Virus on the company network

A virus was introduced onto the ITSMAGIC network, this virus affected many computers. the problem is with the virus that was introduced was that effects .EXE files and .COM files, obviously if you are not familiar with these file types this is what they are:

.EXE: program files, this is the extension for you programs on your PC.
.COM: DOS command files, this is an extension that is used by DOS in windows and helps commands that are written in DOS.

The virus was called the "Gotcha" virus, this is brought onto networks via USB devices or portable devices. the way to stop this virus is to scan your devices before you take it to another computer, also scan your computer so that you dont put it back on the device. This virus has a few other effects beside just infecting files and stopping them from working it can also take upto 1024MB of RAM (thats 1GB!!!), if you dont have a Gigabyte of RAM installed on your computer you wont get past your boot up stage because the virus uses all the RAM when you boot.

one of the ways that you will find out if you have the virus is that if you go to print you may have the screen freeze and a message pop up reading "Gotcha", this is what the virus does and you will have to remove it quickly if you come across this as it spreads to program files and DOS.

Inverting the mouse for those who are left handed.

This is simple, anyone can do this it doesn't matter how much computing knowledge you have.

To invert the mouse settings all you need to do is:

Start > Control Panel > Pointers and Other Hardware ( or mouse if in classic view ) in this menu click "Mouse" > Select the first option "Switch Primary and Secondary Buttons" This shows the option that needs to be clicked on, the top option at the top of the picture is the one that needs to be selected.