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Name: mikeyb
Date: March 30, 2003 at 05:44:17 Pacific
Subject: do i have a virus
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hi all do i have a virus this only ever happens when i am on msn/messenger some times the colours on the screen gets all distorted and when i go to type something in the chat rooms the precurser moves but no letters show up i have ran my anti virus checker but says there is nothing to be found


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Name: Daniel
Date: March 30, 2003 at 13:05:35 Pacific
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Mikreyb. You said you ran an anti-virus scan, is the virus patterns up to date on your virus scanner? If not then you should download the latest virus patterns. It does sound like a virus but it also could be a number of other issue.


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Name: Simon
Date: March 31, 2003 at 11:36:41 Pacific
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Look RUN NORTON ANTI VIRUS!


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