Re: MS Fake Got Me -- How to Repair????

From: Bruce Chambers (bchambers_at_nospam.cableone.net)
Date: 09/20/03


Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 12:16:04 -0600


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McAfee AVERT Stinger
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Bruce Chambers

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"Patrick" <patricks@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:00a201c37f9c$7d422b20$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I had almost the same experience.  Has anything worked for
> you??
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I had a massive brain fade and stupidly opened &
> >downloaded the fake MS "security patch" that was emailed
> >to me.  Now none of my applications will open.  My data
> >files seem to still be intact on my hard drive but none
> of
> >my applications will open (neither through desktop
> >shortcuts or through direct "open" commands to those
> >programs).
> >
> >Is there any repair available?  I can't access the
> >internet through the infected computer since my browswer
> >(Internet Explorer) won't open.  FYI, I'm running Windows
> >XP Home.  I'm not sure which specific virus file got me
> >through the fake download.
> >
> >Am I completely screwed?  Thanks.
> >.
> >


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