The Norton's should do the job! My virus was named ...badtrans...and wreaked havoc with the passwords. Bettie ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kmlpoet@aol.com> To: <PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 4:53 PM Subject: [PADutch] Re: How does the virus act? > Hi... > > Been seeing a lot on several lists about the current virus(es) that are > making the rounds; I am wondering how they act when you get it.... > > I SAFELY shut down my computer last week preparatory to moving my office > furniture around with all the computer equipment, etc., and reorganizing; > when I got ready to re-boot the computer, it wouldn't; all I got was a black > screen with a white outline at the bottom of all the function (F) keys, above > that was a white outline of a 3.5 inch diskette, and above that was a white > outline of a 3.5 inche diskette drive door..... couldn't get rid of them; > also, before those outlines showed up, there was a multiple-digit number that > just kept repeating itself down the left margin of the black screen..... > > I have had this before, years ago, and had to completely reformat my hard > drive at that time. > > I had to do that again this time, and I lost a lot of genealogy information > files I had accumulated; THAT part is my fault, I keep putting off getting a > Zip Drive and Zip Disks to save everything on my computer... the 3.5 inch > disks just don't do it anymore. So I could have at least prevented my loss. > I also now have the software for Norton's Antivirus which I will be putting > on probably later today. > > Just was wondering whether or not what happened to my computer was, indeed, > the/a virus, or just something that happened due to the shutdown, which > should have been okay since I did it in the right procedure. > > Thanks for any thoughts or information. Also, what about external zip > drives? Any thoughts out there? > > Thanks a lot. > > Kathleen Manley > Subscriber > Researching Ohio, PA, VA, WV for Powell, Manley, Laser, St. John, Bricker, > Hayman, and many others. > > > ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== > The official webstie for this list is at: > http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/~padutch/ > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >