----- Original Message ----- From: Phoebus R. Dokos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Virus Hi Geoff, the singular MOST important thing you need to do to get rid of worms of that kind is.... to get rid of Outlook you are using :-) You wouldn't have any trouble with Eudora for example :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks for the advice, but I blame myself more than Microsoft. My system for catching viruses worked perfectly, but somehow when I was checking its origins I managed to open it without realising. I am kicking myself for being so stupid. As you said in the other message Norton did not detect it, including Norton 2002! However their download service did. No serious harm was done to my system. The virus had infected only 3 files + boot, but all files were assessed as irreparable. However everything is working satisfactorily without them. I am just glad I detected it so quickly. I noticed when defragging my hard disk. I got a message that defragging was being restarted because the disk contents had changed. That could only be a virus! In fact the main attack appeared to be on the hard disk and I got the impression the virus was not too infectious. I checked 8 floppies I had used during the infection and all were clean. I was more worried about infecting other users. I think there is someone on the list who has the virus, perhaps unwittingly, but is it in their own interest to find it and destroy. In the meantime I have added more precautions to both incoming and outgoing mail. Geoff Wicks PS Marcel, you may be jealous of me, but I would not wish the experiences of the last weekend on my worst enemy ;-).
