-=> Quoting Rick Collins to The Visionary <=-
 tv> The MOST IMPORTANT THING to do when you're infected is to BACK UP
 tv> EVERYTHING to tape or to a ZiP drive or some other device. DO
 tv> NOT immediately remove the virus. You should find out what it
 tv> is, and what it does before you remove it.
 RC> I can think of no greater waste of time than "backing up" hundreds of
 RC> megabytes of possibly infected files.  Why on earth would you do
 RC> that?
        I support 450 users at work, and I am the sole person in charge of 
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virus and anti-virus policy there at the moment. There are laptops, dial-ups,
people on the road, floppies abound, and I have YET to see one single file 
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infected -- AT ALL. The viruses we encounter are all transmitted either via
Word Documents (which I've written some code to eliminate), or floppies. Most
large corporations have problems with virii, but they're 99.9% of the time
boot sector viruses, and not file infectors. This isn't to say that there
aren't file infectors out there in the business world, but it's rare.
        Visit www.sevenlocks.com and read some of their material (more
specifically their page on Virus Myths) and you'll be quite surprised.
        Our mission statement for the Virus Team is pretty much modeled after
those same policies.
 TV> There are many misnomers regarding viruses, that I'll have to
 TV> start posting here soon.
 RC> I'll wait with baited breath. :-)
        I'm still here... ;)
... It is better to wear out than to rust out.
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