Duaine, At 12:59 PM 3/19/2004, you wrote: >Listers, > >I won't be affected because myself (and Mac users) don't have .exe files Hmmm - I wouldn't be quite so smug...no, you don't have .exe files...but, you have lots and lots of other interesting stuff. Once you move to OX-blah-du-Jour, you will be in much more invasion-prone territory...from which MACs have historically been relatively protected...not any more...it's still a pretty face, but the underlying 'Nix OS is much more vulnerable than it ever was before. Make sure that you have a full, new set of Norton MAC utilities handy, know how to use them, and remember to run whatever the latest equivalent of "Disk First Aid" is before running Disk Doctor. YMMV. No, I am not bashing MACs and I don't like Billy-Ware, either...it's even worse...it's just a bigger, easier target. If MACs still had the market penetration they did 10 years ago, then they would be a much more attractive target. At this point, it's effectively down to: "Why bother?" If it weren't we'd be hearing about viruses and hacks for MACs a good deal more than we do now. Practice safe computing! - Buy and _use_ a good set of AV/Utilities products. Get something that offers, and then _use_ the automatic update and scan features. - Make frequent backups. There are plenty of cost-effective ways in which to do this now. - If you insistent on leaving sensitive data (of any kind) on your local hard drive, plan on losing it sometime. Removable drives are very cheap (comparatively). An easy thing to do is to install (at least) your financial programs to such a disk and then simply remove it when you are either: 1.- on line (for other than downloading updates); or, 2.- not immediately working with that data. - Use an ISP who does at least some filtering/AV scanning for you. No, they aren't free; but they can provide reasonable service and at least some degree of protection, especially for those who are either way to busy or otherwise technophobic (I include myself...I automate everything I can). Best. Horace >Michael Gamble wrote: > >>Hello Listers >>This virus (above, Subject) has taken a whole day to (hopefully) clear >>from my system. It attacks all files ending with .exe and is the very >>devil. Symantec are onto it and a programme is available to counter it. >>Trouble is... if you're affected the screen keeps going blank - so you >>never know whether you are able to acces the internet to contact >>Symantec. Took me a whole morning to do so followed by "POPUPS" from >>Symantec to clear each and every "...exe" as it was detected. >>Good Luck from a sunny evening in the Sussex Downs >>Michael G (UK) > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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