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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
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Well... it's a suggestion that will definitely solve your problems with malware.
And the chicks love the Powerbooks.
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the advice we got from polly and i think it was snoopy and ur that walked us through it is to use bho demon. it got rif of winfix on my pc and hasnt been backWhen you find yourself arguing with an idiot, you might want to rethink who the idiot really is.
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You may want to try Spyware Doctor. There's a free version of it on download.com. Spybot S&D and Ad Aware haven't been updated in ages.“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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strangely enough I'm afraid to start my computer in safe modeAny views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
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It's much better to download and install Windows Defender: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspxOriginally posted by Urban Ranger
I found it helps a lot to run msconfig in safe mode and go through the startup with a fine toothed comb. Do the same thing with services. Shut down everything that is strange. For this you may need Net connection to look up the functions of various sevices, however anything that is not Microsoft should be a prime target.
It used to be MS Antispyware, but it was recoded from the ground up (MS Antispyware/GIANT Antispyware was written in Visual Basic as a userland app...Windows Defender is written in Managed C++ and runs as a system service).
It has an invaluable tool for browsing the startup programs (and easily disabling them), currently running programs, active network connections, etc. Provides a lot more information than msconfig and other tools.
It also helps that Windows Defender catches stuff a lot of other scanners miss.
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The Mac is starting to be targeted by malware authors. Apple just had to patch a couple serious holes today.Originally posted by Agathon
Well... it's a suggestion that will definitely solve your problems with malware.
And the chicks love the Powerbooks.
You're making matters worse by telling people if they get an Apple they don't need to worry about malware."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Ehm, why is that?Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
strangely enough I'm afraid to start my computer in safe mode
It's no big deal. It just looks a bit strange because not all the drivers are loaded so you get 256 colors and a lower resolution, but other than that, it's perfectly functional.Comment
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I've had that lower resolution re-arrange my icons a number of times.
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You know, I just tried running a scan with Spybot in safe mode but I twice got the message after about 1/3 of the scan that "user aborted scan" even though didn't do that.Originally posted by Zopperoni
3) Run adware scanners (Spybot, Ad-Aware and CWShredder) in Windows Safe Mode. The safe mode thing is very important.DISCLAIMER: the author of the above written texts does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for any offence and insult; disrespect, arrogance and related forms of demeaning behaviour; discrimination based on race, gender, age, income class, body mass, living area, political voting-record, football fan-ship and musical preference; insensitivity towards material, emotional or spiritual distress; and attempted emotional or financial black-mailing, skirt-chasing or death-threats perceived by the reader of the said written texts.Comment
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Guys - your advice was brilliant - I took the following steps
1. disabled one of the antivirus - the one a tech put on my system but i never asked for
2. used system restore to take my system back to 1 Feb. I haven't disabled it but will if problems return.
3. updated my anti-virus - I'm still using Norton for now cos I got a licence till October but would seriously consider AVG after that
4. Ran spybot S&D - nailed the winfixer but wasn't clean cos it seemed to have source code still running
5. In safe mode, was finally able to run Ad aware - picked up a bunch of mal ware. That mal ware might have been disabling it though something called windows data protection popped up.
Interesting thing about this trojan was it was loading out of my google toolbar when I used explorer - bastard.
All scans currently showing clean - thanks for your help!Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
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That mal ware might have been disabling it though something called windows data protection popped up.
You can disable that.
Though you don't really want to.
Last time I was working with the Pocket emulator in VS I had to for some reason. Not sure if still do.
Right click MyComp
Click setting on Start up and recovery
Click Edit
Change '/noexecute=optin' to '/execute=optin'.
You may need to change something else but that doesn't show up on my machine. Better do a search on it ( it's called DEP).
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One small remaining problem. I disabled one anti-virus but it says I need the Cd to remove it from my system. Any way to do it without the CD?Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
Look, I just don't anymore, okay?Comment
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Use a magnet?“As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
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How about locating the sector and using a hole punch?Originally posted by DaShi
Use a magnet?
"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is not a vice." -- Barry Goldwater, 1964 GOP Nomination acceptance speech (not George W. Bush 40 years later...)
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come on, is it okay just to delete the folder?Any views I may express here are personal and certainly do not in any way reflect the views of my employer. Tis the rising of the moon..
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