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| 26581 | 2001-12-05 05:51:00 | My e-mail addressees are recieving wierd messages and bits and pieces of stored/past e-mails....I havn't sent these! Norton anti-virus has been updated isn't picking up anything untoward... Is it pure co-incidence then that when I start my P.C.a prompt is waiting for me asking if I want to 'uninstall this program and all of it's components' ....I'm not going to press the O.K. button! How do I find out what the program is that wants me to uninstall it? How do I find the viral problem I know is there? |
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| 26582 | 2001-12-05 09:58:00 | When did you last update your AV Frank? There is a new virus out called 'gone.zl9' that apparently does really nasty things. I recived it this morning via the usual mail out from an infected computer but I had just 30 seconds!!! earlier completed the latest NAV update which was the biggest I have ever downloaded. Nortons is set to scan my incoming mail so it was picked up and quarantined but the point is, if you haven't updated since yesterday (Tuesday) your AV signatures might still be out of date. This 'gone' virus comes with Hi in the message line and purports to be 'a screen saver that you will just love' Sorry, I can't help you with how to clear the infection but if you are sure it is a virus the first step is to find out what one, then to search for the means to remove it and repair the damage. Gone.zl9 may not be new but I couldn't find any reference to it on the net so I am assuming it is the one that has taken over from BadTrans. Hopefully somebody else will be able to point you in the right direction. Billy 8-{) |
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| 26583 | 2001-12-05 10:03:00 | What you are describing sounds like the work of a virus probably Majistrb. When you scan with nortons have you got all file s turned on and I assume your virus checker is getting the latest update older versions of nortons can not update if the subscription period has ended. check the date of the definitions 4/12/01 is the latest. on nav2002 you see this as you start the program from the icon cant speak for earlier versions. if all is upto date and you still can't find the virus try creating aset of recue disks and run these ( they run in dos mode) this may not work/be availble if you have xp or me | Guest (0) | ||
| 26584 | 2001-12-11 01:30:00 | Just a note: I am currently admin for a non-profit organisation, which recently purchased NAV 2001. I have been running it's included LiveUpdate regularly, but it turns out that even though the LiveUpdate downloads something, and reports that NAV 2001 is now fully up-to-date, it was still using the original definitions, so the organisation ended up with the BadTrans virus. I could (and did) download the definitions manually, and installed them ok, which is how I got rid of it (Badtrans). I DID notice however, that the definitions in the system? (main NAV windows) window were the old ones, but I just put this down to a bug, and trusted the LiveUpdate... So please be wary... :( |
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