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Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:28:51 PST7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Trap0008

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In <0GPZ003NVXMXIE@mta7.pltn13.pbi.net>, on 01/15/02
at 12:16 PM, sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro) said:

>My question is: I went thru CMOS with a fine tooth comb. I set and reset
>everything in CMOS I could find (except for the date). I even tried
>"normal" as well as "optimal" settings. Could it be that the anti virus
>program checks the date to see how old the program is? I know IBM
>antivirus used to do that and send a message if you were more than seven
>months behind.

That is odd. However, it backleveling the date can make the problem
return, that must be the cause. Trap 8 is often hardware related, but not
always.

I'm sure Norton checks the date so that it can alert you that you should
download new signatures.

Steven

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