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Subject: Re: Internet virus, how to check drive sharing?

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 17:27:56 11/12/00

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On November 12, 2000 at 17:14:01, Mike S. wrote:

>On November 12, 2000 at 15:41:24, Torstein Hall wrote:
>
>>On November 12, 2000 at 14:48:24, Mike S. wrote:
>>
>>>On November 12, 2000 at 14:17:13, Dan Newman wrote:
>>>>(...)
>>>>You get this worm by turning on drive sharing.  (...)
>>>
>>>Could you give a short description where this option is set (Win98 or Me)? I'd
>>>like to check if I have it turned OFF - but I don't know at the moment where I
>>>can see that (I would have looked into the help docs, but I cannot search for
>>>drive sharing because my version is german).
>>>(...)
>>
>>DoubleClick the My_Computer Icon, RightClick drive C, Properties, sharing and
>>you have done it. I think you are pretty safe if you restrict access with a
>>password.
>
>Thanks. On my computer, sharing is not displayed at all in the drive properties.
>So obviously these network options are not active with my type of internet
>connection. Famous last words...

That's right. The option shows up only when the Windows software is loaded
(msclient) that enables networking of two or more computers.



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