HONOR SYSTEM VIRUS

[Roy]

Received yesterday ~
This is the Honor System Virus.

Please delete all of the files on your hard drive and send this message to everyone you know.

Thanks for your cooperation.

[shadow]

Done, now what?

[Joel Kleppinger]

I'm hurting here... I did the first half just fine, but can't figure out how to send out any emails now. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

Anyone have a fix for sending out emails if all the files have been deleted?

[socalgal]

rofl.... Joel http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[CMonster]

After a complete reinstall of my operating system I am a bit pi$$3d off!! I am firing off an email to Symantec this instant!! http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[Target]

Oh great!... I heard about this from a co-worker, and wanted to get it taken care of as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, they mixed up the erradication sequence.

I mistakenly deleted everyone I knew from my hard-disk, and sent out all my files http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif

What do I do now? LOL

[bhess]

I figured out that this is a joke right about when the computer said "format 40% complete"
http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif

[welsh wizard]

RAT's http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif
http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/wink.gif
WW

[dexmax]

Ok. so... does this mean i'm infected? ahhhh!!! man.

[MAGIC 8-BALL and THE ELF]

On my Honor, as a Scout, ... - Elf

Just stay away from the computer. - 8-Ball

[This message has been edited by MAGIC 8-BALL and THE ELF (edited 06-10-2000).]

[davem]

Oh My ..

Oohh Myy...


Uh Oh ....


OH No do you mean this is only a joke ?


But I only just finish putting all my files back after receiving that e-mail yesterday.Then you guys tell me to do it again!!

Oh FDISK IT!!!!!!!

[x35Agent]

OH no Don't do it DaveM

You'll BE Sorrieeeeeeeeeeeee

http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[davem]

But x35Agent

But how do I st......

[x35Agent]

HIT ESC ESC DAVEM NOW ESC ESC DO IT DAVEM YOU MUST


YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING DO IT NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[x35Agent]

YOU MUSN'T GO THROUGH WITH IT


MY GOD MAN DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING

HELP SOMEONE CALL 911

DAVEM IS IN DANGER

HE NEES OUR HELP PEOPLE

SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING

[davem]

HEELLPpppppp.......
I'm FADingg AWayyyyyyyy........
Somebody pull the power cor..

[x35Agent]

It looks like hes a goner captain

What do you want to do with his remains

Shall we jettison him out into space

or flush him down the toilet

LOL http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[davem]

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[ctaylor]

OK, let me get this straight.....

Your files are missing and your address book is too.....

This virus is a real nasty one, I got reinfected every time I checked my mailbox for a CERT advisory telling me what to do. Fortunately I remembered to perform a full backup before the infection spread too deeply.

If you failed to take this preventative step, why not try the following:

1. Why not trying to copy your harddrive to another drive using the xcopy32 command. This way you will be able to preserve the long file names on your system...and should prevent you from being reinfected unless you decide reading e-mail is important.

2. If this fails, why not flash your BIOS chip, this always seems to do the trick. I read about this in the CIH manual......According to the CIH manual it really doesn't matter which flash you use. Personally I like to use Toshiba BIOS upgrades on Dell machines.....

3. Try running HAPPY99.EXE, I have been told that this will help minimize the impact of the damage to your winsock file when you get around to deleting it.

4. Remember to look for W97M/EthanA. Ethan is a strong protective program which will help protect all your MS Word document templates.

5. Don't get confused, "ElfBowling.exe" will not offer you any help in defending yourself from this nasty nasty evil, cruel, dispicable, ugly virus threat.

*WINK*

[This message has been edited by ctaylor (edited 06-20-2000).]

[ctaylor]

PS: Herbie (the love bug) says "HI"