[Rhodes22-list] Mark ? about new virus ?

[brad haslett]

Rhodies,

A few weeks ago when Bill and I were, uh, sharing
thoughts, I picked up some nasty
spyware/pest/virus/etc. that McCaffe, Spybot, and
Ad-Aware couldn't eliminate.  On the recommendation of
a co-worker, I downloaded Norton System Works which
included the Norton anti-virus program (and disabled
McCaffe).  Norton "fixed" the problem but the System
Works ate up a lot of memory and really slowed down
the laptop.  A few days later, I ran some Norton
programs and the system crashed.  After several
attempts I got it to re-boot only to have it crash on
another Norton program.  Finally it died because the
operating system was corrupted.  IBM replaced the hard
drive under warranty but I had to fork over the cash
to reload Windows XP (the machine didn't come with the
discs).  After some research on the net with my
desktop, it seems that this is a re-occuring problem
with Norton.  Has anyone on the list had this problem
or do any of you computer gurus have an explanation? 
Right now I'm kind of anti-Norton.

I'm back to McCaffe only and so far no problems. 
Maybe it was just Bill!

Brad Haslett
"CoraShen"
--- ed kroposki <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

> Ah, a new computer wizard.  Thank you,
> Ed K
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
> Behalf Of Hank
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 8:08 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Mark ? about new virus
> ?
> 
> According to the Symantec (Norton Anti-virus)
> Website, this is a hoax.
>  The Virus does not exist.
> 
> Hank
> 
> 
> On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 07:57:01 -0500, ed kroposki
> <ekroposki at charter.net>
> wrote:
> > 
> > Mark,
> >        I received this but wonder if it is new or
> a replay of an old hoax.
> > Ed K
> > 
> > A new virus has just been discovered that has been
> classified
> > By Microsoft as the most destructive ever. This
> virus was discovered
> > yesterday afternoon  by McAfee and no vaccine has
> yet been developed.
> > This virus simply estroys Sector Zero from the
> hard disk, where vital
> > information for its functioning are stored.  This
> virus acts in the
> > following manner:  It sends itself automatically
> to all contacts on your
> > list with the title:
> >          "A Card for You".
> > As soon as the supposed virtual card is opened the
> computer freezes so
> > that the user has to reboot. When the ctrl+alt+del
> keys or the reset
> > button are pressed, the virus destroys Sector
> Zero, thus permanently
> > destroying the  hard disk. Yesterday in just a few
> hours this virus
> > caused panic in New York, according to news
> broadcast by CNN.
> > This alert was received by an employee of
> Microsoft itself.
> > So don't open any mails with subject: "A Virtual
> Card for You." As soon
> > as you get the mail, delete it!! Even if you know
> the
> > sender !!
> > 
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