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I didn't say it could happen, I said that the chances of it happening are smaller than the chances of damage occurring if you ignore protection methods. Chuck Lewis wrote: > > No Offense but yes Monkey (or one of the several variants) DID do it - we had >it > happen. > > And I wasn't saying don't scan and I agree that the clean option SHOULD be OK >but > the question was COULD it trigger and yes it could... > > No offense or anything ! > > Chuck > > "L. S. Russell" wrote: > > > WinProxy, which runs on NT, allows you to scan incoming messages for > > infection. For a nominal fee they will update the virus portion of the > > scanner automatically on a regular basis. > > > > But beyond that, I think it is bad advice to say you shouldn't run > > scan/clean or a similar option at least weekly. The monkey virus > > infected the MBR and used a stealth technique to hide from some virus > > scanners. To hide it would set itself in place of the normal method your > > pc used to access the MBR. But all it really did was propagate by > > overwriting the MBR of any unprotected disks. > > > > I would say that if you don't run scan/clean your odds of getting some > > kind of virus increase greatly. Compare that with the chances, if any, > > of activating a virus payload by running scan/clean. I have never heard > > of this happening, not saying it couldn't but Monkey didn't do it and I > > don't know of any other that does. But if they can write it to activate > > its payload when you run scan/clean they can write it to activate when > > you run scan/warn. > > Given the number of viruses out there even if there is one with those > > characteristics you would still be better off running scan/clean > > automatically nightly. > > > > -- > > L. S. Russell Programmer/Analyst > > Datrek Professional Bags, Inc. > > 2413 Industrial Drive > > Springfield, TN. 37172 > > mailto:leslier@datrek.com > > http://www.datrek.com > > -- > > +--- > > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: >david@midrange.com > > +--- > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- -- L. S. Russell Programmer/Analyst Datrek Professional Bags, Inc. 2413 Industrial Drive Springfield, TN. 37172 mailto:leslier@datrek.com http://www.datrek.com -- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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