Klarinet Archive - Posting 000295.txt from 2001/09

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Virus
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 18:09:03 -0400

> From: <fred.sheim@-----.net>
>
>
> > My Norton antivirus program caught the VBS.Haptime.A@-----. I think
it
> > came in with an email. Basically, my in mailbox was wiped out.
> > Fortunately I had a backup from 9/3. Anybody know anything about this,
or
> > did it happen to anyone else?

Wait - I misread. My apologies.

If your Norton anti-virus caught the VBS.Haptime.A=mm, then it deleted it
(unless you overrode all the safeguards and ran the attachment anyway).
Something else happened.

I personally have my Nortons configured to _delete_ the attachment, not just
quarantine it.

Mark C.

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