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Old 02-11-2010, 07:07 PM   #1
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Goin' Viral

Had my 1st attack in a long time today due to FaceBook! Glad I keep my McAfee up-to-date (thank you Comcast for the "free" anti-virus).

Noticed 2-3 friends had similar links in their postings with a lot of numbers following the http://############. I thought 2X about viewing but clicked anyway. The viral attack alarms started going off. I disconnected from the internet (unplugged cable) and ran a full, deep virus scan. McAfee found and quarantined 3 files. Shut down, reconnected to internet and rebooted, everything has since been OK. I disconnected from the internet since I did the virus sending anything out from my computer as a base server to any of my contacts lists.

Message to myself, if a file name looks out of the ordinary: DO NOT CLICK ON IT!

Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
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