Re: [VFB] virus alert

Tue, 29 Oct 2002 06:22:51 -0800

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I second that message.
Just as recently as a week ago my computer started to run real slow. Upon checking I found a virus from my "C" partition that was an attachment from my company's e-mail. I thought that if I had numerous partitions and two different operating systems I could avoid infecting my personal use part of the computer.
I had received an e-mail from my company and the file extension was ".exe" and I know better than to open any file with that extension. I immediately deleted it. That was about 6 months ago but it just hit last week.
The Norton Anti-virus caught it last time and I thought I had gotten rid of it but I guess not. Either that or I got a new version of it recently.
There were 258 infected files, which I cleaned, but 7 files could not be cleaned , so I Quarantined them.
The Norton didn't catch it this time, and it infected ".exe" files.
 
Alan Di Somma
Phoenix,Az.
 
 
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:32 AM
Subject: RE: [VFB] virus alert

Hi David,
 
Yes you can get an virus just by viewing an e-mail, but this is not the forum to discuss that.
 
Tight lines
Vagn Hansen
Denmark
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 29. oktober 2002 03:52
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Subject: Re: [VFB] virus alert

Does anyone know who this person is?  From what I know about viruses, you cannot get one just by having send you an email.  I believe you have to open an attachment in order to get the virus.  This sounds like one of those deals where they tell you you've been sent a virus and to delete certain things in your system and they you end up trashing your own system.  I personally don't think I'm going to delete anything from my system at this point. 

David

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