How do you know it's a virus?

"werefrog" wrote:
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> You have a Virus. My PC would pop up a little devil icon every time i right
> clicked after I visited a wierdo web site, instead of trying to find it I
> formatted the hard drive & reinstalled.
>
> "Steve Thackery" wrote:
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> > Firstly, are you absolutely sure it's a sound file playing, and not some
> > weird noise from a fan, a disk, or something?
> >
> > If so, and it is not initiated by what you are doing, then it must be
> > initiated by some event not caused by you. The only thing that comes to
> > mind is the sound that plays for an incoming email.
> >
> > It's probably worth checking.
> >
> > SteveT
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