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Old 01-29-04, 01:17 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Trader
No wonder. There were some sites I tried visiting and it was down.
Those sites could've been affected by the virus.
And wouldn't the anti-virus program delete virus-contained emails before the user opens it?
Not necessarily. Antivirus program can not guard the users from "new" viruses because the virus is very new and the antivirus company did not yet discover the virus to bring out a new patch for its software.
When the new virus affects the user, then the antivirus company discovers the new virus and come out with the new patch (upgrade) for all the consumers.
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