[TheForge] Off topic Computer Yak Virus problem

Thu Aug 14 09:33:00 2003

Send a copy of the directory to MCafee by email so they can check it out.

2nd.  Run McAfee from the dos prompt.  Rename the virus program to something
else in dos, run the program.  This will prevent viruses that block known
virus programs from looking at them. Rename the virus program back to
original after running.  You can do this also with Norton.

Always update your virus software.

Paul McComb
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Subject: [TheForge] Off topic Computer Yak Virus problem

First let me apologize for posting a non-blacksmith question on this
forum.  Please delete if it offends you or you are not interested/can
not help.

The problem started with my desktop and before I knew it I was replacing
a hard drive. No virus was found and the tech's think the drive just
died.  Well at that same time, I started using my notebook till the PC
was repaired.  Now I believe my notebook computer has a virus, but when
I run virus check programs such as "housecall" and mcafee they say it is
clean.  The reason I think it has a virus is one day I turned it on and
it crashed, when I restarted it most of my windows programs (MS office)
were no longer in the computer.  I searched the hard drive from dos and
they were not there. BUT! there was a brand new dir called "someth~1"
that said "something wrong happened" as a description and contained 1
application file.  So my question is, has anyone heard of a similar
problem and is there a fix?

Thanks for your indulgence.

Larry

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