Re: VIRUS ALERT -- Please Note
by "Alastair" <me(at)alastair.force9.co.uk>
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Mon, 15 Dec 1997 21:39:03 -0000 |
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> The symptoms of this virus are as follows:
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> 1) It's a hidden / invisible virus...difficult to detect without the
proper
> software tools
Sounds familiar...
> 2) It reproduces files at random with various names to them and different
> extensions
Yes - I've definitely come across this before...
> 3) It slowly, consistently and at random times erases the harddrive
I'm now almost certain...
> 4) It has not so far deleted any program files, but it has affected the
> performance of especially one: PHOTOSHOP
Yep, I've seen this one before. It's on my machine. It's called Windows...
Alastair
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