Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 21:50:05 08/04/01
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On August 05, 2001 at 00:30:57, Lin Harper wrote: > I'm not much of a techo, but others here are. Is it possible to > get a computer virus simply by reading CCC posts? My computer is > playing up lately, at the same time there are reports of a virus > doing the rounds. My CD driver won't work, even the CD icon has > disappeared :( I'm using Windows ME, and just lately the comp > will only start after a couple of hits on the reset button. I'm > assuming this is a software conflict of some sort. Maybe others > are having similar problems? Any ideas what my problem is, and how > it can be rectified? Thanks in advance. I don't believe that it's possible to get a virus by reading a web page, certainly not this one. When I read the Winboard forum at Parsimony, I get these nasty pop-under ads and my computer begins behaving strangely, but thankfully we've been able to avoid those kinds of ads here. bruce
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