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Re: Pretty Park virus



Hi Dean et al;

It does seem to be a nasty beast to remove.  The Network Associates
anti-virus website offers some fixes -- they note that you should NOT
immediately delete the worm, as you discovered the hard way.  But they also
offer an alternative fix in case the worm was deleted.  Check it out at:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/vpe10175.asp

Hope this is helpful.  And I hope no one else needs this info.

Best wishes,
Susan
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-----Original Message-----


>This is a strange note, but a colleague's computer became
>infected with the Pretty Park virus somehow.   The viruscan
>program found the two infected files and recommended that
>they be deleted.   Unfortunately we did that.   Then we turned
>to Symantec for information on how to cure the computer and
>discovered that the steps to cure are easy provided you have
>NOT deleted the two "infected" files.     So I'm sending this
>along to note that in some cases, rather than immediately
>delete virus infections .... go to another computer and call
>up www.symantec.com and go to their antivirus center and
>read the data on the particular virus before doing anything.
>
>We've not been able to cure the computer (2 hours now),
>and I jokingly said if we could reinstall the virus ....  well,
>enough said!
>
>Dean

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