OT: HELP!! Virus??

narf poit chez BOOM · #1 October 15th, 2003, 06:26 AM

threaten to sue.

Atrocities · #2 October 15th, 2003, 07:10 AM

Try this www.pestpatrol.com They have one of the best spyware - adware killing programs out. JUST be very careful what you ok to delete. Files obtained via Kazaa and other P2P programs often have embedded spyware in them and this program will detect it and recommend it be deleted.

You have a Dell, well now its time to see if Dell will live up to its own hype and support your customer needs. (Not holding my breath for Dell's customer service is utter crap just like HP's.)

Baron Grazic · #3 October 15th, 2003, 07:16 AM

The problem with the "system restore" partitions are they are now getting smarter and are storing your system modifications on them too.
ie. You install some hardware or software successfully - then it will copy this change to the "system restore" partition.
Great if your operating system dies, you can restore it back with your software changes, but bad in this case, where it has copied the program you don't want too.

tesco samoa · #4 November 3rd, 2003, 03:06 PM

well i finally went down with the virus. Happened Sat night at about 1.30 am. I was in a conversation with Fyron on irc when it happened. I have all my important stuff backed up on cd So the damage is not bad at all. Just have to reinstall the OS and all software. So I most likely will not be around after work too much until I am up and running again.

I keep up with all patches and signature files... This one was not detected. I sent the files to CA to be analyzed.

tesco samoa · #5 November 4th, 2003, 06:04 AM

ok will be offline for games until friday... will be able to attend the chat tomorrow with the work pc.