We have experience three virus attacks here. Norton Anti-Virus failed to detect the virus in all cases. McAfee's antivirus program was able to detect the viruses, but in one case only from uninfected machines. After McAfee identified the Stealth C virus and moved it to a floppy, Norton Anti-Virus running on the uninfected machines scanned the disk and reported that there were 0 files infected. Because the Stealth C virus was able to fool both Norton Anti-Virus and McAfee on the infected system into reporting that all was well, assurances from popular brand name virus software is no guarantee that there are no viruses present.
Many viruses lie dormant for long periods of time.
If you know that your computer is infected with a virus, the best course of action is to shut it down immediately and take it to a reputable computer repair shop, such as Computer Solutions on south Third Street. Viruses cannot function when the power is off.