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Warner Home Video DVD spreads FunLove virus

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Greetings from The VACM Team,

In this issue:
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- PowerPuff Girls DVD infects PCs with FunLove virus

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* The Bottom Line
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Warner Bros. has confirmed that the "Meet the Beat Alls" disc,
(Powerpuff DVD) released a week ago by Warner Home Video, has been
recalled because the DVD spreads the "FunLove" computer virus to
any PC that installs the supplemental software.

Tough luck for those who already bought the CD and did not have
adequate protection for their PC.

Warnder Bros. has issued a recall and destroyed all remaining
infected discs.  See the retailer where you purchased the DVD
to get a refund (or replacement?).  

So much for early Christmas Shopping, eh?

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* If you used the DVD already...
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If you have taken the precautions on the VACM archives home page,
you could not have gotten infected.  Specifically, read the
instruction in the "Do This First..." article at

  http://apcsnh.com/vacm

Otherwise, get a copy of Norton Antivirus if you don't already have
it and make sure to download the latest virus definitions.  Once that
is done, do a full system scan to clean the virus from your system.

Best Regards,
Marc Deschenes, VACM Editor
The VACM Project at
Automated PC Solutions

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