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Paul R Bostock? I've got an e-mail from him/her/it with an attatchment asking for my advice, and I have absolutely no idea who he is!

I've got a virus checker called AVG which is very good. It automatically updates it's database in the background everytime I go online, without slowing my connection.

Indeed true scary man.

Never found out who Paul Bostock is though.

This particular virus is easy to spot though, due to the attachment having two file names i.e. .exe.pif or .jpg.exe etc.

Unfortunately, there are many more that are harder to spot. I always keep my copy of McAfee antivirus up-to-date and it seems to do the trick, spotting everything in emails. Equally unfortunate is that there are many viruses around at the moment, so it's not that someone on here is deliberately sending them, more likely that someone doesn't have a virus checker and gets a lot of viruses without knowing it.

The same virus is also circulating in an email about "Your Family Tree", watch out for it! I got sent it, but didn't download the attachment!

vigilante9 wrote:
> the virus is brand new and unless u have updated in the last couple
> of weeks then it wont do, look at my thread ive jost posted about
> the virus it contains a link to more info about the virus

I updated just before I found out about it. I found out about it on THIS site. I updated my AV software two minutes ago.

Sircam it is. Dont open any mail asking for advice.

I know a bit about em, more on the hardware side though.

Yeah as long as u dont donload the attachment and use it then ure fine.

You know a lot about computers then Vig? So if I ever receive this e-mail and delete it, then that's the end of it?

I was sent the virus about five times while my m8 was on holiday, couldnt contact him to stop it. And everytime his bro opened a .exe file on the computer it triggered the virus and it sent its self on, lucky enough i noticed how dodgy the e-mail looked.

s'ok, glad i could help ya