Re: VB Script

From: Karl Levinson [x y], mvp (levinson_k_at_despammed.com)
Date: 04/28/03 

Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:34:23 -0400

VBS can be legitimate files or a virus. To tell the difference, you need to
install and use an antivirus program that is configured to download the
latest updates every week or so. www.grisoft.com is free.

Posting the file names might be useful but is way less reliable way of
telling if something is a virus or not. If your antivirus has the latest
updates for the week and it finds nothing, it is usually not a virus.

"Tayyab" <librapoppy@msn.com> wrote in message
news:051501c30d7d$f1d72df0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Is VB Script files related to windows program files? I
> found a file in the hard drive having folders with a bund
> of script files in it? Ihope it is not a virus or any
> other thing like this.

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