Posted by Dave Emond on November 07, 2001 at 07:03:05:
Watch out gang, My other computer was hit with the NYB virus, and it's a mean one! It worms it's way right into your memory, then feeds into all disks you use after that. Seems it scrambles files around so your computer can't find them. We lost word first, but have since lost everything. While I'm writing, I'm completely formating my hard disk (for the second time!) No telling with floppy disks are contaminated now, and after 3 days of battling this, the best I can get is "safe mode" Windows, which of course means I can't use CD's to load programs! I guess the NYB virus has been around since '94, but it's still going, Norton didn't pick it up, and I have no clue as to where it came from. I delete all mail I don't know where or who it's from, so maybe someone sent it by accident? One of my family or friends probably. So just a warning, NYB ... NEW YORK BOMB (aka. New York Beauty, Stoned.i and B1). Again this makes me think if you're writing someone on the board for the first time, mention in your "subject" something about CH. More likely to be read, and I'm sorry if I've deleted mail by people here I didn't recognize, you can try again, but I've got to know it's from one of us before I'll open it :)Regards,Dave