[Groop] The "Hi" Virus

[Scott]

Note to Groop:

Email tip: While I know that no one reputable on this list sent the virus, don't
ever send anyone an .exe file in email and never ever open any .exe file you get
in email. That should make the virus emails a little more obvious to spot. If
you see an .exe attachment, delete the email. Hopefully, this is as much common
sense as "Do not get on a boat with Groo" is.
There are times that people do not know that they are infected and sent you the
virus. DO NOT hit reply, but IF you know them, send a new email to an address of
theirs that you know (like done here) asking them if they sent that email. A
virus might change the "reply to" address so when you hit reply, you get onto
their virus list.

Computer tip:  The best way to get rid of the virus on your computer is to take
the hard drive out, mount it as a 2nd hard drive on a clean system, and run the
antivirus program of your choice to remove the infection.  Most viruses need a
command at boot up to start.  If the infected hard drive is a 2nd drive, it does
not "boot" there for does not start the virus.

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2 Kopins worth of advice you already knew
Scott


Monday, January 19, 2004, 10:17:23 AM, you wrote:

> I got the "Hi" message at 1:56am and by 1:59am it had been sent to the Groop
> without me doing anything cuz I got it again as a groop member from myself.
> So I guess my McAfee anti-virus program didn't do it's job. Maybe I should
> switch to Norton.  I hope it doesn't screw everyone up. Sorry.  -Gary G.

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