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Subject: [ILMCLEAN-L] Re: ILMCLEAN-D Digest V00 #30
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 20:34:59 EST
Hello listers,
I just wanted to say this virus is very real. I got it on my laptop in early
Dec. 1999 and although it wasn't impossible to get rid of it was very
stressful and when I did finally rid my computer of it, I couldn't use any of
the shortcuts or start menu opening options to any of my programs, so I ended
up having to reformat the hard drive and reload all software. This was a
mixed blessing because now it is like having a new and faster computer having
cleaned up all the clutter.
By the way I got the virus from the director of our local genealogy society
without his knowing he was sending it out.
So listen to the warnings and take precautions whenever a virus warning comes
your way, I know what can happen first hand. I was online more than 4 years
without ever getting a virus, and had the idea I was too clever or whatever
and it wouldn't happen to me. Boy was I wrong!
Thanks for your time,
Karen Beidelman
Researching SOLON/SOLAN and ANDREWS families in Illinois
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