Archive for November 14th, 2007

14
Nov

messages NOT

By decrechoice 0 Comments
Categories: didyouknow

as my colleagues insisted that i did send them a zip file, i checked my message history and voila:

the messages i apparently sent without my knowledge, er, courtesy of the virus. but in hindsight, they’re very funny…

NOTE: after each message; a zip file called image34.zip will be sent to the contact. DISREGARD it.

DJ
hey did i ever show you this picture of me?
haha, this guy up my street just slammed his $90k car into a telephone pole! I got a pic of it with my cellphone [ah, why would i think in dollars?]

MS Debi
my crazy sister wants ut to see these pics for some reason…take a look.
i can’t believe they wanted me to upload this picture to facebook lol. It’s terrible. Like my outfit tho?
[haha, i don't even know what's a facebook]

DENNIS
Can i put this pic of you into my new myspace album? –[okay, why would i want dennis' picture in my album? haidee will kill me, hehehe... besides, i couldn't even remember my myspace password]

DANA
do i look dumb in this picture? i want to put it on myspace.

DON
do you see anything strange in this picture about me?

PIKOY
hey did i ever show you this picture of me?

CDUR
[not in my message history, but he too insists that he got a message from me]

JULIET
[she's offline. good for her.]

CEL
OMG, i found ur pic on cuteornot.com! check it out!

CHIN
is this pic tooo sexy for photobucket??
[ah, clearly NOT my line... me? sexy??? bwahahah!]

GLENN
hey did i ever show you this picture of me?

JOHN
haha, this guy up my street just slammed his $90k car into a telephone pole! I got a pic of it with my cellphone [ah, my usual line is helu,helu - samok ko; but that's only when i couldn't find my own solutions]

TOTO
hey did i ever show you this picture of me?

LEY
OMFG!!!!!! :D

LINE
my crazy sister wants u to see these pics for some reason… take a look

RAUL
I think this picture is terrible. but my friends on myspace want to see it. please dont show noone. [i don't think i've chatted with master rah ever, except during net conference]

RHEA
[not in my message history, but she too insists that she got a message from me]

STEVE
wanna see this pic of my Boobs?
OMG just accept please its only some pics!!!
[NOW, this is truly HILARIOUS!!!! of all people -- jeez]

YAM
can i up some of these pics of ya to my myspace profile?

KRAM
Dude, i found your picture on hotornot.com! Take a look!

GRETEL
[not in my message history; although she too claims that i sent her a message]

MAGGIE
you care if i put this picture of you in my new album?

MICHAEL
take a look at the new pics already! :P

JESSIE
OMG, i found ur pic on cuteornot.com! Check it out!!
[i got the original message from her. but the message above was the second one. curiously, her original message wasn't reflected in my log.]

JASMINE
Hey accept my pictures, i got a bunch from when i was like a toddler :X
Have you seen me Naked Yet :D [i'm sinfully single yes.. but i'm very clear that i'm heterosexual. haven't doubted my sexuality ever since. want an XY]

BRIAN
Can you believe somone actually wears this size bra? I could use it for a Tent. [like why would i say this to my boss?]

14
Nov

virus scare

By decrechoice 0 Comments
Categories: didyouknow

i was quietly tapping the keys of the laptop when my windows live messenger window popped up. there was a message from my contact abroad. she sent a zip file called image34.photobucket.com. since i maintain communication with her, i didn’t find that there was something amiss with her sending me a file. incidentally, just yesterday - i was talking with a colleague from manila about zipping files. the file sent to me was of the same format as the zip file that i discussed yesterday. finding nothing unusual to the zip file sent to me, i unzipped it. it was then that the laptop acted weird for like a minute. i couldn’t control the mouse pointer as if it was stuck and the chat window kept on flashing - for like several times a second. as usual, not wanting to call on owner-of-the-room-i-envy and complain over something i have no clue whatsoever - i just let the episode go and waited for the mouse pointer to move. two or so minutes after, i was invited to a net conference with just the question "what happen?" the clueless me, asked "what’s wrong? is there a problem?". i was told that i sent a zip file. surprised, i informed my two colleagues that i did no such thing. in the middle of my denial via windows live messenger, my colleagues here all started coming to the kitchen to ask about a file that i apparently sent.

continuous denial.

precisely because I did not send the file. at least not consciously. i was informed that the file was a virus. it spread via Windows Live Messenger and infects the pc of the people in my Contacts List if they happen to click on the file, which they purported i sent them.

the kind of person that i am who doesn’t just sit waiting for information to come in; i immediately googled "msn virus" and "windows live messenger virus" and found these two links:

http://msn-errors.blogspot.com/2007/02/ratemynuts-virus-msn-worm.html
http://forums.techguy.org/malware-removal-hijackthis-logs/556829-windows-live-messenger-virus.html

i am assuming that the virus mentioned in those two articles was the same virus that gave us a scare. haha, but i could just be full of assumptions as prior to going home chairman told me that their triumvirate found the culprit. curious me asked and was told that it was an smtsvc.exe file. naturally, i googled it and found this:

http://www.cisrt.org/enblog/read.php?191&page=1

yeah, i think this it.

as always, i’m just full of assumptions. but hey, the first two links might just help somebody.

also, just to be sure that nobody has spoofed my IM, i followed my friend’s advice of changing my password.