Slow Performance on Windows 98

[Ryan]

I have a computer in my office that runs on Windows 98.
It runs on a Pentium II processor, so it goes kind of
slow anyway. However, recently I received an e-mail in
my personal account that said, "Take a look at the
attached file." There was a file with the filename
all_document.pif attached to the e-mail. I was curious,
so I clicked on it. Ever since I did that, my office
computer has been running very slow and locks up every so
often when I am on the Internet. Could I possibly have
downloaded a virus onto my computer, and if so, how do I
get rid of it?

[Ron Badour]

The .pif was undoubtedly a virus/trojan. Run a full scan with an up to date
anti virus program.

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Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
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"Ryan" > wrote in message
...
> I have a computer in my office that runs on Windows 98.
> It runs on a Pentium II processor, so it goes kind of
> slow anyway. However, recently I received an e-mail in
> my personal account that said, "Take a look at the
> attached file." There was a file with the filename
> all_document.pif attached to the e-mail. I was curious,
> so I clicked on it. Ever since I did that, my office
> computer has been running very slow and locks up every so
> often when I am on the Internet. Could I possibly have
> downloaded a virus onto my computer, and if so, how do I
> get rid of it?