john@microsoft.com

Octavian · 2004-03-19, 03:46 PM

I've received two emails from such a person and one called "[email protected]". I made the mistake of opening one of them and all it said was "Have a nice day". I'm kind of scared that it may have done something. John does sound evil and I know MS doesn't send emails out.

Madcow · 2004-03-19, 03:52 PM

You have launched the pink slip virus. Soon, they'll trace this back to you and you'll be fired. Have a nice day!

oddfish · 2004-03-19, 03:53 PM

dude.. i hope you're running every kind of virus protection software you can get your hands on right now.

Octavian · 2004-03-19, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by oddfish

dude.. i hope you're running every kind of virus protection software you can get your hands on right now.

What will be the first symptoms it will show? I run an antivirus program in the background, I also use SpyBot and Adaware.

You have launched the pink slip virus. Soon, they'll trace this back to you and you'll be fired. Have a nice day!

You're meant to be nice you know, plus I don't actually work. So it seems I can't be fired, only expelled.

did it have an attachment to it and if so did you open that?

It didn't have an attachment, but I'm still worried.

oddfish · 2004-03-19, 04:01 PM

you should be okay, i think, as long as there was no attachment to download. downloads from e-mail are usually the only case where you'll get a virus... i've never gotten one from opening an e-mail but i'm pretty sure it's possible. anyways, if it was truly malignant i think it would've done the damage by now, but that's not for sure. aside from that, just keep running anti-virus software and cool out. you should be okay.

firecrackerNC · 2004-03-19, 03:55 PM

did it have an attachment to it and if so did you open that?

Octavian · 2004-03-19, 03:59 PM

Ah damn, my CPU Usage is beyond 90.

firecrackerNC · 2004-03-19, 04:00 PM

I highly dout anything happened but if so,Run away from home and become a hobo

Octavian · 2004-03-19, 04:03 PM

Thanks anyway.

worldvengence · 2004-03-19, 04:07 PM

there can be viruses hidden in a normal email code, altho hard as hell to do, possible (hard as in most hackers dont know how to do it even), and it may be a worm that is leeching all ur comp swap space, restart, clean up your HD, make sure ur Anti-Viral definitions are upto date, do a full scan, then check ur CPU usage, if it is still high allt he time, put ur head between ur knees and kiss ur ass goodbye...or u could possible reformat...pain in the ass tho

Octavian · 2004-03-19, 04:14 PM

UPDATE: CPU Usage - Between 20 and 50%

Cleaning out my HDD, deleting old files.

oddfish · 2004-03-19, 04:15 PM

good deal. you should be fine, dude.

Everay · 2004-03-19, 04:23 PM

yea, but there are those viruses out there that can get you if you simply click on the email, i hope you dont use outlook express, like me, but see, im a idiot, so its okay.

Sputty · 2004-03-19, 05:02 PM

mispost

worldvengence · 2004-03-19, 05:04 PM

nazi