# Virus Question
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-question/10631
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 19, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-question/10631 "2000-04-19T05:10:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Joe\_x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_x)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2000, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-question/10631/1 "2000-04-19T05:10:00Z")
Anyone know any way to rid my hard drive of the virus “funlove\_99”? I have tried McAfee with pitiful results. I don’t want to have to reformat my computer.
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### Author:  [@Glyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glyph)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-question/10631/2 "2000-04-19T05:47:00Z")
Norton is usually really good about find ways to remove it without having to format. My dad got the PrettyPark virus and I was able to clean his system, with Norton’s help, and did not have to format. So here is a link to what I found on Norton’s web site.
[http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/fun.love.html](http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/fun.love.html)
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### Author:  [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2000, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-question/10631/3 "2000-04-19T07:39:00Z")
Why don’t you go to a **free** online scanner at:
[http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start\_corp.asp](http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_corp.asp)
Once you download the free scanner, scan your entire drive for viruses and see if you can clean them out.