[pchelpers] Re: Netsky.Q

Hi Eric,

Thursday, April 22, 2004, 4:35:41 AM, you wrote:

EF> I'm running Eudora Email Client - I've lost faith in OE after I lost ALL in
EF> December.
EF> This evening I received an attachment in a zip file from a site I do not 
know.
EF> Being suspicious that it was a virus I was frightened to click on it to
EF> delete same.
EF> Instead I ran a virus check of the folder it was sitting in (Eudora files
EF> all attachments in an "Attach" folder).
EF> Lo and behold AVG tells me that it is the dreaded Netsky.G virus.
EF> My question is - how can I rid the beast from the Attach file without
EF> running the AVG program? Running the program will take forever, but I want
EF> Netsky OUT, OUT!!!!!!!

Doesn't AVG automatically delete/quarantine/whatever infected files
for you?  You said that you ran a virus check of the folder.

If not, then simply delete the email.  Eudora is not OE.  Only
Microsoft is stupid enough to believe that it's ok to take unknown
data (email) and execute it.

--Scott.


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