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What to do when you actually become infected with a virus:

As we work on documents or run programs, the last thing that we want is a virus destroying or interrupting our work or deleting files from our hard drives! When a virus catches a user by surprise, and usually executes its programming at the most inopportune moments, irrational thoughts and fear can run through our minds. Viruses are a part of computing and being infected by one is inevitable. The best thing to do is relax, take a deep breath and understand what is happening.

The following link was prepared to help users cope with viruses and eradicate them from the system. It also gives some hints on how to be better prepared if future viral attacks occur:
http://www.eliashim.com/virus.html

SingNet's page has a nice setup with freeware and shareware antiviral programs as well as virus updates.
http://www.singnet.com.sg/public/Virus/

CASG-IFEC Information
< a href="http://www-tec.open.ac.uk/casg/avone.html"> http://www-tec.open.ac.uk/casg/avone.html

WPI also has links to free antiviral software:
http://tardis.res.wpi.edu/~virus/

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Page Published March 31, 1996
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