<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 = Transitional//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>It's an operation; performed on your = hard drive as I understand it, removes EVERYTHING, one starts over from scratch. = That's one of the reasons why I felt compelled to let you folks know - also, while = I don't suspect anyone on this list, all my deleted, undeleted, sent and = received e-mail files have been lost, so there's no way that I know of to determine = where exactly it came from.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Roy</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: = 5px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original = Message-----</B><BR><B>From: </B>John Ross <<A = href="mailto:piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca">piano.tech@ns.sympatico.ca</A>= ><BR><B>To: </B><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> = <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR><B>Date: </B>Thursday, February 24, 2000 5:19 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>Re: Virus = scare<BR><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry to ask this unpiano question.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is an FDISK?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John M. Ross</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 solid 2px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- = </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:ulrich@rangenet.com" = title=ulrich@rangenet.com>Roy Ulrich</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" = title=pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February = 24, 2000 6:23 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Virus = scare</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I had one last weekend, it = ate my kernel32.dll file and 3 others. Norton AV said it was "Blanky", but does not list it in the current list of = viruses. (I'm a little to blame as I bought Norton about 4 or 5 years ago = and have neved updated it, nor have I been diligent about leaving = the "protection" on.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>While I don't wish to take = up valuable band width unnecessarily, I feel it's appropriate to let the = rest of you know about this - I generally get about 60-65 emails a day, = mostly from this group. This past week it seems to be a lot less, and I = really hope that no one else on this list fell victum. (One of the 1st = things affected was mshttp file, and Internet access was cut = off.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>If this will help anyone, = the computer God that I deal with had me re-load Windows 98 into a "WIN = 95" directory which worked. I immediately went to the Norton AV site = and updated the virus library, ran the scan on al files, and fixed = the problem. (Another computer place in town was talking FDISK and, "bring all your original software with you, drivers, etc.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>THIS puppy will be paying = more attention to backup, updating Norton monthly, and will continue to be wary = of the attachments I see occasionally herein as well as other fixed sites.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Roy Ulrich</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>