OT: Virus help
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andrewhannay
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RE: [uk-vac] OT: Virus help
As a matter of interest, check all your EXEs, have they all got the same
modifcation date which is within the last couple of days. I had that happen
to my PC and had save my important files and re-format and re-install.
However when I copied my files back over, one of the EXEs was still infected
and my whole machine was infected again. So this time I deleted all my EXEs
re-formatted and re-installed. Didn't infect the ZIPs just the EXEs.
Hope this helps (or not) If you get what I am saying.
Andrew
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As a matter of interest, check all your EXEs, have they all got the same
modifcation date which is within the last couple of days. I had that happen
to my PC and had save my important files and re-format and re-install.
However when I copied my files back over, one of the EXEs was still infected
and my whole machine was infected again. So this time I deleted all my EXEs
re-formatted and re-installed. Didn't infect the ZIPs just the EXEs.
Hope this helps (or not) If you get what I am saying.
Andrew
>
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andrewhannay
Guest
RE: [uk-vac] OT: Virus help
As a matter of interest, check all your EXEs, have they all got the same
modifcation date which is within the last couple of days. I had that happen
to my PC and had save my important files and re-format and re-install.
However when I copied my files back over, one of the EXEs was still infected
and my whole machine was infected again. So this time I deleted all my EXEs
re-formatted and re-installed. Didn't infect the ZIPs just the EXEs.
Hope this helps (or not) If you get what I am saying.
Andrew
>
As a matter of interest, check all your EXEs, have they all got the same
modifcation date which is within the last couple of days. I had that happen
to my PC and had save my important files and re-format and re-install.
However when I copied my files back over, one of the EXEs was still infected
and my whole machine was infected again. So this time I deleted all my EXEs
re-formatted and re-installed. Didn't infect the ZIPs just the EXEs.
Hope this helps (or not) If you get what I am saying.
Andrew
>
david_orton_2000
Green Mario
[uk-vac] Re: OT: Virus help
Hmmmm, at least you didn't have a hard disk crash recently...<sigh>
Still, ran for over 4 years nearly every day, so can't complain.
Viruses, Virii! I've cleaned more PCs than you can shake a stick at.
Adware still easily is the worser of the two nowerdays!
One customer had over 835 counts of adware/spyware.
Another customer had a ridculous 1000+ viruses(rare to see).
Some system files sadly are damaged/deleted, e.g. task manager.
With Viruses, sadly most Anti-virus programs protect(hence the name) and
have difficulty wiping out the beggars once you're infected.
Some are killed off and some say "cannot be deleted" or "file in use" etc.
Best way to kill them is take the hard disk out of the PC and mount it
on another(as a slave of course), then run a full scan.
Check the process list in the Task Manager for "odd" file names, etc.
You the search on the PC and locate them, and if found it will become
obviously quickly if they are spyware/viruses. Most like to hang out
in windows/system32 even a "dir /od" from a command prompt will show
them at the end of the listing.
Also use Google to look for file name you think are suspect, this
works more for spyware as viruses use many names(some random) for file
names, more clever viruses just turn off the update on Anti-virus
programs to give the user the illusion of protection. Most contain
mini-mailers to spread themselves further.
If you're brave enough to use regedit go here:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-> SOFTWARE-> Microsoft-> Windows-> CurrentVersion-> Run
Check the list again for suspect programs!!
99% of them go here so they're loaded as windows starts up.
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
DaveO (Virus & Adware killer 8th dan Black Belt)
<snipped of excessively huge file listing!>
Hmmmm, at least you didn't have a hard disk crash recently...<sigh>
Still, ran for over 4 years nearly every day, so can't complain.
Viruses, Virii! I've cleaned more PCs than you can shake a stick at.
Adware still easily is the worser of the two nowerdays!
One customer had over 835 counts of adware/spyware.
Another customer had a ridculous 1000+ viruses(rare to see).
Some system files sadly are damaged/deleted, e.g. task manager.
With Viruses, sadly most Anti-virus programs protect(hence the name) and
have difficulty wiping out the beggars once you're infected.
Some are killed off and some say "cannot be deleted" or "file in use" etc.
Best way to kill them is take the hard disk out of the PC and mount it
on another(as a slave of course), then run a full scan.
Check the process list in the Task Manager for "odd" file names, etc.
You the search on the PC and locate them, and if found it will become
obviously quickly if they are spyware/viruses. Most like to hang out
in windows/system32 even a "dir /od" from a command prompt will show
them at the end of the listing.
Also use Google to look for file name you think are suspect, this
works more for spyware as viruses use many names(some random) for file
names, more clever viruses just turn off the update on Anti-virus
programs to give the user the illusion of protection. Most contain
mini-mailers to spread themselves further.
If you're brave enough to use regedit go here:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-> SOFTWARE-> Microsoft-> Windows-> CurrentVersion-> Run
Check the list again for suspect programs!!
99% of them go here so they're loaded as windows starts up.
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
DaveO (Virus & Adware killer 8th dan Black Belt)
<snipped of excessively huge file listing!>
david_orton_2000
Green Mario
[uk-vac] Re: OT: Virus help
Hmmmm, at least you didn't have a hard disk crash recently...<sigh>
Still, ran for over 4 years nearly every day, so can't complain.
Viruses, Virii! I've cleaned more PCs than you can shake a stick at.
Adware still easily is the worser of the two nowerdays!
One customer had over 835 counts of adware/spyware.
Another customer had a ridculous 1000+ viruses(rare to see).
Some system files sadly are damaged/deleted, e.g. task manager.
With Viruses, sadly most Anti-virus programs protect(hence the name) and
have difficulty wiping out the beggars once you're infected.
Some are killed off and some say "cannot be deleted" or "file in use" etc.
Best way to kill them is take the hard disk out of the PC and mount it
on another(as a slave of course), then run a full scan.
Check the process list in the Task Manager for "odd" file names, etc.
You the search on the PC and locate them, and if found it will become
obviously quickly if they are spyware/viruses. Most like to hang out
in windows/system32 even a "dir /od" from a command prompt will show
them at the end of the listing.
Also use Google to look for file name you think are suspect, this
works more for spyware as viruses use many names(some random) for file
names, more clever viruses just turn off the update on Anti-virus
programs to give the user the illusion of protection. Most contain
mini-mailers to spread themselves further.
If you're brave enough to use regedit go here:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-> SOFTWARE-> Microsoft-> Windows-> CurrentVersion-> Run
Check the list again for suspect programs!!
99% of them go here so they're loaded as windows starts up.
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
DaveO (Virus & Adware killer 8th dan Black Belt)
<snipped of excessively huge file listing!>
Hmmmm, at least you didn't have a hard disk crash recently...<sigh>
Still, ran for over 4 years nearly every day, so can't complain.
Viruses, Virii! I've cleaned more PCs than you can shake a stick at.
Adware still easily is the worser of the two nowerdays!
One customer had over 835 counts of adware/spyware.
Another customer had a ridculous 1000+ viruses(rare to see).
Some system files sadly are damaged/deleted, e.g. task manager.
With Viruses, sadly most Anti-virus programs protect(hence the name) and
have difficulty wiping out the beggars once you're infected.
Some are killed off and some say "cannot be deleted" or "file in use" etc.
Best way to kill them is take the hard disk out of the PC and mount it
on another(as a slave of course), then run a full scan.
Check the process list in the Task Manager for "odd" file names, etc.
You the search on the PC and locate them, and if found it will become
obviously quickly if they are spyware/viruses. Most like to hang out
in windows/system32 even a "dir /od" from a command prompt will show
them at the end of the listing.
Also use Google to look for file name you think are suspect, this
works more for spyware as viruses use many names(some random) for file
names, more clever viruses just turn off the update on Anti-virus
programs to give the user the illusion of protection. Most contain
mini-mailers to spread themselves further.
If you're brave enough to use regedit go here:-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-> SOFTWARE-> Microsoft-> Windows-> CurrentVersion-> Run
Check the list again for suspect programs!!
99% of them go here so they're loaded as windows starts up.
Hope this helps,
Cheers,
DaveO (Virus & Adware killer 8th dan Black Belt)
<snipped of excessively huge file listing!>
arcadeheavenuk
Active member
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[uk-vac] Re: OT: Virus help
had a very similar problem with my pc, the only way I could get the
data off was to install windows on a new HD then have the infected
one as a slave, copy off the files and format the drive. Then backed
up the files and formated the other drive as well. Start > run
wouldn't even work on mine, and nothing would install.
had a very similar problem with my pc, the only way I could get the
data off was to install windows on a new HD then have the infected
one as a slave, copy off the files and format the drive. Then backed
up the files and formated the other drive as well. Start > run
wouldn't even work on mine, and nothing would install.
arcadeheavenuk
Active member
- Credits
- 30CR
[uk-vac] Re: OT: Virus help
had a very similar problem with my pc, the only way I could get the
data off was to install windows on a new HD then have the infected
one as a slave, copy off the files and format the drive. Then backed
up the files and formated the other drive as well. Start > run
wouldn't even work on mine, and nothing would install.
had a very similar problem with my pc, the only way I could get the
data off was to install windows on a new HD then have the infected
one as a slave, copy off the files and format the drive. Then backed
up the files and formated the other drive as well. Start > run
wouldn't even work on mine, and nothing would install.
)
david_orton_2000
Green Mario
[uk-vac] Re: OT: Virus help
Simon,
As Martin stated earlier is integrated into the OS to various degrees
(big sigh). Instead of that, download Firefox (www.mozilla.org) and
use that, it's smaller and quicker. Even better don't bother
installing Windoze again and use a "real" operating system such as
Linux. Redhat, Mandrake, Suse, Debian are the more popular flavours
available. Linux comes with all the apps you need for everyday use
and better still it's free and doesn't need re-booting all the time
when apps are installed/un-installed. Windows registry is still the
archilles heel for the OS, it gets corrupted and it's blue screen
time again...
If you'd like to try out Linux get a "cd release" like Knoppix
(www.knoppix.org) - download it, burn it, boot cd and you're off.
It will not damage your existing OS and can even read an NTFS
partition. Give it a go!
p.s. Admittedly however, I have several systems including:-
Solaris(Unix), Linux(Red Hat) and MacOS(yeah Martin). WinXP
also for supporting my customer base.
Oh yeah, Win ME(Millenium) can burn in hell!!!
"Windows will lead you to the Dark Side of the Force!"
Cheers,
DaveO.
Simon,
As Martin stated earlier is integrated into the OS to various degrees
(big sigh). Instead of that, download Firefox (www.mozilla.org) and
use that, it's smaller and quicker. Even better don't bother
installing Windoze again and use a "real" operating system such as
Linux. Redhat, Mandrake, Suse, Debian are the more popular flavours
available. Linux comes with all the apps you need for everyday use
and better still it's free and doesn't need re-booting all the time
when apps are installed/un-installed. Windows registry is still the
archilles heel for the OS, it gets corrupted and it's blue screen
time again...
If you'd like to try out Linux get a "cd release" like Knoppix
(www.knoppix.org) - download it, burn it, boot cd and you're off.
It will not damage your existing OS and can even read an NTFS
partition. Give it a go!
p.s. Admittedly however, I have several systems including:-
Solaris(Unix), Linux(Red Hat) and MacOS(yeah Martin). WinXP
also for supporting my customer base.
Oh yeah, Win ME(Millenium) can burn in hell!!!
"Windows will lead you to the Dark Side of the Force!"
Cheers,
DaveO.