JS/Exploit-DialogArg Virus

From: Ann (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 06:07:07 -0700

A couple of days ago, I received an email from McAfee,
warning of potential viruses and offering a free scan. I
followed through with it, and it was discovered that I
had the JS/Exploit-DialogArg virus in "C:\install."

I have Norton Antivirus on my system (which I disabled
while running the McAfee scan), so I scanned my hard
drive, using Norton. It did not find a virus.

In looking at the files in my C:/ drive, I see
two "install" files: C:/install (HTML Document) and
C:/install (Cabinet File), both dated 5/17/04.

Should I delete these files, even though Norton did not
find a virus?

I have been receiving MANY infected emails lately (W32),
which Norton "catches," but cannot "repair." I chose
to "quarantine" them. Could these be the problem?

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Ann

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