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I do not recall just when this happened, but it has not been too long ago, that my Cheyenne antivirus program detected a virus when I was checking mail and of course I deleted it. I was wondering, do I need to update this program periodically, it appears to be working but that was the first time I had ever seen it work or find anything in the couple of years or so that it has been on my computer. At 07:13 PM 1/2/2000 -0800, Janet Carmine wrote: >Hi, Fellow 'Netters, > >If this has been repeated, I am sorry. I have been ill during the >holidays and could not keep up with the mail. If not, please read on. > >One day during the holidays, I received a piece of mail which said it >was a HIT from a request I had made some time earlier. I opened it, >since it was from LM_NET, I thought. It was an executable file, but I >thought that someone had sent me a response in that format. When I >opened it, my computer froze. It was, in fact, a virus. I thought I >had deleted it immediately upon restarting my computer. Luckily, I got >a new virus scan for myself last week and installed it on my system. >(This was at home, not at work.) The virus was still there. The new >virus program quarantined the virus and has deleted it. > >I am not one of these people who run around crying that the sky is >falling. I have been working with computers for many years. Someone >has obviously found a way to get into areas that I thought were >inviolate. This is not meant to scare anyone, but just to let you know >that it can happen. > >I will no longer open any executable files that I receive on my >computer. Please know that people can get into our list and use it to >create problems. > >Janet Carmine, Library Media Specialist >George Marks Elementary School >DeLand, Florida 32724 ><jcarmine@geomarks.volusia.k12.fl.us> > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= >All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. >To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: >listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: >1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST >4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. >For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ >Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-= > > Wanda Nall Library Media Specialist Northwest Primary School 400 Moreman Hereford, TX 79045 wnall@tenet.edu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=