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Subject:Re: technical question - MSWord virus From:MAGGIE SECARA <SECARAM -at- MAINSAVER -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 3 Mar 1999 10:30:01 -0800
Find a file called data.dot and get rid of it. It's created by the virus to
keep re-infecting your normal.dot template. Use Norton Anti-virus to clean
up the virus.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wigser, Sarah [SMTP:Sarah -dot- Wigser -at- CONNECT -dot- XEROX -dot- COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 6:27 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: technical question - MSWord virus
>
> We just detected a virus on our systems - I've cleaned all of the word
> documents. My normal.dot is infected and refuses to be cleaned. Any ideas
> on
> what I do now?
>
> Please reply directly to me.
>
> Sarah
>
