by Syntax | Jul 21, 2003 | General News
It’s true, and a large number of citizens have been infected by a trojan horse virus. Here is a post by chrispeg in the AW newsgroups that explains the virus a bit.
If you get a telegram like this:
Telegram from ‘someone’s name’, sent Mon Jul 21, 2003 06:41:
My friend has made a cool little program for AW and it would mean a lot to me if you helped him out and downloaded it and told me and him what you think: www.twisted-inc.com/awtoolkit.exe
How it installs on your system:
awtoolkit.exe immidiatly renames to c:%win_root%msagentmslxlu.exe. It creates at least 3 registry entries, which call the program whenever you logon to windows and/or you start IE. Once mslxlu.exe it copies itself to c:%win_root%system32msrksd.com, which is also called when you logon to windows or start IE. A third copy is made and copied to c:%win_root%win32cmds.exe. Using your taskmanager (win2k/XP) will show you this process once its running.
All instances are UPX compressed files. Norton does NOT recognize the trojan!
What it does:
1) It runs an IRC server on port 6666
2) It connects to ICQ using remote port 80
3) It tries to connect to hotmail.com to send off an email, using remote port 25.
The virus has the capability of grabbing ahold of your citizen password. This is truthful because a number of citizens have got the telegram and downloaded the program. Pineriver and Grace H. Mace have both got the trojan, for example, so the hacker signs onto their accounts and sends out the above telegram telling their friends to get the program. Do not install this, or any other EXE files ever from anyone. Although I think you should know that by now. 😉
by Syntax | Jun 23, 2003 | SW City News
Over the past few days, builders have been busy continually expanding the ever-growing Orton Strip Mall area. This time, all the building is being done east of the last expansion which included the book store, hat store, travel agency and the Eep Shop.
Some of the new stores that have been opened include Vintage Loggers Restaurant, Hours o’ Flowers, Tattoo Tip, Philippe’s Photo Studio, WTF! Hair Palace, Speakers n’ Stuff, Myer’s Fires, Optima Financial, FRI’s Electronics, Mr. Frink’s Fine Wooden Furniture, Shanubia’s Shiznit Shampoos, CatCorp MuteGuns and the Birde Bin.
Also located in this sector is numerous new Hovercraft dealerships which brings this location to be the #1 spot to shop for your next craft. Some of the companies located here are King Industrial Hovercrafts, Gryphon Hoverworks, Vortech Motors and CatCorp Motor Industries.
A new alleyway has also been created which is home to a number of new nougats. There is also high-income housing located in this alley for some reason. The new residents include Grace H. Mace, Mr. Frink and Vornox. ^,^
One of the biggest openings in this area of Orton Strip Mall is the new movie theater which will premiere huge box-office movies like The Hulk, The Matrix Reloaded and the new hit, The n00b and I.
by Syntax | Mar 21, 2003 | SW City News
I added a little background onto the main body of all the pages. Hit F5 to refresh your screen to view the page normally, since some of the images at the top of the pages may still have a totally black background.
by Syntax | Feb 6, 2003 | SW City News
Today the Scarabian Republic Folding@HOME team broke into the 400’s category! So far, the team comprised of 13 members has collected almost 550 WU’s (work units)and 3700 points! Good work guys!
If you want to see our F@H website, click here!
by Syntax | Jan 22, 2003 | SW City News
As of January 22nd, the entire second volume of “Eep N’ Friends” can be yours! Re-live your favourite moments at any time of your life! A copy can be yours by dialing 1-888-ILUVEEP or visiting “The Eep Experience” at Orton Strip Mall! It’s only $29.95 plus shipping and handling so don’t doddle, get your copy now!
