# possible virus? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 7, 2000, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-virus/28366 "2000-08-07T02:29:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snetho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Snetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snetho)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-virus/28366/1 "2000-08-07T02:29:36Z")
I have two .VBS (visual basic script?) files that keep popping up on my StartUp folder from time to time. I do not know much about viruses, but since these are not executables can they be dangerous? I have Visual Studio installed, so the files are associated, and yet nothing happens when I click on them (or when I boot my computer), whereas if I click on a C file, the Visual C++ program loads. Does anyone have a clue as to what they might be? There names are, “mscgf.vbs” and “network.vbs”. ---
**Author:** ![zebbmx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/958977/32.png) [@zebbmx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zebbmx)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-virus/28366/2 "2000-08-07T02:41:22Z")
I think i know what your talkin bout partner…I had the same thing happen to me(I think) i went to a search engine and got a site with the files it said were screwed or that i needed and it went away… ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@Lord\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-virus/28366/3 "2000-08-07T02:46:17Z")
I’m reasonably sure the the ‘network.vbs’ is a virus or actually a worm. [Here’s a link](http://security.sdsc.edu/publications/network.vbs.shtml) to some info or check [Symantec Antivirus Resouce Center (SARC)](http://www.sarc.com) I didn’t find anything on a quick check about ‘mscgf.vbs’. I don’t know off hand what that is. Jim