# Viral Ouch!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viral-ouch/75143>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 6, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viral-ouch/75143 "2001-08-06T17:50:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viral-ouch/75143/1 "2001-08-06T17:50:13Z")

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Ooch! It seems I’ve been nailed by a particularly noxious virus, **W32.Magistr.24876@mm**. [**Here**](http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.magistr.24876@mm.html)’s Symantec on this bad boy.

I think I found it before the first payload, but not before much weirdness. One way or another, it appears a clean install of NT is required. I would hope the perp has an opportunity to become one with a large meathook.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viral-ouch/75143/2 "2001-08-06T18:07:57Z")

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Please send this virus to my company as fast as you can 😃

\*[sub]for the humor impaired, that was a joke[/sub]