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Hey Dale ....Nice play...Duh. Anyone who deleted this file or forwarded it to anyone check Symantec.com for re-install instructions.
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Sorry!
I'm a relative newbee with computers. I got an e-mail from Easy Earl's Corvette Parts and I deleted the file. I was afraid that I had spread it and didn't want others to be affected.
My heart's in the right place. I've since learned that 99% of the "warnings" by e-mail are hoaxes.
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Sorry!
I'm a relative newbee with computers. I got an e-mail from Easy Earl's Corvette Parts and I deleted the file. I was afraid that I had spread it and didn't want others to be affected.
My heart's in the right place. I've since learned that 99% of the "warnings" by e-mail are hoaxes.
Dale.Comment
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I fell victim to the same hoax a few months ago. What made it especially believable was that one of my buddies in Texas, who is a genuine computer geek, had phoned me the same day to warn me that I had gotten a virus from his computer by being included in his email address book. I had indeed been sent a virus, but it was a different one.Comment
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I fell victim to the same hoax a few months ago. What made it especially believable was that one of my buddies in Texas, who is a genuine computer geek, had phoned me the same day to warn me that I had gotten a virus from his computer by being included in his email address book. I had indeed been sent a virus, but it was a different one.Comment
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I got this similar message, stating that I had inadvertantly been given a virus and to delete the file. Within minutes, others e-mailed me and said the virus thing was a hoax.
GaryComment
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I got this similar message, stating that I had inadvertantly been given a virus and to delete the file. Within minutes, others e-mailed me and said the virus thing was a hoax.
GaryComment
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Check it out....
Most of the major AV software manufacturers (Norton Anti Virus, Etc.) maintain websites and you can search their data bases by 'trigger' and 'symptom' description. The hoax virus (go delete thus and such file) is about 2-years old and there are a number of variations of it.
Bottom line, if you think you've got some virus, CHECK the AV data bases before you jump off a cliff and take any action(s) other than running a quality AV utility on your computer.....Comment
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Check it out....
Most of the major AV software manufacturers (Norton Anti Virus, Etc.) maintain websites and you can search their data bases by 'trigger' and 'symptom' description. The hoax virus (go delete thus and such file) is about 2-years old and there are a number of variations of it.
Bottom line, if you think you've got some virus, CHECK the AV data bases before you jump off a cliff and take any action(s) other than running a quality AV utility on your computer.....Comment
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Re: Check it out....
Use the link below any time you get one of the gazillion e-mail "virus warnings" that are rampant - it will take you to the Symantec (Norton) site page with the latest REAL virus threats, and there's a link at the lower left corner of the page to their "hoaxes" section that identifies all the hoax warnings. The commercial virus-protection outfits don't send out "virus warnings" via e-mail; just update your Norton (or whatever you have) every morning when you boot up (or set up to do it automatically) and you're good to go. Anyone running without virus-protection software in this day and age is ASKING for trouble; I used to update mine weekly, but I got hit by one of the "worm" viruses about eight months ago (that really tore up my system) because I missed the update that would have stopped it by one day - now I do it every day. It's only ten bucks a year to renew, and all the updates are free, no matter how often you do it. Learned my lesson....
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Re: Check it out....
Use the link below any time you get one of the gazillion e-mail "virus warnings" that are rampant - it will take you to the Symantec (Norton) site page with the latest REAL virus threats, and there's a link at the lower left corner of the page to their "hoaxes" section that identifies all the hoax warnings. The commercial virus-protection outfits don't send out "virus warnings" via e-mail; just update your Norton (or whatever you have) every morning when you boot up (or set up to do it automatically) and you're good to go. Anyone running without virus-protection software in this day and age is ASKING for trouble; I used to update mine weekly, but I got hit by one of the "worm" viruses about eight months ago (that really tore up my system) because I missed the update that would have stopped it by one day - now I do it every day. It's only ten bucks a year to renew, and all the updates are free, no matter how often you do it. Learned my lesson....
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