[Wind] can't get rid of my viruses

[Bill Horne]

Eli,

Write down the exact names of the viruses, and visit www.symantec.com - preferably from another (non infected) computer. Search for the disinfection procedure, and follow it step-by-step.

Good luck.

Bill Horne

Eli Orkin wrote:

> Fred,
>
> I have 2 trojan viruses in my system.  My Antivirus software won't allow me
> to delete them or quarantine them.  What else can I do to get rid of them?
>
> Eli Orkin
>
> >From: "fred nothnagel" <fnothnagel at rlstevens.com>
> >To: <wind at blu.org>, "Ron Newman" <rnewman at thecia.net>
> >Subject: [Wind] No attachments to the WIND list, PLEASE
> >Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:47:30 -0700
> >
> >ATTENTION:
> >
> >Since attachments are what carry viruses, and since we've been plagued by
> >the nuisance virus Klez, please refrain from sending attachments to your
> >postings.  It takes very little extra time to cut and paste instead of
> >attaching your material, and it eliminates the problem almost completely.
> >
> >Also -- we should ALL be sure to keep an updated virus scan package running
> >on our home computers.  Norton, McAfee, whatever.  Doing so is simply in
> >our
> >self-interests and in the interest of the community, analogous to checking
> >the smoke detectors in an apartment.  I'll be asking new subscribers to
> >sign
> >off that they have updated virus-scanning software before I subscribe them
> >to the list.
> >
> >Fred
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Ron Newman" <rnewman at thecia.net>
> >To: <wind at blu.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 6:08 PM
> >Subject: [Wind] Please don't send attachments to the WIND list
> >
> >
> > > Please post only plain ASCII text, not HTML and not attached files.
> > >
> > > For those of us who receive digests, HTML is very difficult to read,
> > > and attachments are impossible -- they look like this:
> > >
> > >
> >WztrO3o+KltKCnsb+j4qW0uq2q1tPgsKKtoNHT5bC7pLqtoNHT5a7At7yjtLPlrsOxvKe61t
> > >
> >PioKikuq2g0dPltqe3sbKqs+W2p7rW0+C0tqajutbT47CgpLqtqtvT6qyurK2q29PipbO3sK
> > >
> >Pipbag0dPipbCsraC8r6Plo77Euq2j56WzutbT5a7CpK2nutbT4K+ipLrW0+2lsKrW0+Cwoq
> > >
> > > In particular, I can't imagine why it is ever necessary or desirable
> > > to send a file of type "audio/x-wav" to this list.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ron Newman rnewman at thecia.net
> > > http://www2.thecia.net/users/rnewman/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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