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Title: Need help about a virus
Post by: square_marker on July 29, 2002, 08:11:25 PM

My sisters computer got a virus and it was sent through an email. She claims everytime she tries to open up a file or program it will not run and show an error.

What can she do to get rid of this virus????

Title: Need help about a virus
Post by: SER on July 29, 2002, 09:00:26 PM

Was she running a antivirus program? She should be.. And if she\'s not, she should bring it down the comp store and see if they can do something about it.

Title: Need help about a virus
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 29, 2002, 09:50:46 PM

pc forum there is, pc forum this thread will go in.

Title: Need help about a virus
Post by: Avatarr on July 29, 2002, 10:46:35 PM

hahahaha.. a macro disassociated applications with the .exe extension it would seem.. reformat and reinstall.

Title: Need help about a virus
Post by: SwifDi on July 30, 2002, 12:12:04 AM

I got VBSLoveLetter and re-formatted. I still thought I could get by with a McAfee Virus Scanner from 97\'.

I just pulled the ol\' wallet out and got a Norton Virus Scanner 2002. Its worth it, this thing is constantly on the lookout.

Title: Need help about a virus
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 30, 2002, 01:32:37 AM

yep, i\'m on Norton VS 2002.. Good program, I just make sure to update my definitions every week to 10 days..

Square_Maker, if you do have a Virus that\'s corrupting your .EXE files. Then you are better off formating as avvy said.. It\'s pretty hard to remove a virus that sits in exe files. You can\'t delete or remove viruses from files that are running.. :(

Title: Need help about a virus
Post by: Heat on July 30, 2002, 04:32:33 AM

Norton Anti Virus is the best, I\'m running 2001 version but it is fully updated and does the job, I get loads of virus\'s from email but it cuts them out all the time and removes them. Im also running Norton Personal firewall so I feel pretty safe while surfing.

Title: Need help about a virus
Post by: Seed_Of_Evil on July 30, 2002, 09:24:42 AM

Yes, Norton Antivirus is the best. I tried to install 2002 ver but it says I must uninstall the previous version, but there is not previous version !! GRR.

Title: Need help about a virus
Post by: square_marker on July 30, 2002, 12:10:07 PM

btw, my sisters virus is named WORM KLEZ.E

im going over there today to try and reformat her cpu

Title: Need help about a virus
Post by: FullTilt on July 30, 2002, 01:02:31 PM

I had a feeling it was the Klez virus. I get at least 7 emails a day with that same stupid virus.  It\'s actually a worm, and what it does is it goes through your address book and sends itself to everyone on it.  The best thing to do is update your Norton software. In my opinion, it is the absolute best virus software out there.

Title: Need help about a virus
Post by: square_marker on July 30, 2002, 09:28:49 PM

i tried that but it will not let her run her anti-virus programs...the cpu freezes and we must reboot....i told her to have her husband reformat the cpu.

Title: Need help about a virus
Post by: SwifDi on July 30, 2002, 11:21:38 PM

Thats the magic of viruses and worms... they will never let you open any Anti Virus software...