-=> Mocking Aaron Jordan to All <=-
   
 AJ> I have recently seen some messages with stuff like "if you
 AJ> delete a virus it is gone" and "if you do it can still come back."
 AJ> Well I am here to say (and correct me if I'm wrong) that when
 AJ> you "delete" something it's still there unless you actually get down
 AJ> and dirty in the *actual* hardrive which would require special
 AJ> training. Instead, when something is "deleted" it is simply not
 AJ> accessible by your computer. It's still there, but it's "hidden" you
 AJ> just don't see. 
it would probably be more accurate to say that when you delete a file,
it is no longer accessible using commands in the command interpreter
(ie. dir, copy, type, etc...)
yes the file is technically still there until it is overwritten but
information about where the various parts of it are stored no longer
exist (that HAS been overwritten)... (yes, "various parts" - files have
a tendancy to get fragmented...)
a virus cannot come back from a deleted instance of itself, however, it
can only reappear as a result of the user not detecting every instance
of the virus and thus not removing every instance of the virus (in
essense, the virus doesn't really come back since it was never really
completely gone)...
... don't scan this tagline, it has the 141$FLU...
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