Re: viruses

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From: Godpapa (NOk_GodpapamanoharSPAM_at_msn.com.delete.the.godpapa.too)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:57:31 +0530

> patti wrote:
>
> someone with a hotmail account sent me a virus what do i do

Dont open or click anything [anything = attachments, links... etc] on
the email. Delete it and move on to a full AV scan. Ideally you shouldnt
be opening emails/attachments from "someone" with a Hotmail account.
Safe email usage demands utmost caution even when opening
messages/attachments from "known" sources.

If you have actually clicked the attachment, run your AntiVirus
[which should have caught it... just hope that its updated], determine
what virus you are afflicted with and look up websites at Symantec or
McAfee or wherever you want for instructions on removal/disinfection.

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