NASCAR Revolution: WARNING!

To all: I have just downloaded the demo from EA Sports web site. It contains a virus: W95-CIH. I have Norton Anti-Virus 5.0, which took care of the infection, but you should be careful... I will advise EA sports of the fact. Philster

On another Racing site Philippe reports he caught a Virus from their Sound Demo which is separate from their Game Demo - here he does not mention that and is saying that the Game Demo has a Virus - BULL Puckey!!!!B

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>To all: >I have just downloaded the demo from EA Sports web site. It contains a >virus: W95-CIH. I have Norton Anti-Virus 5.0, which took care of the >infection, but you should be careful... I will advise EA sports of the >fact. >Philster

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> On another Racing site Philippe reports he caught a Virus from their Sound > Demo which is separate from their Game Demo - here he does not mention that > and is saying that the Game Demo has a Virus - BULL Puckey!!!!B > >To all: > >I have just downloaded the demo from EA Sports web site. It contains a > >virus: W95-CIH. I have Norton Anti-Virus 5.0, which took care of the > >infection, but you should be careful... I will advise EA sports of the > >fact. > >Philster

My apologies... The virus was found in the Staccato.zip file found on EA Sports web site. In my e***ment, did not think of typing this down. I simply didn't want anybody else to get this bug... I'm lucky to have Norton Anti-Virus on my system... not everybody has it... The 30 meg demo doesn't have the virus... but I did not find the demo at EA Sports site, so in a way I was correct when I said that the file that was downloaded from EA Sports site contained a virus... Philster "Mieux vaut prevenir que guerir..." or "Better prevent than heal the wound."

> Excuse my ignorance, but I assume that the only risk is in unzipping and > executing this download - just downloading it cause no harm?? (In one of my > 'net trawling sessions I may have snagged this file in my download net, but I > have certainly not unzipped it yet). > Scott No, as long as you don't unzip the file, or open any *.exe files, you should be ok. W95.CIH works is activated when an *.exe file is used. But, what's the point of downloading a file if you don't use it?