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Old June 26th, 2007
xarlos xarlos is offline
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Join Date: June 26th, 2007
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Exclamation Virus/Spyware alert

I just got hit for the first time on P2P!

Thought I'd pass along the learning:

1.) ID: The virus is w32.fontra. According to Symantec, " ... Fontra is a virus that infects executable files located in peer-to-peer shared folders. ..."

2.) Method: It was attached to a zip file. I did not even open it. I downloaded a .mp3.zip - that looked suspiciously small. As soon as the download completed, it went off.

3.) Excorcism: Most good antivirus/antispyware programs will detect - but they may not all delete or quarentine.

I've run a full system Norton scan and apparently have taken care of it.

Be careful out there.
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