i think i have a virus!

Discussion in 'Software' started by harry hu ha, Nov 21, 2004.

  1. harry hu ha

    harry hu ha Private First Class

    hey all

    i got a email that said attached file:britany
    and stupidly i opened it
    but it said that mcafee scans all attachments so i click on the attachment and it said no virus found so i clicked: download file and then norton said virus found could not be repaired mit said this twice

    i went to my norton and it didn't say anything about the virus's so i did a virus scan and it still said no virus's

    i went to my activity log and it says that i have recieved to virus's and one say's could not be fixed and the other say's access denied

    what do i do

    it gives me a directory to where the virus's are but the folder isn't there

    the virus is W32.Mota.B@MM

    here is the site and explaination of the virus (worm)
    http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.mota.b@mm.html


    it says that both of the virus's are the same

    if anyone could help that would be greatly apreciated
     
  2. Just Playin

    Just Playin MajorGeek

  3. krazykrl

    krazykrl Sergeant Major

    If Norton did a "quarantine" but could not delete the file, that is still OK.

    If Norton could not do anything, update your definitions and try again.

    If you have Norton installed, why is McAfee scanning your emails?

    Are you sure McAfee is still functional and updated? I know many pre-built PC's come with McAfee preinstalled, but its normally just a 90-day trial.
     
  4. harry hu ha

    harry hu ha Private First Class

    i think that msn uses mcafee to scan emails i don't think that's changable
    it just said at the bottem of my email mcafee scans all email attachments

    but i will try to update my norton and try again
     

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