Question: I had this come up in my Computer Associates virus check a while back. I thought the CA program had eliminated it as I haven’t seen it again in a few months after several runs of CAAV. Suddenly it popped up again. Is this something related to an e-mail I might have which hasn’t been opened yet? Why didn’t my CA anti-virus program delete it rather than tell me I had it? Part of the "messagestore\inbox.imm" is in "file name" location.
— Paul from Holley, Orleans County
Answer: It’s pretty unlikely that this virus was discovered, then hid through several runs of CAAV (Computer Associates Anti-Virus), and then suddenly got discovered again. Yes, there are viruses that can hide from antivirus programs, but none that can only hide sometimes. It’s much more likely that the virus got discovered, was removed, and then you got infected again. This is simply a fact of life — you get e-mail, you go to Web sites, and you get infected. This is why we keep running our antivirus software. The best thing you can do when you find a virus is immediately rerun CAAV and see if it finds it again. Keep on doing the things you’re doing to stay safe on the Internet, including running the Security Tango (http://securitytango.com).
Question: We recently replaced our computer with a Mac. We transferred all our programs successfully but had some problems with AOL. We did have AOL 9.0 Safety and Security powered by Road Runner. We called Time Warner in Rochester and they told us to call AOL for help. We asked them to move our existing program from the old computer to the new Mac computer. However, they put in AOL 9.0 VR, and we are unhappy with this program.
This is the question we have. We have the original AOL 9.0 disc. What would happen if we downloaded this program into our new Mac?
— Carl and Jo from Gates
Answer: Generally, when you move from a PC to a Mac, the PC programs cannot be moved to the Mac. PC programs will not run on a Mac (without special software). The reason for that is that the operating systems (Windows and Mac OS X) are very different. Of course, you can find Mac versions of most PC programs. That’s also true of AOL. The thing to do now is to upgrade to the latest version of AOL, which is AOL for Mac OS X (as of this writing). Now, you must make sure you upgrade to at least OS X 10.5.2 (do your Apple Update; that will take you to the latest version of the operating system). There is also a beta version of AOL Desktop for Mac, but that "beta version" means it’s not ready for prime time yet; I don’t know that I’d recommend you use a beta version of any software on a machine you use every day.
Source: democratandchronicle.com