barrelracer
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posted on December 29, 2000 11:16:32 AM new
I am receiving a lot of "Snow White and Seven Dwarf" attachments sent by someone called hahaha . They appear to come like the Happy99 virus, right after an email from someone, usually my ebay bidders.
I am assuming this is a virus, yet I haven't been able to find it on Mcaffee or datalinks or any other of my virus links.
Does anyone have any info?
Nope, didn't open it.
~Not barrelracer on ebay, don't pick on them!~
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reddeer
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posted on December 29, 2000 11:21:47 AM new
Go here to read up about this nasty.
http://sexyfun.net/
Trust me, the link is safe. 
[ edited by reddeer on Dec 29, 2000 11:31 AM ]
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soldbyj
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posted on December 29, 2000 11:25:11 AM new
My Husband works for a Petro-Chem plant that is highly computerised. They check out all the virus alerts, to see which are real. This one is real !! Don't open the snow white.
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harrison72
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posted on December 29, 2000 11:25:12 AM new
Here is the URL for the virus information with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=98873&
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barrelracer
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posted on December 29, 2000 11:41:55 AM new
OK, thanks!
On my way to check the links now.
~Not barrelracer on ebay, don't pick on them!~
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minx47
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posted on December 29, 2000 12:09:25 PM new
I have recieved at LEAST ten of these in the last few weeks...it is REAL...do not open it.....its the same sender etc so I assume they harvested ebay addresses. Its some kind of hibergen virus..or something like that. I know Norton picks it right up and quarantines it......always something isn't it?? 
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Empires
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posted on December 29, 2000 02:27:01 PM new
For what it's worth A hoax!? Although, I'd be on the watch for the Happy New Year virus probably around...
http://gwis.com/~jrich92/hoaxes.htm
[ edited by Empires on Dec 29, 2000 02:28 PM ]
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barrelracer
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posted on December 29, 2000 03:29:50 PM new
Empires,
I don't understand. I read the link you provided and it doesn't appear they are saying it is a hoax.
Sounds pretty real to me.
~Not barrelracer on ebay, don't pick on them!~
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ExecutiveGirl
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posted on December 29, 2000 03:53:30 PM new
Thank you so much for posting this!! I have been receiving this email several times a day for weeks now. I always just delete it - I've never opened it. Didn't know what it was!
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bhearsch
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posted on December 29, 2000 04:11:22 PM new
This worm is definitely NOT a hoax!!
The worm is called a Hybris and targets the winsock32.dll library. It often comes with an executable attachment named "joke.exe" (Snow White) but has many other attachment names, many of which are sexually explicit and your computer should be safe as long as you don't double click on the attachment. Just delete the entire email.
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"This is an Internet worm spreading as file attachments to email messages. The worm works under Win32 systems only. The worm contains components (plugins) in its code that are executed depending on the worm's needs, and these components can be upgraded from an Internet Web site."
END QUOTE
http://www.avp.ch/avpve/worms/email/hybris.stm
It's a good idea to make a backup copy of your winsock32.dll and keep it on a floppy or anywhere other than your Win System folder.
Blanche
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Empires
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posted on December 29, 2000 05:16:54 PM new
barrelracer Hence the "!?" in the post. Also, another link if AW will allow it.
http://antivirus.about.com/compute/antivirus/library/weekly/aa112900a.htm?terms=snow+white+virus
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