Although I am definitely no virus expert I'll attempt to answer 2 of the questions, below, as it relates to my experience.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve & Jackie Young" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 7:56 PM Subject: Re: CS>Virus vs Outlook Express + "Colds" > Dear Virus experts, > Question regarding vulneribility of Outlook Express to virus attacks. > Outlook Express has a Preview Pane which shows message content for the > highlighted message in the in-box. It would seem to me that previewing > Black's virus-laden message is just as dangerous as double clicking on it to > open it, even though previewing the message does not change the status icon > (envelope flap says down). Is this right?> Yes, that's how it works, except that if you have a virus program installed, as the "highlighting" drops to that preview line that contains the embedded virus message, your anti-virus engine reads the message, finds the virus and encapsules it and the warning window pops up (you must have that option checked in your anti-virus program's configuration, i.e. to signal an alert/prompt so that you can tell it whether to delete, put in a vault, etc.) > I can't find anyway to turn off the preview pane. So the best I can do is > highlight the Black message, for example, then delete it. But am I > succeptable to the virus the moment I highlight the message, or not?> No, not if you have your anti-virus program enabled (virus-shield running in the background, that it is running is indicated by the icon in the taskbar. > Please - no lectures, just help me with the above. Yes, I just downloaded > the very latest Internet Explorer package - all 19+ megabytes of it. And I > have a fresh Norton AV data file.> With some anti-virus programs you also need to update the scanning "engine" not just the virus dat file. I don't know if Norton is one of those, whereas McAfee is. > Yes, I got attacked by the Kak virus, but Norton AV quaranteed it. However, > I now get "driver memory error" messages, I believe because there is still a > foreign file lodged somewhere. A friend helped delete such a file before, > but I don't remember where it is - perhaps somewhere in the registry? > Anyone know how to get rid of the "Driver memory error" message?> A few months ago Marshall Dudley posted to the list how to find and get rid of the .kak and one other worm-type file, if I remember correctly you can do this by typing .kak into the "search" for files and folders window either from the "start" button or via "Windows Explorer" menu. And then simply deleting the ".kak" file(s) IF any pop up in that search. Or run the Norton anti-virus program manually. The "Driver memory error" is not likely to be caused by this virus, from my experience it's a RAM problem. Too many small programs running at once, eating up your RAM, not leaving enough memory space (RAM type) beginning at start-up and continuously running cramping the RAM cache which leads Windows to get confused and lose all sorts of things (mine keeps losing the printer). Is it a ".DLL error"? Whether it's for your recent Internet Explorer or any other program you run the safest thing to do is to uninstall via the Control Panel uninstaller and then re-install after having turned off all other running programs. However, your best bet is probably to go to the Microsoft Knowledge Base web page and look up the specific error message and how to fix it. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong. Brita. > CS for a few years, and have managed to escape illness for a few years. But > a week ago, I felt the symptoms of a "cold" coming on, so I upped the amount > I take plus added Vitamin C, echinacea, etc. and felt the symptoms go away. > But then a couple of days later, whammo - a whopper of a "cold" gave me > "cement head", congestion, head ache, etc. No amount of CS intake helped, > probably because I didn't do the inverted let it run into my sinus cavities > bit, but it has prevented a sore throat. So, why did I get a cold? I has > shaken my faith a bit of the effectiveness of CS! > > Thanks, > --Steve > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gaston" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: CS>Virus Alerrt > > > Yes, I did get it as well. Norton picked it up before causing any damage. > > > > Gaston > > ============================================================ > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kehoe" <[email protected]> > > Subject: CS>Virus Alerrt > > > > > > > Just got a virus alert from the last post from "Black" Anyone else get > it??? > > > > > > CK > > > -- > > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > > > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
