accepted as the only solution.

Joe_51

virus protection

everyone should be using a good anti virus protection program with automatic updates. I get no less than 5 attacks a day from spyware programs..........

Alan R. Mercurio

Same here

If anyone receives an e-mail from me with an attachment Please delete it ASAP I have received 10 today (Norton caught them) and I just got an e-mail from someone who said they got one from me. thankfully they checked with me before opening it.

Be careful out there friends!

Your friend in the industry,
Alan R. Mercurio

Oil Tech Talk

BillW@honeywell

Bump up

I got at least 10.

Dave Yates (PAH)

Following vacation

last night we returned & I checked e-mail.

157 virus laden messages, 493 spam messages & 198 legit messages, 1/2 of which were alerts regarding the ones locked up in the filtering software jail. Delete, delete. delete......

Never open an attachment you did not specifically request & even then - save it to a disc so you can scan it for viruses before activating.

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Weezbo

WOW!

I got one from OTT and thought ...hmmm...hey wait a minit... and like you say ,these guys seem to have found ways at us ,so, i keep updating then too theres a new Oil Tech Talk format ... I sent a letter to Bill@honeywell to thank him .and was going to then send one to Tim when the one came back from Bills saying theres like all kinds of weird spam etc. gizmoes attached that made it undeliverable and Hey ! I know norton scanned it before it left! To me it seems these hacker guys have somehow managed to route our mail through some place where they add stuff to it. I can hardly add a picture to the post without help. e-mail attachments i have sent i can count on one hand.....Bill Tim Nole Thank you for the clarity on the New thermostat... And Have you got any secrets on how ta navigate at The new Oil tech Talk site:) ?Honestly it took me over an hour to find Tims disscussion...New is good ...um...it just takes me a while:) c Alan's staff must Have been all kinds of Buzy doing all that:) Hurray! for The many efforts.Really it is way over the top:) and Congratulations Its a real Win, for all.

ScottMP

Same here

During times like this I send Nothing with attachments unless I have notified the receiver that I am sending something.

What a waste of time, and how sad that these people can't do something productive.

Hot Male Jack ??

Scott

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Constantin

It is extremely aggravating!

I have received lots of bounced messages claiming my domain as their originator. I guess it was my mistake to converse with folks that use windows machines (hee hee), since the most successful spam virii seem to all rely on Outlook, MS Windows, or a combination thereof. Never mind the spyware, adware, etc. that plagues Internet Explorer users.

In short, I am glad I use a Mac, though I'm sure that if the OS was more popular that someone might get around to writing a virus for it. In the meantime, I recommend everyone get a hardware router (keeps the network-based nasties out), update their virii software daily, and DO NOT assume anything about the "originator" of any message as the header information may be forged. Consider changing your browser to something better like Mozilla or Firefox, your e-mail client to anything but Outlook.

In a just world, we'd track down the malcontents that create these virii and put them on a prison island with hard labor. However, we'd also hold the companies that publish operating systems + software to a higher standard WRT to security and susceptability.

Robert O'Connor_7

Virus!!!!

They got me too. Got two of them from OTT and because of the recent registration, like an idiot, I opened one.......AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!