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Subject: OT: Trojan warning

Momcat opened this issue on Jul 21, 2005 ยท 7 posts
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Momcat ( ) posted Thu, 21 July 2005 at 10:11 AM ยท edited Fri, 24 January 2025 at 12:41 AM

I received an email this morning stating that I had received a postcard from a family member and to click the link below to go get it. There was another address to paste into my browser if I couldn't use the link. I thought this was fishy so I went to the index page of the second url and found a legitimate site "Postcards.org". I entered the code they gave me and it was invalid. I looked at my email again and hovered over the link. The URL was completely different so I went to the index of that url and found just a directory with the one file: "postcard.gif.exe". I saved it and scanned it..found the trojan and deleted it..no damage done :):):) I'll be looking up the ISP and reporting them, but I thought I'd give you all a heads up on this in case you receive something similar. Casey >^_^< cc: all the other forums I frequent

randym77 ( ) posted Thu, 21 July 2005 at 10:25 AM

Attached Link: http://www.postcards.org/postcards/special/aunt_edna_virus.html

That one has been going around for awhile. Postcards.org actually has a page warning about it (see link). The trojan is CoolWebSearch - a particularly nasty browser hijacker.

pakled ( ) posted Thu, 21 July 2005 at 10:55 AM

oh God no..not that one..I spent Months getting rid of it..it's evil incarnate..I wish the original programmer of that all the worst..

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)

originalkitten ( ) posted Thu, 21 July 2005 at 2:04 PM

trend housecall now has a free tool that gets rid of coolwebsearch

"I didn't lose my mind, it was mine to give away"

FreeBass ( ) posted Thu, 21 July 2005 at 6:16 PM

Good ol' Housecall 8-)



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originalkitten ( ) posted Thu, 21 July 2005 at 6:41 PM

yeah they are awesome. they do some pretty good stuff

"I didn't lose my mind, it was mine to give away"

pakled ( ) posted Thu, 21 July 2005 at 8:31 PM

hmm..good to know..but the last CWS removal tool got left behind...I'll have to check it out..

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)

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