"Goner" is supposed to be REAL bad, somehow evading the virus-bagging software and disabling the anti-virus programs. Symantic already has a write-up about how this works, and what can be done to clean it out of your computers and restore the files damaged by it. (Sorry, I don't have that particular page's address handy right now.) The write-up also included the graphics on what to watch out for as the computer gets infected. I confess -- I am very spoiled by my provider, a small local company just 3 miles from me. They've installed anti-virus software on their systems, and now boast that they bag at least 500 infected e-mails a day. The Symantic software on my computer hasn't picked up anything since they installed their anti-virus software, but I still run the live updates at least daily, even when I see the little icon in the corner of the screen indicating that this is being done automatically. Indeed, only today when I went to look for further updates, the LiveUpdate produced an update of itself right after the automatic download. (Better not be a virus lurking in Symantic's systems ...!) Z! Reinhardt RPT Ann Arbor MI diskladame@provide.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <ramsey@extremezone.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 9:25 PM Subject: Re: Virus alert Richard et al.......... It is necessary to download updates to your virus definition files on a regular basis. I do this about twice a week. Bad Trans has been out in the "wild" for about that long. I would update now, I just got a notice from a local radio show e-mail that there's a new one out and in the wild. It's called "Goner", so it has to be bad........... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <rbrekne@broadpark.no> To: "Nordiska pianolistan" <nordiska-pianolistan@egroups.com>; <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 4:03 PM Subject: Virus alert > List.. > > My machine was infected big time with three virus's that > managed somehow to slip right by Norton Antivirus... which > ticks me off pick time... > > anyways > > badtrans > sircam > and hybris hit 24 files >
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