POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Viruses : Re: Viruses Server Time
7 Sep 2024 05:09:14 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Viruses  
From: Gilles Tran
Date: 4 Aug 2008 11:03:15
Message: <48971a33$1@news.povray.org>

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> Reinstalling is probably simpler than following a tricky sequence of 
> registry edits and hoping that you don't accidentally break your PC and 
> that all traces of the virus are actually gone...

What registry edits? All you had to do to prevent the reboot was to go to 
the command line and type "shutdown -a" (or go the control panel and perform 
a similar task). It took a couple of seconds and the trick was explained on 
every AV site.

G.


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