The boot time virus check can only read the boot partition files as they are in FAT DOS readable format. Everything else that is in Fat32 or NTFS format the DOS scanner can't read. Kent Gittings
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of aimcompute Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 6:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Viruses Again It gets me that the virus check done at boot time, which if it finds an infected file, starts a lengthy search for others, is unable to correct the problems, whereas if I run the virus check when I Windows, it can correct it. At least it said it repaired 2 of 4. Then I still had to download the repair tool and once running it said it fixed 4 of 4. I think I'm clean now. Tom C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "aimcompute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 3:24 PM Subject: Re: Viruses Again > Yep. That's the critter that got me. Then when I got every thing > reloaded and set up the way I wanted it got me again. So I reloaded > again and this time tried to bullet proof it. Then the damn computer > wouldn't shutdown properly. So, this time I formatted the HD and loaded > everything from scratch rebooting after each step. 14 hours so far. > > One thing I discovered is that you have to run that darn Norton Anti > virus Live Update over and over until it says that nothing else needs > updating if you want to cover all the latest nasties. > > MS Outlook Express won't recognize its own files if you back them up. So > you have to start all over. I tried Pegasus, but it seems not ready for > prime time. Things just aren't there even though it tells you how to use > them im the help files, and things that are there aren't in the help > files. So it's back to Netscape with its ads. > > The nasty thing about this virus (I think it really is a form of e-mail > bomb) is that all you have to do is select the message for it to run. > How do you delete it without selecting it? Comes up "can't complete the > script" (I keep all the scripts turned off), when you have that message > you are lost. Just scrape everything before it goes out to everyone in > your address book. That is unless the fully update NAV can kill it. Did > I say I had to run Live Update 5 times before it decided it had all the > latest stuff? > > Getting disjointed and rambling so I guess I will stop here. Do I sound > angry? > > Ciao, > graywolf > > aimcompute wrote: > > > > A word to the wise... I found out today my system had contracted another > > virus within the last week. I know there are new viruses all the time and > > it is impossible for a antivirus program to protect against them all. It's > > still IRONIC that after spending $60, is when I get an infection. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
