"€ Dr. Artaud €" wrote in
:

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*


More Information:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_98616.htm

I post this so that I can open it to see if my Virus Scanner detects
this line from the Newsreader. I pasted this line into an empty
Notebook page, then attempted to save it to the Desk Top. Norton's
instantly detected and removed it. This is a Test Expression to verify
that your Anti-Virus is working.

Dr. Artaud


Well, opening it didn't do anything. Like I said, take the expression,
save it in a blank Notebook page, and save it to your drive. My anti-
virus removed it immediately. I realize that this does not rule out .exe
..com .doc and other forms of virus.

This test was done in response to the individual that said that he/she
got a virus on this NG. It sounded to me to be more like an exploited
problem with an HTML enabled reader that permitted the reader to spawn
repetitive HTML links.

Regards,


Dr. Artaud