[Rhodes22-list] Mark ? about new virus ?

Tue Nov 9 11:14:43 EST 2004

One other thing I'll mention on this, even though it's not Rhodes
related (are computers part of "politics", "religion", or "jokes", or
can they go header-waring free?) There was a time when computers came
with a CD, or a set of CD's, that contained an "image" of the computer
in it's "factory state". They also usually included CD copies of the
software and operating systems. Little by little, the computer
manufacturers stopped including the application software and the OS CD,
and depended on the image CD, or the "system recovery" CD (same thing,
different name). Now, more and more, the computer companies are not
sending ANY CD's, but are depending on you, the consumer, to run a
program that creates your own copies of the CD's. This will soon become
the "norm" for any computer that contains a RW CD or DVD.

If you buy such a computer system, your first step as a new owner should
be to run that program and create your CD's. Sort of like buying your
new boat - one of the first steps should be acquiring a life jacket for
everyone on board. You may be able to use it without doing so, but if
you run into trouble, you may be sunk. So to speak.

Herb Parsons

S/V O'Jure
  1976 O'Day 25

S/V Reve de Papa
  1971 Coronado 35

>>> mark at kaynor.org 11/09/04 11:10 AM >>>
Rik,

I agree w/ Herb on this one. It's also been my experience that Norton
Anti-Virus adds a lot of overhead. 

Another thing to consider is that, at some point during the virus
removal
process, something in your OS was damaged - it may not have even been a
System Works issue. Do you recall what the infection was? 

Mark

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Herb Parsons
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 11:33 AM
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Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Mark ? about new virus ?

People tend to get carried away with Norton System Works, and routinely
install everything. I recommend against this, as many, probably most, of
the
programs are not needed. Some can even be dangerous. I recommend their
Anti-Virus to everyone, and the rest, stay away unless you know what
you're
doing.

>>> flybrad at yahoo.com 11/09/04 10:33 AM >>>
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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