To add to that, check you're not running any abnormal processes (ctrl
alt del).
If you are, search for that process on the web...
With Kind regards
Lee Stacey
Email : lee@codeaudio.com
Tel : +44 (0) 1444 870794
Mob : +44 (0) 7734 414385
-----Original Message-----
From: StaticBeats [mailto:intelligence@staticbeats.com]
Sent: 23 July 2003 00:24
To: idm@hyperreal.org; andrewduke@canada.com
Subject: Re: [idm] question/help re: questionable program/possible virus
(ot)
Your best bet is to check the Symantec Security Response website:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/
I did a quick search on google for the files you mentioned and nothing
came
up.
It sounds like you got a virus though because of the .pdf.pif extension
:(
Shimone/Justes
http://www.staticbeats.com > Electronic Music > Digital Culture
http://www.boomboombap.com > First Come > First Heard
----- Original Message -----
From: <andrewduke@canada.com>
To: <microsound@hyperreal.org>; <idm@hyperreal.org>; <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: [idm] question/help re: questionable program/possible virus
(ot)
quoted 28 lines (apologies for crossposting)
> (apologies for crossposting)
>
> Dear listmembers:
>
> I always scan attachments for viruses before I open
> them and yet have just encountered a problem I can't
> seem to solve.
>
> A friend emailed me a document entitled
> 1stpressrelease.pdf.pif
>
> When i downloaded it to my desktop, it showed up not as
> a document, but as a shortcut with the MSDOS icon.
> When I tried to open it up in the newest version of
> Adobe Acrobat, it wouldn't work, so I threw it in the
> recylce bin and then emptied the bin (and emailed my
> friend who sent me the attachment). I thought all was
> well, but I've just found that there is now a program
> in my startup called befy.exe; i have scanned this file
> about ten times and my updated norton antivirus doesn't
> say it is a virus, but there doesn't seem to be any way
> I can delete this file; a properties query tells me
> that it is an application. I'm quite anxious because I
> have gigs here in Halifax tomorrow and Friday nights
> and then I leave for a mini-tour on Tuesday, so I
> definitely want to get this application off my computer
> and make sure everything is A-OK. Any help would be
> super appreciated. Thank you. Andrew Duke
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