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possible virus file types
Name: forarmed1 Date: December 3, 2002 at 06:57:00 Pacific OS: Win98Se CPU/Ram: 1.6Ghz/512ddr
Comment:
can u ppl tell me some possible file formats for worms, viruses, trojs, etc.?
Name: wawadave Date: December 3, 2002 at 10:51:54 Pacific
Reply:
hello yes you can format to remove worms viruses and trojins. but if doing format for them do fdisk /mbr and maby do low level format allso. but you should first try to remove the virues with specail tools from most anti virus makers sights.
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Response Number 2
Name: michael2 Date: December 3, 2002 at 13:58:42 Pacific
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If I understand your question correctly.. .exe .scr and probably loads more. I received an E-mail attachment with a double extention ie music.mp3.scr Was it a mp3 file or a screen saver file ??? It was neither, it was a virus. If I did not have the PC set up to show all known extentions I may have only seen .mp3 and not have been suspicious. To see all known extentions.....
Go to START - SETTINGS - CONTROL PANEL - FOLDER OPTIONS - VIEW - then uncheck the option for HIDE FILE EXTENTIONS OF KNOWN FILE TYPES - APPLY - OK.
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Response Number 3
Name: TheKid Date: December 3, 2002 at 14:59:45 Pacific
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.vbs is one that comes to mind...and always look out for files with double-extensions,as mentioned above.
Definitely follow michael2's last tip!
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Response Number 4
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: December 4, 2002 at 17:03:54 Pacific
Reply:
Any file can contain a virus. There are programs out there that rename a virus file to appear as a jpg or a bmp or anything the sender wants to rename it.
Just watch out for any e-mail attachments you're not expecting...
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