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    Posted: 04 November 2003 at 9:08am

anyone know why every half hour my printer prints out a single sheet of paper with 1 single tiny arrow on it?

been going for a couple of days now, bit crazy!
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it keeps reminding you how your time is passing away.. in intervels of 30 minutes

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I can't remember what its called but theres a virus thats mucks up printers in that way. It could also be a trojan

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Oh dear, thanks, ill scan
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If you could point me to a description of the virus somewhere, or a fix id be grateful!  Thanks
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Sorry i really can't remember what its called! Ill ask my dad when he gets home because his work had it.

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I got one which is said cleaned ages ago, it called itself:

IRC/Backdoor.Flood

So I dont know if that had something to do with it, but it said its clean
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If its clean then i doubt its that, but it does sound like a trojan...
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