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Romance-Free Lock
Oct. 25th, 2005 09:45 amSometimes I think, "Forget all this romance bull. I'll stick with my friends, thank you very much."
Of course, they aren't here, either.
Of course, they aren't here, either.
Oct. 25th, 2005
Public Service Announcement
Oct. 25th, 2005 03:54 pmApparently, there's a virus going around using AIM as a vector.
You'll get a message (or two, in my case) saying "http://www.myspace.com/06242/myspace.pif is that u ", where the URL is also a link. Clicking the link takes you to the resource -- Firefox asked my where I wanted to save it, but I'm not sure if IE will work the same way, so don't click the link. Pif is apparently an MSDOS executable file.
I didn't find much Googling for it, so this may be a new-ish threat. I did find This, which may be talking about the same thing. If so, it looks like the thing just sits on your box and takes up progressively more memory as you run programs.
Just an FYI. Don't click the link. People used to say "don't open things from strangers," but this will come from your friend. They also say "don't open executables," but I'm a CompSci guy and didn't know .pif was executable (I thought it was an image, like .png, which is probably the whole idea). So the new rule is: verify links with your buddy before you open them. If he says, "No, that's a virus," don't open it.
:p
You'll get a message (or two, in my case) saying "http://www.myspace.com/06242/myspace.pif is that u ", where the URL is also a link. Clicking the link takes you to the resource -- Firefox asked my where I wanted to save it, but I'm not sure if IE will work the same way, so don't click the link. Pif is apparently an MSDOS executable file.
I didn't find much Googling for it, so this may be a new-ish threat. I did find This, which may be talking about the same thing. If so, it looks like the thing just sits on your box and takes up progressively more memory as you run programs.
Just an FYI. Don't click the link. People used to say "don't open things from strangers," but this will come from your friend. They also say "don't open executables," but I'm a CompSci guy and didn't know .pif was executable (I thought it was an image, like .png, which is probably the whole idea). So the new rule is: verify links with your buddy before you open them. If he says, "No, that's a virus," don't open it.
:p