New Virus Alert

[tokarev]

PC users have been urged to scan their computers before 3 February to avoid falling victim to a destructive virus.

On that date the Nyxem virus is set to delete Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Acrobat files on infected machines....Full article here; https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4661582.stm

So be sure to check!

[feef]

it's been known about for over a fortnight. Anyone daft enough to accept, and then open unexpected files with names like "sex" deserves all they get.

don't worry about scaning for infection, it's too late. it's better to prevent them getting in, in the first place.


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[JonB]

Like feef said anybody incompetent enough to thnik they would get porn for free from someone random is very unlikely.

That said, No extra precautionary measures were needed, with schduled scans and updates done regularly anyway, if only everyone did the same.
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