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Old 02-22-2001, 08:16 PM  
Slick
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Yeah, I got that mail many times before, even in foreign languages. I don't know it happend, but the virus actually got onto my system in some temporary files and then it was in some of my restore files. Even though you never opened it up, you might wanna do a full scan on your system because I never opened it and my wifey said that she never opened it, but yet it was on my system. Here's the files that it was hidden in -

This is what Norton caught and pointed out -

The file
C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\sexy virgin.scr
is infected with the W95.Hybris.Gen.dr virus.
Unable to repair this file.

C:\_RESTORE\TEMP\A0065431.CPY
is infected with the W95.Hybris.Gen.dr virus.
Unable to delete this file.

It was also in another CPY file or two. You can't repair or have Norton delete it either. I ended up tossing out the entire Windows Temp file, then I either tossed out the other files individually or I ran Norton again and it did get rid of the infected files, now all is back to normal.

Like I say though guys, you should do a total scan of your system if you got it because I never opened it and it was sitting in my temporary files, so it might be on your system to.

I hope that this info will help ya out a little.

Slick
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