A virus wiped out my computer!!!!

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> From: Nate Mellom <bronson@inwave.com>
> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 15:57:54 -0500
> To: Scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: A virus wiped out my computer!!!!
> 
> I don't know how I got it, but when I went to turn on my 'puter the
> other day it flipped out and gave me a message saying one of my registry
> files was corrupt, absent or not writable.  I called tech support, and
> after an hour of futzing they concluded (as I did) that I got hit with a
> virus.  I had to do a complete system restore, which wiped out
> EVERYTHING on my computer, including all my old emails, pictures of
> Christmas and my engine swap and cars (probably 150 pics total),
> everything.  Shitty yes, but if I didn't do it when I did the theory is
> that it could have gotten so bad that eventually I wouldn't even be able
> to turn my machine on.  So, now I'm back to a clean computer and WinME.
> I still haven't decided whether I should re-install the XP upgrade or
> not.  Comments?
> Oh, and this was less than a week after my Norton subscription ran out.
> I was planning on updating it soon, but I guess not soon enough.
> My recommendation:  Backup all your important stuff (pictures, files,
> etc) and have up-to-date virus protection.
> 
> Nate
> Re-setting message filters, downloading replacement programs, etc, etc,
> etc.....
> 
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