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    1. [VICK-L] Virus I found in my computer.
    2. T. J. Vick Phillips
    3. ----- The AZ Republic had an article in it Apr 24th by Ken Colburn that talked about the worm virus and how it works. He also told how to check for it and remove it. I saved the article and just now checked for it and sure enough it was in my computer!!! I'm quoting him word for word so you can check your computers. "The reason you are unable to remove it is because it is lurking in memory(RAM) at the time that you are attempting to remove it from the hard drive, which is not possible. It usually puts itself in the start-up area of your computer to ensure that it is launched when you start up your computer. To get rid of this pest, use the Find utility to locate the "network.vbs" file. Click on Start/Find/Files or folder to open the dialog box. In the "Named:" section, type"network.vbs," then set the "Look in:" option to "Local Hard drives" (if you only have a C: drive, this option may not appear; jut use C:). Make sure the box in front of the "Include subfolders" option is checked and click on it and select Delete. After you have removed the file, shut down your system immediately. The process should remove it from your start up and allow you to restart your system without it loading. If this machine is connected to a network, you will need to perform this process on all systems to prevent the spread of the worm in during your attempts to clean it up. This network. vbs series of worms was discovered in February of this year, with new variants as recently as the beginning of this month, so be sure to update your virus definition files before cleaning your system. This will insure that all of the currently known variants are detected and disinfected as well. I supposedly have an updated virus definition file but still had this virus in my computer! So just to be safe check yours, too.

    04/29/2000 08:39:24