Posted by Paul on Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 8:15AM :
In Reply to: Virus senders posted by Kevin in Ohio on Wednesday, November 28, 2001 at 8:35AM :
After cleaning up my computer, I was reading on the Norton Site that if your using Windows ME version which has a restore function, that the restore sitting on your system will also contain the virus. I followed thier instructions the check it out, and sure enough its sitting in RESTORE.
So if the computer crashes and you try to restore to a past (any) date, you will get the virus all over. Problem is, I can not erase the files with the virus in restore, right now the system is clean, but its lurking waiting to re strike.
Tonight, I am doing a full reload of everything including a FDISK and format. God I hate this stuff when you really dont know the workings of computers that well.
So for anyone who had the virus, and is using Windows ME, its sitting there waiting to strike again....Per Norton Web Site.
Paul
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