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Should I delete viruses from Nortons Antivirus

Posted By : Giovanny of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on June 16, 2004

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My Norton Antivirus has "caught" several W32.Netsky viruses. Now they are listed as Backup Items --- explanation says "This is an infected back-up copy of a repaired item."

Question: Should I delete those or just leave them as they are

This question was answered on June 16, 2004. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting.


Yes you should go to norton antivirus and delete the backup items since it is infected It may cause you future problems with anything in your computer and that something you don't want to happen Here is what you do, go to start, all programs, norton antivirus, reports, quarantined items, click on view report, click on back up items, select the one you want to delete and click on the icon delete item that have an (x).

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Posted by Giovanny of Katharine Gibbs School - New York on June 16, 2004

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