[AccessD] It just goes to show ya

I think the last time I had a virus, it was a boot sector virus from an infected floppy via the sneakernet.

Saying that, viruses are so advanced these days that, just because you think you are clean, you could still very well be infected by something on a root kit level. The truth is, as soon as you spot an infection, you cannot trust your pc anymore even if your antivirus claims to have cleaned your machine. The only thing to do is format your machine completely and reinstall.

- Hans

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On 2011-12-15, at 11:35 AM, "Kathryn Bassett" <kathryn at bassett.net> wrote:

> I'm fortunate! I've never ended up with a virus and I've been online since
> the beginning. Now my husband, on the other hand... I'm glad he's got his
> own computer.
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> Kathryn Rhinehart Bassett (Pasadena CA)
> "Genealogy is my bag" "GH is my soap"
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-
>> bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brad Marks
>> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:05 AM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] It just goes to show ya
>> 
>> I would guess that almost everyone has been burned by a virus in the
>> past.
>> 
>> Here are some things that I have done to reduce the risk on the "main"
>> PC that I use for work purposes.
>> 
>> Use an iPad for "web surfing"
>> Have multiple PCs so that the teenagers don't use the "main" one Use
>> Microsoft Security Essentials (free)
>> 
>> Brad
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