Re: Can dialer viruses turn on the computer?

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 03/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:55:28 GMT

From: "CarlosRivera" <CarlosRivera@badnamefornospam.to>

| If the computer is plugged into a power strip and the power strip is not
| supplying power to the computer, it can't turn itself on unless the
| computer has some sort of battery backup. If one is worried about this,
| just turn your power strip off or unplug the computer.
|
| David H. Lipman wrote:

Yes ! 

-- 
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

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