NYB-F virus found on a XP2 computer won't harm anything. Is this right? I have spent all day ...

[Beamer]

Trying to get rid of this virus (being unemployed and broke ain't
helping matters) and Now I read where it may be a false positive and
even if it is actually on the computer, it's not going to cause any
problems. So ... ????

And what other viruses and bad chit is out there that XP2 will not be
affected by? I always figured a virus was a virus and wasn't a good
thing. Quite enlightening.

Beamer

 

[jen]

Trying to get rid of this virus (being unemployed and broke ain't
helping matters) and Now I read where it may be a false positive and
even if it is actually on the computer, it's not going to cause any
problems. So ... ????

And what other viruses and bad chit is out there that XP2 will not be
affected by? I always figured a virus was a virus and wasn't a good
thing. Quite enlightening.

This will give you an idea of what NYB does and is. I know not of
the -F variant...

NYB virus:
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2000-121513-2227-99

-jen