This guy was running MAcafee, and had been for some time. He just wasn't
updating the defs like I told him to. He had a net connection from his
notebook that he logged onto in the morning, then stayed on all day for his
e-mail, so he could easily have done it, he just never did. I think he
learned his lesson :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Waterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, 6 March 2000 08:10
> To: Andrew Langton
> Cc: 'Peter Williamson'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] [OT} Data backup horror stories -was
> stolen compter
> article
>
>
> Andrew Langton wrote:
>
> > I had a client that was hit by the chernobyl virus, wiped
> the hard disk on
> > his notebook. He hadn't been updating his virus defs like
> he was supposed
> > to, and even though he had a parallel port Zip drive
> permanently connected
> > to his docking station, he hadn't backed up for nearly
> three months. In the
> > meantime, a big deal had come up, and he had lost all his
> doco on it. He
> > didn't keep paper copies of anything, and he faxed direct
> from the PC, so he
> > lost the whole lot. They lost that job.
>
> Apoint to note from this story,
> We had several such cases with the Chernobyl virus, some of
> them running
> Norton anti-virus. Unfortunately if you have a virus and
> install NAV it may
> not pick it up, however, if you start with a clean HDD it
> will discover the
> virus and deal with it
>
> Kevin
>
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