At 1:40 PM -0800 1/5/01, Dave Wood wrote:
>I have to agree with Barney on the Pretty Park virus. I received an e-mail
>from one of my regular customers who sends attachments regularly and when I
>opened it and didn't see anything, I called her and she let me know that she
>had been notifying everyone in her address book about the virus. It is
>pretty easy for someone who is computer literate to remove, but could be a
>bit rough for some people. First you have to remove something from your
>registry and then reboot and delete the program that causes the problem and
>also changes it's name. I was able to take care of mine right away, but
>ended up fixing my customers via modem a couple of days later as she didn't
>quite understand the directions on how to get rid of it. If you are worried
>about this virus look it up under "Pretty Park" on the McCaffey (sp?) or
>Semantic (Norton) site and it explains what it does and how to get rid of
>it.
If you had a Macintosh, you wouldn't have to worry about 98% of the
viruses! < grin>
Paul
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