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Can a virus attacks via orkut

Guys, r u (orkut users) also getting sick of recieving mails that says  "...don't add this particular id to ur frnd list ... it is a VIRUS..."  or something like this.  Then there is a good news for u all.  Orkut is quite a safe place.  And there is no way to introduce virus via anybody's profile. How this Virus Myth came into existence? Generally, when two guys involve in a feud, then atleast one of them definitely tries to hurt the other one by one or the other way. And guess what's that way? U r right. They broadcast messages like this in their bulletin board. And in orkut they send these types of messages to all of their friends. Sometimes this is not good enough to relief their feudal tension. So they attach a Keyword that is considered like terrorist of the Virtual World ... VIRUS or WORM. And attach a sentence to forward this msg to ur good ones. Can a virus attacks via orkut? NO, i.e., a big No. There is no way through which virus can be uploaded in an ork...

Virus removal technique for 'autorun.inf' virus

PROBLEM: My friend got a ghostly problem on his laptop. When he double click (i.e., left-mouse-key pressed two times) a drive, he always get the "Open With" pop-up window that says "Choose the program you want to use to open this file", while on right click the drive and selecting "Open", he get the same "Open With" pop-up window. SOLUTION: This malfunction is caused by a virus named autorun.inf So folks, who face similar kind of problem, need not worry since it is not a very serious problem. It can be resolved if you’d follow the following steps: Step 1 : Go to Start , click on Run Step 2 : Type cmd , to open the Command Prompt Step 3 : Type your primary drive name, for e.g., C: Step 4 : Type cd\ to reach at the root of that drive, for e.g., C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>cd\ Step 5 : Type attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf , to change the file attributes, for e.g., C:\>attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf Step 6 : Type del autorun.inf...