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In message <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] writes > - there is a dangerous virus > propagating across the internet through an e-mail message entitled > "PENPAL GREETINGS!". DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY MESSAGE ENTITLED "PENPAL > GREETINGS!" > > ... by the time you read this letter, it is > too late. The "trojan horse" virus will have already infected the > boot sector of your hard drive, What a lot of rubbish is published about viruses, simply because people don't understand how (or can't be bothered) to use their computers properly! Suggested routine is to: 1. do a full backup of your hard disk once a week. 2. get a COUPLE of virus search and clean packages: e.g. F-PROT & NORTON ANTI-VIRUS and run them once a week, just before doing the backup. 3. make a CLEAN boot disk on a floppy, and write-protect it. Then ignore viruses until they happen to you! When it does: 1. switch off at the mains 2. put the clean boot disk in 3. boot up with it 4. run your virus checkers and disinfect 5. if necessary, format your hard disk and restore from your most recent backup. It's quite good discipline. as it forces you to look carefully at the contents of your disks etc. Regards -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Shaking Hands BBS - +44 (0)1252 626233 - Fidonet 2:252/160