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From: Tony_Prisk@f110.n771.z3.fidonet.org (Tony Prisk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Is Virus a Real Threat?
Message-ID: <9012182011.AA18197@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.org>
Date: 15 Dec 90 23:35:00 GMT
Reply-To: Tony_Prisk@f110.n770.z3.fidonet.org (Tony Prisk)
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Comment-To: Tom_Knotts@f110.n770.z3.fidonet.org (Tom Knotts)

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 TK> I was recently warned by someone that the computer viri are
 TK> everywhere, and that if I didn't get an anti-viral program
 TK> soon, I would likely lose all of my data. Who was this person?
 TK> You guessed it: a sales person.

 TK> How likely is it that I could be infected? I have some low-cost
 TK> share- ware, and use Prodigy. I suppose to be on the safe side,
 TK> I should get the viral program. Can someone recommend a good
 TK> one.
The infection of Computers by Viruses in this Country is now commonplace
and I Know of several people who have had their computers infected.  The
UK Magazine PC Today which is available in this country has had viruses on
its August and November Disks.

The Stoned virus is probably the most common and is the easiest to remove.

The best virus program available is Scan. It is a Shareware program and
should be available on most BBS. It is updated monthly and currently checks
for almost 200 known viruses. The firm that has released Scan also has a
program called Clean which gets rid of the viruses once detected by Scan.


Cheers,
Tony Prisk.

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