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Old 30th October 2004 | 16:47
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catswhisker
 
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Angry What's the point of virus scan if this happens?

If nothing else, this should raise a smile at my computick ignorance:

I've managed to instal McAfee virus scan, a huge achievement in itself. I religiously run scans at regular intervals. However, most of the nasties it produces are labelled "Write Protected" and I can neither clean, delete nor quarantine them.

The McAfee "helpline" is completely impenetrable. And none of my computer-savvy chums can help either.

Is there anything I can do about this? Am I just being incredibly dim, or is there a real problem here?

Aren't all the sickos who create these oh-so-funny viruses going to Write-Protect them?

Help!
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