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**John R** · 12-03-2001, 03:20 PM

This is a plea to all who do not have a virus checker program on their system or do but never update it....

Please either get one or update it
So far this week Yes since yesterday I have recived over 15 emails with the latest worm attached, and in the last week or so i have lost count of the number.
So PLEASE PLEASE Help others to keep their sanity...:hammer:

Remember it could be your system next...
Just ask Maria she knows all about what they can do to your system......

btw these are easy to spot for a change.....

**Sean** · 12-03-2001, 04:24 PM

John R,
Thank's in advance for the head's up.........BTW which new worm are you referring to?Is it the W32 or VBS? So far i've rec 4 W32's but no VBS. Dont get me wrong here........ im not fond of the little ******s....... just want to know what else is out there that i should be aware of.

**John R** · 12-03-2001, 04:59 PM

I've had both but have got to the point of not looking at which one now......:hammer:
Seems that its real bad at present and opticians seem to be the worst culprits for not having any virus software..
Its the best £20 i ever spent :D
but you can even get it for free...........

**Sean** · 12-03-2001, 06:06 PM

John R,
I dont know about your virus scanning program...........but mine was 100% effective.So your request for everyone to either get or update their software is good advice indeed.

**John R** · 12-04-2001, 02:01 AM

I use McAfee 5 coupled up with zone alarm to protect me. :D

**Sean** · 12-04-2001, 05:32 AM

I'am using Nortons for both AV and firewall.:)

**Pete Hanlin** · 12-04-2001, 09:43 AM

I used to have Norton loaded on my laptop, but deleted it on the advice of a Microsoft tech who blamed it for hanging the system when I tried to shut down each night (since turns out it was a MS bug...

).

Anyway, I'll have to reload the program and update it... I just never give much thought to viruses and worms and such because I don't run executable files I receive in emails. I understand that now one doesn't even have to open a file to get a bug, so I'll be more careful. Btw, John, what is your icon? Looks like a scene from A Christmas Carol or something...

**optispares** · 12-04-2001, 01:18 PM

:o good thinking john good job my virus checker (pccillin) spotted the worm you sent me. :shiner: :drop: still i suppose it proves it works.

**John R** · 12-04-2001, 03:10 PM

Well spotted pete ...
Its a scan of the cover of the book, I'm a bit of a scrouge myself hate christmas (hurts my credit card to much) so the good lady tells me, but what do they know...........
Also you dont have to run these little blighters only open the attachment !!!!! so be warned, I will only open attachments after double checking that they have been sent to me to look at, as most of the new bread of virus come from people who you know.......

Jack, well you did keep bragging that you had never recived a virus so in the sprit of christmas i thought what the hell i'll send you one instead of a card .................

**optispares** · 12-04-2001, 03:42 PM

thanks for that scrooge i never new you cared . i will have to find something even more evil to send you for christmas. ho ho ho.:finger: and so in the spirit of the season:cheers: make mine a large southern comfort.

**Sean** · 12-04-2001, 05:54 PM

This one is brand new with a few twists. Not only will it attempt to delete critical hard drive files it also seeks out files that are critical for any security or anti-virus program. It arrives with the subject line of "Hi" and asks the user to check a screen saver program. If you choose to run the screen saver......whamo,your computer is infected. It will then attach to everyone in your address book.Here's another twist, it not only affects MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express.......it can also send itself through the IM program ICQ. Good news though.......so far both Symantec and McAfee have released updates for their software.GO GET IT!