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In response to "Question about viruses: Why would Norton be asking me if I want to "repair" a virus file?" by Stephen

In the olden days, viruses attached themselves to other files ... nowadays, they just masquerade as files, usually ... -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Mar 20 '09, 15:04

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So I should be ok just removing them? - Stephen Mar 20, 15:07 4
- as ok as you can be once your system has been violated like that - Beryllium Mar 20, 15:09 3
  - Oh wth...it now says (after scanning for 3 hours) that the threats weren't removed.... - Stephen Mar 20, 15:13 2
    - honestly, the last time that happened to me - tRuMaN Mar 20, 15:22
    - I had something that bad back in January. - Beryllium Mar 20, 15:20

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