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offline kluizenaar from Netherlands Antilles on 2002-08-17 20:07 [#00354078]
Points: 506 Status: Regular



just this morning ,surfing the net and reviewing some tunes
over at watmm.com in the knob-twiddler section.

All of a sudden ,I got these strange typing errors, capslock
went baserk. etc etc . So, I suspected a virus,.even though
I have a fairly new version of Norton Anti virus installed.

I remembered a site with free antivirus software
(www.download.com) and dl-ed Vcatch. It immediately found a
corrupt file (a corrupted quicktime.exe).

Still ,I wasn't assured so I posted a question on this board
about sites that scan your HD for virusses. Pogo suggested a
link and that site found another one!

Thank god,.hopefully my comp. is clean now as a crash would
be devestating.(half years worth of music gone)

Now my question is :

when infected with a virus ,does this virus transport it
self to CD-r when I burn stuff like mp3z or Div-x movies?
(or does it only spread when I transport or open the
corrupted file?)

Cause I don't know how long the comp. has been infected. And
I've done lots of burning.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-08-17 20:13 [#00354082]
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Norton Anti Virus didn't fix it up? Hmmm... I have Norton,
and it updates itself like every DAY...

What's this other site Pogo gave you?


 

offline kluizenaar from Netherlands Antilles on 2002-08-17 20:14 [#00354083]
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http://housecall.antivirus.com/

 

offline kluizenaar from Netherlands Antilles on 2002-08-17 21:23 [#00354113]
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yeah,.uhh but about my question?

 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-08-18 05:56 [#00354352]
Points: 3476 Status: Regular | Followup to kluizenaar: #00354113



good question!

..sorry, i cant answer it:(

....but i CAN bump it up to the top for you!

 

offline kluizenaar from Netherlands Antilles on 2002-08-18 07:45 [#00354447]
Points: 506 Status: Regular



*bumps wildly*

 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-08-18 07:53 [#00354451]
Points: 3436 Status: Lurker



Since the code is embeded in the file the virus wil be on
the cd if it's a date cd. I don't know about audio
though...


 

offline DJ Buzz from Odessa (Ukraine) on 2002-08-18 14:52 [#00354558]
Points: 247 Status: Regular



It depends on the type of a virus. If a virus is infecting
executables only - you're safe. But I've seen viruses that
corrupt everything they see - in this case, your mpegs can
also be fucked.


 

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