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Is this a virus??

Name: michelle69
Date: December 22, 2004 at 17:02:04 Pacific
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: 512

Comment:

or something...a friend of mine has dial up...every once in awhile when she trys to connect...it dials 911......It does it so offen that they call her before they dispath someone to see if its a real call.....any ideas???

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Response Number 1

Name: RoadRunner
Date: December 22, 2004 at 17:15:54 Pacific

Reply:

Hi there ... Have a look at this website and see if that what your friend has
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/firkin.shtml

Response Number 2

Name: michelle69
Date: December 22, 2004 at 18:23:19 Pacific

Reply:

Yea...sounds like it...thanks....

Response Number 3

Name: RoadRunner
Date: December 22, 2004 at 19:54:13 Pacific

Reply:

Hi ... Your welcome ... You also might want to have your friend to view this website from Norton as well ...
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/bat.choad.worm.html

Response Number 4

Name: Thresher
Date: December 23, 2004 at 10:08:02 Pacific

Reply:

With a little first hand experience here, you might also want to let the director of the local 911 office know what you have found.

Thresher

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Nice site to add to your ...

possible virus or trojan

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