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Tarale    2710 Affected by 'Princess Bitch-Face Syndrome' ++++!! Persona non grata                   Since: 11-17-05 From: Adelaide, Australia Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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And the winner of the "omg nobody can be so stupid as to believe this..." award goes to the following hoax email virus forwarded several times to us today:
PLEASE INFORM EVERYONE Oh no! My Zero Sector!! It's burning the C of the whole Hard Disk! Let's call Microsoft and CNN! 
Whyyyy are people so dumb??? For the record, there WAS an email that linked to a page with a virus (trojan actually) in 2004. Said Trojan was weak as piss, did no damage and was BALEETED by all AV very quickly. It was a joke. The above nonsense has spread more than the original "threat" (edited by Tarale on 09-20-06 01:04 AM) |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828  Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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WTF is peoples' obsession with getting other people to forward junk mail around at random as much as possible? There's no way they can even tell if it's working.  |
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Simon Belmont Except I'm totally fucking hyped about Dracula X: Chronicles.  Since: 11-18-05 From: Pittsburgh Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| remind me to send out emails with pictures of Osama Bin-Laden and a cure for cancer.
I mean NOSE NOT MY ZERO SECTRO =( |
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Ninetales banned by request Since: 11-17-05 From: Gone. Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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I remember getting this e-mail several months ago. Looks like it's making its rounds again.  |
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Danielle 6730 Administratorrrr HELLO THERE   Since: 11-17-05 From: California Rate me ^_^ Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| HEY I JUST GOT THIS EMAIL A FEW DAYS AGO~
...And proceeded to call my brother on the phone and tell him he's a freaking idiot for believing it. |
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Tarale 2710 Affected by 'Princess Bitch-Face Syndrome' ++++!! Persona non grata Since: 11-17-05 From: Adelaide, Australia Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| I just love the wording of it. Things like the "Zero Sector" which is apparently "where the vital information is kept".
And things that "burn" your "whole hard disc C"
And other pseudo-computer terms Throw in a few "respectable" names like McAfee, Microsoft and CNN.... (note you'll not find any information about this at McAfee, Microsoft or CNN.... ) and you seem to have the makings of a great piece of scaremongering that will make IT analysts laugh, and everyone else forward like crazy
ridiculous |
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Dr_Death16 970 Since: 05-07-06 From: Iowa Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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I think I got an email like this from an idiot friend. I opened it like usual, noticed it was a forward and deleted it after the first few lines. I missed out on valuable entertainment. 
I need help finding my Zero Sector of my C drive... I've never seen vital information before.  |
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Darkdata 980  Since: 02-25-06 From: Newfoundland Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>LIKE OH MY GOSH
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>THERE WAS THIS THING >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AND IT DOES SOMETHING >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>AND IT EATS YOU >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>FLASH ANIMATION HERE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>50 PICTURES >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>YAHOO MAIL ADD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>LIKEOMG SIMENASD Yeah it's not fun. Also OH NOES it must also attack the tubes! (someone was going to say it ) |
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fabio Ameboid  Since: 11-17-05 From: Texas Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| Whenever I see forwarded emails like this, I usually delete them without reading it.
Forwarded junk mail usually annoy me, especially when you get a junk email saying that you should forward this mail to 10 different friends in X minutes or else you'll be cursed for life. I've gotten several of those types of junk emails and I don't feel cursed at all. |
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Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace...  Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| Might be someone who confused boot sector with zero sector or something. If the boot sector fails on a HD, it won't simple boot but usually the data can be saved.
...I seen grownups sending thoose around, it's usually the computer illiterate. |
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Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero  Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| Oh, the viruses are hoaxes? I opened the described things on my other computer and I was worried that that my hard drive had a hole burned in it with a torch and that my zero sector was deleted and that all my vital information was gone. Whew, I sure dodged a bullet there. | |||
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Originally posted by Ailure The boot sector is sector #0. Nobody I know calls it Zero Sector though. That sounds more like a level in a video game than a computer term. And yes, that sector holds the boot code and partition table, so if it's deleted, your computer might find booting up difficult and the drive will appear to be empty. It's pretty easy to recover from though. Also, I have my email configured to pipe all messages beginning with "Fw:" or "Fwd:" to the trash.  |
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Cynthia Uh-huh. Since: 11-17-05 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6295 days |
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| You'd think that in 2006, people wouldn't be falling for this stuff.
10 years down the line, we're still going to see this crap. |
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Danielle 6730 Administratorrrr HELLO THERE Since: 11-17-05 From: California Rate me ^_^ Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| Yeah, my brother still insists it's real.
sdfldkfjdkjgf I'm going to lose my mind D: |
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Tarale 2710 Affected by 'Princess Bitch-Face Syndrome' ++++!! Persona non grata Since: 11-17-05 From: Adelaide, Australia Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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Originally posted by Danielle Well, that's when you screw with his head and tell him that by forwarding on that email, he's already infected his Zero Sector, and that it is only a matter of time before his computer will crash. Thankfully, you know the solution (but it's very very complex) and you'll fix it for [insert monetary reward or other reward here]  (edited by Tarale on 09-21-06 12:41 AM) |
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Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace... Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| Tarale, you probably came up with the solution for thoose mails. Next time I get one of thoose, I do what Tarale said. Sometimes you can find a whole backlog of e-mail addresses in thoose mails.
Or maybe I should try spreading one of thoose hoaxes, with a rude message in it. (edited by Ailure on 09-21-06 01:17 AM) |
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Dwedit Rope フクト オン フォニクス  Since: 11-17-05 From: Chicago! Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6295 days |
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Originally posted by HyperHacker Sector 0 is the master boot record (MBR), not the boot sector. The MBR contains the partition table, which tells where all the partitions begin, and each partition contains a boot sector. On some types of disks (like compactflash or SD cards), the MBR is omitted and the first sector is actually indeed the boot sector. This means those types of media can only support one partition. Sometimes a camera will format a card to include an MBR though. Both the MBR and boot sector are important. The MBR says where all the partitions are, and if it gets wiped out, you lose all drives, but you can still slowly search the hard drive for possible boot sectors, and restore the partition table from there. The boot sector contains information about the parameters of the filesystem, and links to the root directory. If that gets wiped out, it's harder to guess what the old content was before, unless it was using the default parameters, and the root directory may be findable. |
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Deleted User Banned    Since: 05-08-06 Last post: None Last view: 6295 days |
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| Well, the most harmful hoaxes are like this:
"There's a very dangerous virus that will activate on (Insert next week's date here) and will delete all your files. To check if you're infected try saving any kind of file (txt, bmp, rtf, etc.) with the name 'Con', if it doesn't let you save it (because it says reserved to a dispositive or something) you are infected." Actually that happens on all computers v_v' and then it would continue with: "This virus cannot be deleted by any antivirus to date, you have to do it yourself. Go to (Insert path here), and delete the file (Insert important system file here)." It must be a file that damages the system but still allows the user to fordward the message. "Please check if you can save files with the name 'Con' on other computers and forward this mail to all your friends." I just made that up, but I'm pretty sure it would work as a destructive hoax, people check that they cannot save a file with the name "Con", go bananas and delete everything you tell them. It may need a few tweaks for optimun kickage, but I'm posting it so you don't fall for something like that... |
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Doritokiller Mole Since: 06-15-06 From: California Last post: 6437 days Last view: 6300 days |
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Originally posted by Uly ... Most people here won't even get close to almost falling for that. Ask yourself: "Would someone actually take their time to warn an anonymous user about a virus?" Most of the time, no. But whatever. It doesn't hurt to try to help, I guess. |
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Deleted User Banned Since: 05-08-06 Last post: None Last view: 6295 days |
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| Well, yeah, the mail would go to the thrash without even being read, but there's always a n00b or 2 around that would fall for it, and that would've read my message. I was trying to make a generic message, like "If you find taskmgr.exe running on the background, you're infected!"... :o |
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