Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 22:43:19 05/13/99
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On May 14, 1999 at 00:24:03, John Wish wrote: >I picked this virus up off of another newsgroup. (not this one) My computer >froze up, then I was disconnected from the internet. I pressed control alt >delete several times to reboot my computer. It wouldn't reboot until I did this >several times. I finally got that dialog box saying "this program has performed >an illegal function and will be shut down. If the problem persists contact the >vendor" or some such thing. However in the blue title bar, which borders the >top portion of that dialog box, a message was printed in white letters which >said something to the effect of "You have just caught the big one". My virus >detector, Guard Dog, didn't detect it either. I know others who have caught >this virus. Many virus detectors are not detecting this virus. This virus is >spreading. I installed a 56k modem on this old PC. I can't use it now, the >port com got infected. I'm back to using my old 28.8k modem. Your hardware should be fine. Even if the virus has written itself into the modem's NVRAM (highly unlikely!) you could always reflash it. Dave
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