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That pretty well encapsulates the question, and it’s one that’s made me scratch my head for several years, every time I found myself with an infected computer. And like the article says, it’s not something that can be answered ahead of knowing the particular situation.
However, I think I didn’t state my question very well because I was looking for a description of the function of this particular virus/trojan. I was thinking that if I knew how it worked I might understand what I may have done to unleash the thing. I’ve heavily used the Internet for several years without attracting an infection until this one. I did that primarily by knowing what was safe to do and what wasn’t. But that seems to be changing. If I’m not mistaken this virus was activated on my computer when I extracted a compressed file from a zip file.
Thanks,
JG