How to prevent/salvage virus attacks

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Jai Gurudev,

 

dear anu,

 

>

> also since you are computer guy, help me with aproblem. a few days

> ago, i got a mail with a virus. the net result is that i am unable

to

> download any files from the net or view attachments. wwghat can i

do

> to mend that??

>

 

 

I chatted with my network admin he tells that if i can give hime the

file name he told that he would be letting me know what the fix is.

 

basically the fix depends on type of virus which has a charectrestic

file name,

 

2) he told a general rule that when you are opening an attatchment

sent as email ,instead of opening it right away by double clicking he

told that you should down load the file save it and then try to open

it from the required program, and if the downlaoded file happens to

be a exe told one should not take the risk of opening it.

 

say u get a file called foo.xls as an attatchment and it could

basically be a foo.xls.vba where vba part is made not visible, so

you think it is an excel(.xls) file and open it by double clicking

bascially you are opening a vba program becos windows links the files

to the programs that run it when you double click. SO DOUBLE CLICKING

is dangerous

so continuing again...

 

i have downlaoded the foo.xls file ,i dont double click but i go to

the EXCEL PROGRAM (which opens .xls files) and try to open the file

from the program ,it would not open because its a foo.xls.vba file ,

then it would right away inidicate that some thing is fishy , and

then you take the file name and go to the NORTON /symantec website

and

post the full file name over there and search for the fix they would

let u know what the virus and its fix and all that process....

 

 

3)or you can go to norton website www.norton.com you have a feature

called internet security check which tries to check your computer

thru u internet connection and report a solution after it has scanned,

i dont know much info abt this, but this is another option, but for

that you should have IE 4.01 and active X enabled...

 

 

if u can send the file name to me its ok ,as my admin offered me that

he would help me(instead of i asking him...

) with this when i told ur problem,

 

 

the fix would clean the virus and reboot the system for you that is

what he told so kind of cool...

 

hope this solves ur problem and other members also get the idea of

how to open attatchment and avoid attacks, i never bothered to know

all this stuff but i know now

 

 

 

affectionately

Jai Gurudev