Drizzle Internet NW-FAQ-Virus

Oh no! I think I've got a virus...what do I do?

If you believe that your computer has contracted a virus, that can be diagnosed, and if necessary be removed from your system, with one of the commercially available anti-virus programs such as Norton Anti-Virus or McAfee VirusScan.

As soon as you think you are infected there are two very important things to do:

1. Turn your computer off (until you get and install your anti-virus program). As long as you are connected to the Internet, you are probably attacking other computers. Turning off your e-mail program is not enough, because you don't know what you're infected with and how it propagates. At the very least, if you have dialup, don't dialup. If you have DSL, unplug your DSL modem.

2.When you are installing your anti-virus software, follow the instructions very carefully, specifically concerning downloading the most recent virus definitions. After you install the software, you will need to reconnect to the Internet to download these updates: that's okay.

Drizzle says: Fight Virus Infection!

Get the software!

Use it!

Update it frequently!*

(*See software documentaion for what "frequently" means.)