On 06/06/2014 09:11, Martin wrote:
On Thu, 5 Jun 2014 17:21:10 +0100, "Bob Hobden" wrote:

"Stephen Wolstenholme" wrote
I don't think I will respond to Symantec marketing.

Where on that page is there any Symantec marketing?
There is a link to a removal tool by Symantec as there is a link to a
similar tool by McAfee and a few others. I used the McAfee tool because I
use their anti-virus and firewall programs but anyone can use any one from
what I read. Even if you are sure you haven't been infected as I was, what
is the harm in downloading and running one of those tools just to be 100%
sure. Perhaps you might get a few e-mail adverts from them, so what.

Stephen didn't read what was on the website.

One question I had is that if you are already using one of the tools listed why
should it be necessary to download and run a test for a specific virus.


Not sure how this malware works, but a lot of viruses disable the av
programs when they infect a machine (and block access to common av
websites). And if someone has bad or non-updated av, they still might
get infected.

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regards andy