-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Is this a real virus?
- From: "Barnstoneworth" <barneystorm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:31:59 +0100
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Macmillan" <james711@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 2:05 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Is this a real virus?
> well now, I bought a new computer,3 weeks ago, unpacked it went to outlook
> express, and in 5 minutes had the spy blaster virus, on the puter. It
shuts
> down your internet connection, then to top it off it shuts down your
> computer in front of your eyes, I fixed it by going to windows updates and
> got the site you mention below, believe me it is a viscous virus
> James
similar experience last night.. I formatted my hard drive and installed the
O/S(W2000)...First thing I did was re- install my firewall and AV software
and updated the virus definitions. ...then I set my e mail accounts up and
re-booted..on re-start, AVG flashed a warning to tell me the Nimda virus had
been detected..Ran AVG and it found it and sorted it out. Hadn't installed
anything else, hadn't downloaded any e mail..nothing ..and it was there!
I've since installed all of the Microsoft updates, but how this got in there
so quickly is very worrying.
Andy
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