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virus alert

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"Joseph J. Halpin"

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Sun, 2 May 2004 11:05:18 -0400

This AM I, unfortunately, picked up the virus   I had to
download the Stinger application to get rid of this problem and even then
I had to run it twice to get rid of all of the components.  The reason
for telling you this is that one of the features of this virus is that it
harvests email addresses.  Also, even though I had updated my antivirus
DAT files 4 days ago, this virus got me before my auto update notified me
of the most recent changes.

Incidently, it appears as if the first thing that this virus does is turn
off your antivirus app and makes it unaccessible.

I apologize if this leads to any inconvenience.

Source of information on this virus
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_124875.htm


Joe Halpin
Silver Spring, MD


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