Hoax Microsoft email? Hardware and Software Information Security by natasha I've just recieved an email which looks like a hoax. Copied below. The unsafe attachment was removed by OE. Anybody … Re: Hoax Microsoft email? Hardware and Software Information Security by dlh6213 The poor grammer is one tip that this is a hoax; and I don't think MS [I]ever[/I] signs anything "Yours Faithfully." :) This is reported to be a password-stealing trojan: [url]http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/default.asp?id=description&virus_k=132185[/url] Apple Wifi Hack. Hoax!? Hardware and Software Hardware by mikeandike22 …]similiar to most articles saying that this video is a hoax. Now if you have watched the video and read an… first thing they will say is that it is a hoax and that they were really using a 3rd party card… work with those cards and drivers then saying its a hoax, but I highly doubt SecureWorks would show off something like… Vista activation crack a hoax Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by happygeek … keygen code was now claiming it had all been a hoax. Here’s what ‘Computer User’ had to say: “fact is… that the video posted to squash the hoax claim was, while not exactly a hoax not exactly evidence of anything either. It… Infected with Hoax.Win32.Renos.vaoz. Please Help!! Hardware and Software Information Security by sebber …="Red"]C:\WINDOWS\system32\IEDFix.C.exe Infected: Hoax.Win32.Renos.vaoz 1 C:\WINDOWS\system32\IEDFix.exe Infected…: Hoax.Win32.Renos.vaoz 1 C:\WINDOWS\system32\Tools\Restart.exe … Psystar no Hoax; Apple Sues Clone Maker Hardware and Software Hardware by EddieC …/entry2341.html]Mac-Cloner Psystar: Hero or Hoax?[/URL]” Well it was either no hoax at all or Apple was the latest… Unix and C a hoax ? Community Center Geeks' Lounge by DJSAN10 I don't know how many of you all know about this already. But I found this pretty interesting. Check it out : [URL="http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/unix-hoax.html"]http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/unix-hoax.html[/URL] Enjoy..:P :-O :D Re: Psystar no Hoax; Apple Sues Clone Maker Hardware and Software Hardware by OlyComputers I never thought it was a hoax. Anybody could build that computer for that when you consider … Mac-Cloner Psystar: Hero or Hoax? Hardware and Software Hardware by EddieC … Home Premium (add $150). Still not convinced it's a hoax? There’s more. The $400 base unit includes a 2… Michael Jackson sparks celebrity death hoax epidemic Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek … and TwitPic are said to have got the current death hoax situation under control, with messages withdrawn and security holes patched… Re: Hoax Microsoft email? Hardware and Software Information Security by OurNation Was there any speacial borders or backgrounds? Re: Hoax Microsoft email? Hardware and Software Information Security by natasha no, not at all, just plain text. The address properties was [email]donny@microsoft.com[/email] Re: Hoax Microsoft email? Hardware and Software Information Security by OurNation I would call i got something like that with paypal and we just called and they said it was for real so call up microsoft customer support. Re: Hoax Microsoft email? Hardware and Software Information Security by natasha that's what I thought. think I ought to report it or something? Re: Hoax Microsoft email? Hardware and Software Information Security by dlh6213 The only companies I know of that have a way for you to report spoofing are ebay and PayPal; if you know of a way to report it, I'd say go for it. MS is working on the problem, however; here's an article about if you're interested: [url]http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2004/06-28antispam.asp[/url] Re: Apple Wifi Hack. Hoax!? Hardware and Software Hardware by happygeek The trouble is that there are far too many wannabe journalists, and not enough experienced, trained, professionals. While I am all for the whole blogging concept (duh) and even have a certain respect for many of those participating in 'people journalism' the problem seems to be that far too many people are willing to accept anything 'published' … Re: Apple Wifi Hack. Hoax!? Hardware and Software Hardware by mikeandike22 I couldnt agree more. Just because something is on the front page of digg more and more people will assume that the article is true (which in this case they are, but the arguement has already been proven) and not even bother to look at the originating content. LOL case and point I submitted this story to digg and right off the bat someone … Re: Vista activation crack a hoax Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by John A Man, I feel so stupid believing every word of that thing. Perhaps I should be bit more skeptical next time. :o PS: Thanks for un-featuring my entry! Re: Vista activation crack a hoax Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by happygeek Dani beat me to it with the un-featuring :) No need to feel stupid about believing the original claim, it was a very easy thing to do. The fact that people were running the keygen code without understanding how it was meant to work, seeing a code appear without knowing it was not a legit dodgy one (if you see what I mean) and then posting about … Re: Vista activation crack a hoax Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by albattar96 Greetings, Text below was copied and pasted from the "readme.txt" file available in PARADOX's OEM BIOS Emulation Toolkit For Windows Vista x86 v1.0 It start from here: What's the purpose of this release? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bypassing the product activation requirement of Microsoft Windows Vista x86. How … Re: Infected with Hoax.Win32.Renos.vaoz. Please Help!! Hardware and Software Information Security by sebber I managed to get the problem resolved. It was quite painstaking, but I'll summarize the other things I did to fix the problem. - Visited Jotti ([url]http://virusscan.jotti.org/[/url]) to find out which AV programs picked up the virus - Only about 4 AV Progs detected the virus - I uninstalled BitDefender and downloaded Kaspersky Internet … Re: Infected with Hoax.Win32.Renos.vaoz. Please Help!! Hardware and Software Information Security by cpwhite I'm having a similar problem. The Microsoft Malicious Software on-line tool found Wind32/Renos and seems to have removed the self-install program so I don't get the annoying pop-up balloon, but I can't access virus related websites nor can I run ComboFix, SpyBot or Registry Mechanic. They launch and I see them in the process window but nothing … Re: Infected with Hoax.Win32.Renos.vaoz. Please Help!! Hardware and Software Information Security by jholland1964 Hello, First of all a word of caution to ALL reading this thread, [B]ComboFix[/B] is [B]not [/B]a general purpose cleaning tool and [B]should not be[/B] as such. [B]ComboFix should only be used when asked by someone experienced in the use of this tool. Using this tool without supervision can cause problems with your computer.[/B] That is why … Re: Unix and C a hoax ? Community Center Geeks' Lounge by DJSAN10 Ohh.. i just found it in another thread here itself :D Re: Unix and C a hoax ? Community Center Geeks' Lounge by jackbauer24 Please solve this thread if you've seen it somewhere else. Re: Michael Jackson sparks celebrity death hoax epidemic Hardware and Software Networking by happygeek I'm now waiting for the first '[URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story254955.html"]RIP Johnny Depp[/URL]' malware link scam to hit, it's surely only a matter of time :( Re: UFO? Community Center Geeks' Lounge by Lardmeister Hoax of any kind is probably closer to the truth, but outer space visitors sound so much more like fun! Johnny Depp is NOT dead (Twitter FAIL) Digital Media Digital Marketing by happygeek …Angelfire web community page. You can still see the original hoax story [URL="http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/cnn_espn0808/hugecase….html"]here[/URL]. That hoax stated that "Johnny Depp's car was found … the moment. Where better than to kick start such a hoax, albeit a 5 year old one? So, just for… Please help- Virus Pop Up in Taskbar and Desktop Background Lock Out Hardware and Software Information Security by pookie24680 … backup (quarantined). C:\winstall.exe -> Not-A-Virus.Hoax.Win32.Renos.eo : Cleaned with backup (quarantined). [3688]…\Eug\Application Data\55185.exe -> Not-A-Virus.Hoax.Win32.Renos.eo : Cleaned with backup (quarantined). [624…] C:\winstall.exe -> Not-A-Virus.Hoax.Win32.Renos.eo : Cleaned with backup (quarantined). :mozilla.225… Re: Johnny Depp is NOT dead (Twitter FAIL) Digital Media Digital Marketing by actuala People have said that the originators of this hoax were at fault. Who? The 20-50 people that all agreed to put their minds together at the same time for the same purpose? Or the thousands upon thousands of people who mindlessly bought into the first thing they read?