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<blockquote data-quote="roger_m" data-source="post: 976455" data-attributes="member: 31436"><p>I once opened a worm that I knew was malicious, but was expecting the antivirus I was using a trial version of to stop it from running. But it didn't, as maybe it didn't block scripts, even though the antivirus did have signatures for it. As a result a lot of files such as pictures were overwritten and in those days I didn't have backups. Of course now days I backup my files and never knowingly launch malware, other than on systems I use for testing.</p><p></p><p>I think it may have been the ILOVEYOU worm.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILOVEYOU[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="roger_m, post: 976455, member: 31436"] I once opened a worm that I knew was malicious, but was expecting the antivirus I was using a trial version of to stop it from running. But it didn't, as maybe it didn't block scripts, even though the antivirus did have signatures for it. As a result a lot of files such as pictures were overwritten and in those days I didn't have backups. Of course now days I backup my files and never knowingly launch malware, other than on systems I use for testing. I think it may have been the ILOVEYOU worm. [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILOVEYOU[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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