RD>>> I just got this mess cleaned up from a viral infuction picked up from
 RD>>> a demo version of some software off a CDROM.  Lesson learned. Next
 II> YIKES!  I would GREATLY appreciate it if you would tell me WHAT program
 II> and CD-ROM it was so I, (and others), can avoid it like the plague!  I
 II> CANNOT afford a virus on either of my systems!
 It was a demo of a 3d space flight sim a friend got from a local company.
 It was garbage as the exe files were all infected and so infected my system.
 So far as we have been able to figure it is the system the game was written 
on that had the critter in it to start with or the system used to burn the 
CDROM.
 Rather suspect the burner system as the discs were home-made,not 
professional silver colored mastered.
 Rather stupid of someone NOT to scan a system they were writing software on
or burning CDROMs from.
 They have since stopped giving the demos away.
 Smart move on their part as it could have cost them a bit in terms of bad 
ep
for software.
 I now load any suspect stuff into a backup system so it can be checked 
before I let it near this one I'm on now.
 Once restoring this mess was enough. (5 gigs worth of stuff! )
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