Has Anyone Else On RR Gotten This?

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 3:12 pm

ALERT!!!
Road Runner is currently dropping all .com, .exe and .pif files due to the negative affect on our network from the Zafi.B/W32.Erkez.B@mm virus. If you need to send or receive one of these files types, please make sure that the file is sent as a .zip or .gzip compressed file. Road Runner will resume accepting these file extensions as soon as possible, once the negative affect on our network is resolved.

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 3:37 pm

blebs99 wrote:ALERT!!!
Road Runner is currently dropping all .com, .exe and .pif files due to the negative affect on our network from the Zafi.B/W32.Erkez.B@mm virus. If you need to send or receive one of these files types, please make sure that the file is sent as a .zip or .gzip compressed file. Road Runner will resume accepting these file extensions as soon as possible, once the negative affect on our network is resolved.

I don't have RR for a ISP, however, it seems kind of strange to me, seeing the last time I looked on Norton's site, it was only a 2 out of 5 on the "scale"
However, on the RR network, maybe there are more users on the RR ISP that have been affected....
Blebs, have you tried to send a email out to .. say.. a web based account, like yahoo? Just to see if your ISP is truly blocking file attachments.
Could be a hoax?

Shinobi

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 3:42 pm

It seems kind of annoying but it's actually a good thing.... atleast they are helping stop the spread of viruses.

The Zafi.B/W32.Erkez.B@mm virus is spreading fast.

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 5:04 pm

I'm doubting the legitimacy of this one myself. I think I will try to send a file through once.

W_I_Z_K_I_D · Post by **W_I_Z_K_I_D** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:06 pm

mnosteele52 wrote:It seems kind of annoying but it's actually a good thing.... atleast they are helping stop the spread of viruses.

The Zafi.B/W32.Erkez.B@mm virus is spreading fast.

~I Agree 100% DuDe~

~1 Step In The Right Direction~

RAAF453_Shep · Post by **RAAF453_Shep** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:12 pm

send one to me... I'm on RR , and will let ya know if it makes it.
( not the virus ... lol , but a zip )

cheers !

Tropical Tundra · Post by **Tropical Tundra** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:31 am

Hello...I've been getting at least 3-5 of those emails per day so I googled the email text and found this post. It comes with an attachement and email addy are unknown to me. It makes it look like I sent them one of those files so I don't think this is an email from RR I think it's a virus. I just delete them. Anyone else found out more about this? I'm going to contact RR to see if they can shed any light.

RAAF453_Shep · Post by **RAAF453_Shep** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 1:16 pm

I also got one or 2 of them.... but it was just the cleand warning...

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:22 pm

To settle this one out, it is a legitimate warning made by Road Runner which is now accompanying all files that have had viral code removed.

Tropical Tundra · Post by **Tropical Tundra** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:31 pm

You're correct it's real. Here is the response from RR:

----- Original Message -----
From: "HSIHelp"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 9:00 AM
Subject: RE: Internet support

It is a valid email from Road Runner. The Road Runner mail servers have
stripped off a possibly infected attachment from an email that was sent to
you. If you had been expecting this attachment from the person that sent
it, you would need to contact them and have them "zip" the file and resend
it.

Thanks for contacting Time Warner High Speed Internet!!!