Hey everyone... Regarding those nasty viruses...I have an on-line subscription to McAfee.com. Best investment I ever made. I can clean my computer whenever I want, viruses are cleaned immediately. Anti-virus software continually goes out of date pretty fast, due to new viruses showing up all the time. When you're right on line with McAfee, it's always up to date. Check it out; I think it's worth the $29.95 a month. Personally I think that's a steal! In order to keep up with the software changes, you'd probably have to spend that every other month. Check out the Clinic. It has several features besides the virus scan. Hope you like it. I've never had to take my computer to the shop because of a virus. I sound like a tv commercial... Connie On Sun, 20 May 2001 10:34:48 -0400 "Bettie Weyler" <bettieweyler@mindspring.com> writes: > I agree! My machine and I made several trips to the shop and those > wonderful techs fianlly charged me nothing because they took so much > time! > Bettie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alfred J. Spiry SR. <aspiryfam@fuse.net> > To: <PENNA-DUTCH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 10:48 PM > Subject: Re: [PADutch] Re: How does the virus act? > > > > Hello: Kathleen: While I was in the hospital on Jan. 1,2001, > Margaret got > > this virus. The same results that you > > are talking about. She had to call in PConCall the local > > PC technicians (they have 20 techs on the road each day, half for > business > > and half for privat problems. When she called them, the responded > > immediately, although it usually takes a week or so before they > can take > > care of you. The head of the organization showed up with his > senior tech, > > and they worked on it for three hours. It is a virus that was put > out last > > year with a opening date of Jan 1, 2001. It destroyed our McAfree > Virus > > program, and they had to install a new improved one. They did get > it > > out of every nook and crany where this "worm" had buried into it. > The > only > > part that was not pleasant is their fee is $79.95 plus sales tax > for each > > half hour. > > > > Suggest you get a good computer tech immediatelly, because you > won't be > able > > to eradicate it yourself. > > > > Sorry, Al and Margaret > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== > > Keep those PA DUTCH traditions alive and share them with the > list. > > > > > > ============================== > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > > > ==== PENNA-DUTCH Mailing List ==== > You have a friend in Pennsylvania... > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! 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