NerdInside Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Ok...so..um...where to begin? It was late, I was a bit..umm...excited?, and I'd just finished watching "the simple life". Long story short is I downloaded what I thought was going to be a certain, infamous tape involving paris hilton in various states of undress. Well I did, and I double clicked it but it was a trick because it wasn't a video. It opened up a little program. I've attached a screeny. Is this a virus? I haven't noticed anything odd happening....yet... The file was actually Original Paris Hilton Sex Tape.mpg.exe Does anyone know anything about this? Thx, nerd-inside.tk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahfunaki Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 hah uhhh... run ad-aware or a virus scan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 that's pretty funny. Well, did you anti-virus notice anything? If not ... it might just be some silly little program someone wrote. Although ... I wouldn't click that button ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdInside Posted January 20, 2004 Author Share Posted January 20, 2004 I did. They didn't find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 *points and laughs* LOL! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 You probably have something, either a virus or spyware. Go to www.antivirus.com and run the housecall scan, and I would also download spybot and/or adaware and run on your machine also (make sure you do a update before you scan!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remote Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 use IRC if you want the tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark03 Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 hmm... mpg.exe, now that's an interesting one :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdInside Posted January 20, 2004 Author Share Posted January 20, 2004 the only way to exit was to click the button :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritalin Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 roflmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PseudoRandomDragon Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Some viruses have themself visable in msconfig. Start > run > msconfig. See if there is anything bad there. Oh, and HA HA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best_uv_d_best Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 BWWAAAHHHH HA HA HA HA!!!! Bad pirate!!! Down!!! DOWN!!! you horny pr0n m0ng3l... y0u|)\ []V[]364hur7zZ m16h7 b3 570l3d!11!!! :D :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdInside Posted January 20, 2004 Author Share Posted January 20, 2004 If norton doesn't catch it and adawre am I ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 If norton doesn't catch it and adawre am I ok? Probably, but the software companies probably already have your info :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 (edited) :yes: The MPAA police are on their way to your house. Click the button is NOT the only to exit ! control-alt-del keys should bring up task manager. Shut off the offending program. You can also Shut down Windows or even just turn off the computer's power. :rolleyes: Edited January 20, 2004 by Hum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Veteran Posted January 20, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 20, 2004 use IRC if you want the tape. LMAO! btw, are you NerdInside from the FK forums? :) Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best_uv_d_best Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 :ninja: format your HDD, shave your head (or grow some hair), sell your house, change your name, and never look back... RUN MAN, RUN!!! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remote Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 LMAO!btw, are you NerdInside from the FK forums? :) Just curious. no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdInside Posted January 20, 2004 Author Share Posted January 20, 2004 FK? i don't think so BTW, my homepage is now "http://neowin.net". I set it back and ran the proggy again and it is back to neowin!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatCat Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 dude you're screwed I got the same one , couple of days layer my isp kicked me off their service I had to get a new isp. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELTA75329 Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 Here's a useful little tip... always pay attention to the LAST 3 CHARACTERS after the last PERIOD/DOT in a file name. They make up something called the Filename "Extension". More on this "Extension" concept in a bit. It?s important to understand that "i'manidiotwhodoesn'tknowwhathe'sdoing.mpg.exe" is not a video, it's a program. See the cute little ".exe" on the end? That tells your PC that the file is a program therefore it attempts to execute the code, whatever that may be. If it was just ".mpg" the PC would load the associated video player. Those 3 magic characters after the last period of the filename actually mean something in a Windows OS, so they tend to be fairly important. It's the way Windows determines what program to use when it opens the file. That?s the whole point of having the extension in the first place. When you're dealing with new/unknown files, you should watch out for these extensions as well: .vbs .bat .ini .cab .reg .dll I?m sure there are more potentially dangerous ones out there, but I can?t think of any right now. The important thing to remember is that Windows doesn?t double up on extensions. There?s no such thing as ?coolpornpicture.jpg.vbs? for example. Never trust any file that is named like that; it?s always a tr:hmmm:r /> :hmmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdInside Posted January 20, 2004 Author Share Posted January 20, 2004 dude you're screwed I got the same one , couple of days layer my isp kicked me off their service I had to get a new isp. :no: did it look like mine? are you sure?? I can't lose my ISP! my mom would kill me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intensityx Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 I remember reading somewhere that there are some extremist religious groups in the US that are targeting P2P porn downloaders by posting fake porn downloads. Apparently they have nothing better to when they aren't trying to shove their beliefs down other peoples throats. Maybe this is an example??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariusu Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 did it look like mine? are you sure??I can't lose my ISP! my mom would kill me. oh come on!! you believe everything or what??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
best_uv_d_best Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 then prepare to be killed... hey man, you did it... for every action there is a more than equal and opposite smackdown when you live at home and are a pr0nm0nger... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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