Virus alert

[Z! Reinhardt]

"Goner" is supposed to be REAL bad, somehow evading the virus-bagging
software and disabling the anti-virus programs.  Symantic already has a
write-up about how this works, and what can be done to clean it out of your
computers and restore the files damaged by it.  (Sorry, I don't have that
particular page's address handy right now.)  The write-up also included the
graphics on what to watch out for as the computer gets infected.

I confess -- I am very spoiled by my provider, a small local company just 3
miles from me.  They've installed anti-virus software on their systems, and
now boast that they bag at least 500 infected e-mails a day.  The Symantic
software on my computer hasn't picked up anything since they installed their
anti-virus software, but I still run the live updates at least daily, even
when I see the little icon in the corner of the screen indicating that this
is being done automatically.  Indeed, only today when I went to look for
further updates, the LiveUpdate produced an update of itself right after the
automatic download.  (Better not be a virus lurking in Symantic's systems
...!)

Z! Reinhardt  RPT
Ann Arbor  MI
diskladame@provide.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <ramsey@extremezone.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: Virus alert


    Richard et al..........
    It is necessary to download updates to your virus definition files on a
regular basis. I do this about twice a week. Bad Trans has been out in the
"wild" for about that long.
    I would update now, I just got a notice from a local radio show e-mail
that there's a new one out and in the wild. It's called "Goner", so it has
to be bad...........


----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <rbrekne@broadpark.no>
To: "Nordiska pianolistan" <nordiska-pianolistan@egroups.com>;
<pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 4:03 PM
Subject: Virus alert


> List..
>
> My machine was infected big time with three virus's that
> managed somehow to slip right by Norton Antivirus... which
> ticks me off pick time...
>
> anyways
>
> badtrans
> sircam
> and hybris hit 24 files
>