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How do you know....
if there is a virus in an email??
Replies: 14 — Last Post Mar. 13, 2006 12:13pm by Napster the Hacker
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( XUnknownX )


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I just opened an email and it had wiered letters in it and stuff, but I dont know if it is a virus or not?  how would you know?

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lemon sunrise


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is it 1 that had an oddly spelled offer to give u a larger penis despite what gender u may b? i get so many of those crappy ones. i never open stuff like that.
i think that often if emails have attatchments, they can contain viruses. i am not sure.

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falling angel13


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maybe there trying tp type like that....
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( XUnknownX )


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i'm scared shitless now, what should I do to get rid of it?

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lemon sunrise


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delete it? i dunno.

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Is your email a hotmail account?
What Resident Shields are you running?
What AV software do you have?

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laurel18


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run a virus scan every week...

that'll solve the problem. Basically, don't open mails from people you don't know...Especially those XXX ones...Tempting but don't...

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Shuee


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Quote: from XUnknownX at 4:17 pm on Oct. 24, 2005
i'm scared shitless now, what should I do to get rid of it?

Get a virus scan?

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( XUnknownX )


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Is your email a hotmail account?
What Resident Shields are you running?
What AV software do you have?

Yes, my email is a hotmail Account
The AV software I am using is Security Task Mananger
I dont know about Resident Shields, i dont know what that is?

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nycboy9114


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Quote: from XUnknownX at 6:08 am on Oct. 24, 2005
Is your email a hotmail account?
What Resident Shields are you running?
What AV software do you have?

Yes, my email is a hotmail Account
The AV software I am using is Security Task Mananger
I dont know about Resident Shields, i dont know what that is?


run a virus and anti-spyware check. You should be clean if there was a virus. Oh and one more thing, don't forget to update your anti-spyware/antivirus programs.

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The Pimp


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dont no sorry

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teufel


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most viruses come in an attachment... check whats running in the back ground or run a virus scan

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shadowpool


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You can get viruses from attatchments that end in the extensions listed on this page.
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The PK


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Quote: from XUnknownX at 10:41 am on Oct. 24, 2005
I just opened an email and it had wiered letters in it and stuff, but I dont know if it is a virus or not?  how would you know?

It's probably HTML code, which isn't displaying correctly in the e-mail. As mentioned already, viruses tend to come in the form of attachments, and generally will open load themselves if you go to open attachments (which is why they say you should never open attachments if you don't know what they are). Other than that, it could be badly typed spam mail or mail typed in a different type of font (called character set) and your PC doesn't have the correct "language pack" to display it.

I'd doubt very much it's a virus though.

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Napster the Hacker


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scan it with some virus scanning software, if there any viruses delete it.

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