Re: I may have a VIRUS! HELP!



In article <0pqbi3tlashdi8l8ut9tsub1vcvovvle21@xxxxxxx>,
Howard Brazee <howard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:06:25 -0700, "Mr. Strat"
<rag@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How can i determine if it is a virus and what can I do?

Easy...there are not now nor have there ever been any OS X viruses or
spyware in the wild.

While this fact is useful in calming him down and consider alternative
explanations - someday it will be the wrong answer.

Yes, and it's been the right answer for six years now. So I think the
point is there's little reason for someone to jump to that conclusion
just because their computer is malfunctioning.

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