Guest ellas Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 singer avril lavigne virus loose,found info at web-user http://www.web-user.co.uk/news/?mod_articl...icle_show_only= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 Removal instructions here http://antivirus.about.com/library/weekly/...y/aa010803a.htm and here http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/[email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter e Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 Hi MarkA discussion on this caused a little bit of agro on the PCA site. If I understood it right, the arguement seemed mainly to be about whether a virus could be activated when the delete key is pressed to get rid of the e-mail containing it (as was reported for this particular virus). I don't really know much about viruses or whether that's possible or not. What do you think? <_> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 I saw part of that discussion too, but have not noticed a mention of that aspect in the 2 sites I've linked above. I'll have to have another look around see if I can find anything else. :unsure: However if the email is still on the server ie hotmail where most of the nasties will be targeted it shouldn't reach your comp as you can delete several files/emails at once HTH :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 Seems it can infect your system if you have email preview pane enabled :( , disable it because there seem to be a few virii that can do that :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 your ok as long as you have the latest critical updates at w/update Users do not have to double-click on the attachment to become infected as the worm can exploit a security vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 Been to w update and double checked there is no new critical update too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 think its already been dealt with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted January 11, 2003 Report Share Posted January 11, 2003 the worm can exploit a security vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express.Now thats why i'm glad to be using Opera and Calypso ! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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