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Old March 3rd 04, 03:22 AM
frank
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Jerry Wass wrote:

No, Jan, I now realize you said --"looks like it came from here" meaning
the Idaho
skyjumpers , not your website.---Just too curious on my part..---And I
just reformatted last weekend!!!--usually my server screens all this
stuff, but they must not look into XL files...Jerry

Jan Carlsson wrote:

The last days, Norton antivirus have been updating the virus definition
every day, normaly it is once a week.

I think it pay off to have a subscription on updates.

I hope I didn't lead you on to something bad. it was not my intention.

Jan.

"JAFO" skrev i meddelandet
...
On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 09:09:31 -0800, Jerry Wass
wrote:

:WOW---I'LL NOT DO THAT AGAIN !!
:The instant I clicked open, I started getting this rapid beep-beep
:from

my
:computer, the screen went ape s**t & I went for the off switch !!
gotta

tie me
:a string on the
ower cord so I can jerk it from the wall quicker than waiting 5 sec
:for

it to
:die .
:
:Upon restarting, I get this window (wdws-98) that says " we found a

previous
:copy
f your files that we can use for start up---press enter " (or words
:to

that
:effect)
:
:WHUT HOPPEN??? Jerry

You got hit with a virus. It was spoofing the return address -
apparently someone else that was infected had your address and the
parachute people both in their address book.

Find a local shop, have them boot with a clean disk and find what
you're infected with.

As bad as it is, you're lucky that you got a virus that gave you an
immediate indication that something was seriously wrong. The worst
ones quietly destroy all your data in the background without you
knowing.



Next time go to www.symantec and use their online scan to check 1 folder or
your entire hardrive. NO CHARGE