"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:48:47 -0500, " JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT
comREMOVETHIS penned the following well considered thoughts to the
readers of rec.boats:

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The clock is ticking on a dangerous computer virus programmed to delete
millions of Word files stored on PCs when it reaches the end of its
countdown on Friday.

Anybody got the latest poop on this with respect to how prepared we
are to cleanse infected computers or how effective firewalls are in
protecting against this peril?

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Symantec has released a free tool that will remove the virus. Download the
tool and run it, even if you are certain that you are not infected. It is a
very small file and you have nothing to lose by running it.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com...oval.tool.html

If you already have an antivirus program, make certain it is updated and run
a full scan of your computer.