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Elena · 07-16-2005, 09:55 AM

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ost_uid0="Elena"]Well, I use norton and I set it to scan compressed files (zip files) and hidden files...I don't know who told you you have to reformat your whole computer...but that's a lie. I had a virus on my computer like 2 times and it tripled itself to other files and I just scanned my computer with the settings above and I was ok....I had to do it overnight...but that's better then reformatting...the only thing that sucks about norton is that you have to pay for telephone support...but you can get online support for free.[/quote]
I told him to do that

and it was only if he couldn't clean the virus...

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well what you said does work but i'm going to try wat elena said... :colgate: btw how do you scan hidden files?[/quote]
Well, I have 2005 Internet Security and you open Norton (duh) go to options at the top...click on Anti-Virus go to Manual Scan which sould be on the left and at the bottom where it says "Which type of files to scan" check compressed, comprehensive and active progams and start up progams which should check if you have any viruses in your boot record.

Sorry I took so long to answer...hope it helps.

07-16-2005, 09:55 AM	#29
Elena Senior Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: In my messy room Posts: 3,253 Post Thanks / Like Thanks (Given): Thanks (Received): Likes (Given): Likes (Received): Dislikes (Given): Dislikes (Received): Points: 0 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)	[quoteost_uid0="evilryu200"][quoteost_uid0="TremulantX"][quoteost_uid0="Elena"]Well, I use norton and I set it to scan compressed files (zip files) and hidden files...I don't know who told you you have to reformat your whole computer...but that's a lie. I had a virus on my computer like 2 times and it tripled itself to other files and I just scanned my computer with the settings above and I was ok....I had to do it overnight...but that's better then reformatting...the only thing that sucks about norton is that you have to pay for telephone support...but you can get online support for free.[/quote] I told him to do that and it was only if he couldn't clean the virus... [/quote] well what you said does work but i'm going to try wat elena said... :colgate: btw how do you scan hidden files?[/quote] Well, I have 2005 Internet Security and you open Norton (duh) go to options at the top...click on Anti-Virus go to Manual Scan which sould be on the left and at the bottom where it says "Which type of files to scan" check compressed, comprehensive and active progams and start up progams which should check if you have any viruses in your boot record. Sorry I took so long to answer...hope it helps. __________________ I WAS HERE FURST! ^-^