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And before you know you know it, you have backed up the virus to your 
backup drive.

George.

At 20:51 04/12/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>Neo
>I do treat the internet with caution. I download as least as possible.
>I use netscape, I trust no one, Also I think that people who use
>a virus setup has a lot of false alarms and gets exited for nothing.
>virus software is not perfect lots of false alarms.
>I have never been hit with one in 10 years.
>Don't get me wrong I do check every couple of weeks
>I know it would be too late. But hey what's the backup drive for.
>Don't worry you won't get aids from me. I use an on line
>scanner with up to date files, just checked two days ago
>
>May the trend be your friend at least for a day or so :  Jo ...
>http://www.realitytrader.com/class1.htm
>--------------------
>neo wrote:
>
> > Brian
> >
> > You must have a lucky charm. I have been hit with 4 or 5 viruses over the
> > last couple of years. Fortunately, my virus scanner caught them all. They
> > are on the increase and I would not want to use my computer without one. I
> > put Norton SystemWorks in my StartUp folder so that I check for new virus
> > definitions at the beginning of the day before I download any email. There
> > are a lot of crazy people out there.
> >
> > neo
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jo Rowdy
> > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 1:06 PM
> > To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: virus question
> >
> > Brian
> > I haven't used any virus software for 10 years never had a problem
> > just don't open any attachments you suspect and back up your drive
> > "mirror image it" with let's say Norton Ghost if i do get anythig
> > i just replace the drive and format the old    :   Jo...
> >
> > Brian Haviland wrote:
> >
> > > Question for the experts,
> > > Hearing about all these viruses is freaking me out esp. since I don't 
> have
> > > anti-virus software yet. It's making me re-think getting all these 
> e-mails
> > > on MetaStock and Omega. Jo Rowdy posted the link to the archived 
> messages.
> > > Would it be safer to go that route to follow this correspondence which I
> > am
> > > finding quite interesting?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Brian