Thanks, Alan, this is good info.
-John
Oregon
--- Alan Di Somma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MessageI 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.
>
> http://www.azod.com
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>
> "Deep Thoughts"
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> .....His freshman year.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vagn Hansen
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:majordomo-owner@;troutnet.com] On Behalf Of
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 29. oktober 2002 03:52
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 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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