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On Sunday 25 January 2004 9:56 am, Neil Williams wrote:
The problem in Windows is that every script kiddie with a grudge can write a malicious agent. The only solution is prevention, not fighting a rearguard action.
Neil, Thanks re. the i/o query. I did a second scan and the "errors" had dropped to four. On the "M$ Dark Side" (OT) - AVG had been installed and updated at weekly intervals over several months on both PCs as a replacement for a freebie version of Norton's AV. I spotted the two virus .exe files, apparently sitting dormant in a directory which holds various programme downloads from the internet e.g. Pegasus Mail, Opera, Mozilla, AVG, Spybot and Zone Alarm on both PCs. It was only when I removed AVG and installed Macafee that they were "detected". Bit puzzled as to why they were sitting there blatently labelled as virus .exe files waiting for someone to execute them. It's the first time that I've come anywhere near to being infected by a virus for 18yrs, apart from receiving dodgy e-mail attachments hastily deleted. David Bell Hatherleigh, Devon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.