File spoon-archives/postcolonial.archive/postcolonial_2001/postcolonial.0112, message 9


Subject: Re: virus and how to fix it
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 07:53:45 -0600


Margaret,

I believe you may still have the virus.  I have had to quarantine infected
Email attachments from your last two list messages.  Be careful -- the virus
seems to attach itself to messages you post, as well as sending out random
messages on its own.

Just wanted to let you know.
Alison

----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Trawick" <trawick-AT-clear.net.nz>
To: <postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 10:06 PM
Subject: virus and how to fix it


> Hi y'all.  I got the Badtrans virus from a person on this list.  Badtrans
> sends out messages from the infected computer to many random addresses.  I
> didn't do it!  The virus did it!
>
> There is an easy way to fix it.
>
> Go to www.cnet.com
>
> Click on "downloads" (at the top of the screen).
>
> Scroll down, and click on "Utilities and Drivers"
>
> Click on "Antivirus"
>
> Click on Panda "Badtrans.B" Removal Utility.
>
> Click on "Download Now."
>
> Let it download onto your desktop and install it.
>
> Click on the new little screen icon labelled "pqremove".
>
> Do what it says.
>
> It seems to work really well.  And it's free.
>
> Margaret
>
>
>
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