Re: Can you get a virus from downloading



1)Since Office2003 requires activation you wont be able to, as it is
allready activated.
2) If the PC from which copy was taken has a virus it is quite possible it
was passed on
3) It depends exactly what file NAV was reporting as suspect, and the msg it
gave

"Wendy" <Wendy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3B27620D-A30F-41CC-894F-0119E32BE883@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> It wasn't the original disk, it was a copy of the disk.
>
> "DL" wrote:
>
> > Download is something you do via the internet/Lan
> > Install is something you do from a cd/disk
> > So what did you do?
> >
> > "Wendy" <Wendy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:F589D321-AB7B-4FC6-B513-63E91DE813B1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > I was given a Microsoft Office disc for 2003 and when I downloaded it
to
> > my
> > > computer, I received a Trojan horse virus. My question is, is that
how
> > > Norton Antivirus views a download as such? Is it a legit virus or is
that
> > > what Norton Antivirus reads it to be?
> >
> >
> >


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