For the last while I've suspected that my system had become the abode of one or two unfriendly beasties but I was too busy to do much about it.
Then on Friday night just after I posted about the Judas Priest bike some kind of Evil Entities lurking therein finally dropped their guise of discretion to reveal themselves at last as the Enemy that they truly were, and went berserk.
First, some intruder calling itself "Trusted Antivirus" installed itself without my say-so and dropped icons of itself all over. Then it told me my system was at risk... oh yeah, right.
And that was just the beginning. Soon there were messages popping up saying Such-and-such site was unavailable (a site I never asked for), and then something else called n>pdb.exe was greedily consuming half the CPU time, and then my browser wouldn't launch and then... soon I couldn't even access the Net. It was like a scene right out of _The Haunting_.
Lacking the deep knowledge of how to exorcise these creatures I merely thrashed around digging myself in deeper. The Enemy wouldn't give in without a fight; for instance something prevented me from launching HijackThis (until I renamed it).
Luckily my project data seemed to be unscathed (whew). Finally on
Saturday morning I took an unscheduled ride on my XV250 (making all this on-topic) along a scenic path leading through farmlands, river crossings and woods in which the green buds of Spring have yet to sprout, and ultimately to my favorite discount computer dealer from whomst I bought a new hard drive so as to make a complete new clean install. I also installed McAfee and unleashed it on my former C: drive, whereupon it barged into that den of scoundrels like the Return of Odysseus and kicked ass. The carnage was truly something to see and it took down no less than 15 Serious Nasties.
So if you're reading this posting right now it means my new system is working and I'm glad to be back.
Sean_Q_
ps. an unexpected bonus to this whole adventure was that fact that I couldn't (at first) find the install disks for the o/s as well as some vital apps. So in turning the place upside down whilst regrettably indulging in some coarse language such as [expletives deleted] I stumbled upon a few missing bike parts and other important items. Blessings can come in disguise -- sometimes rather well disguised.
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:11:26 GMT, Sean <nos...@no.spam> wrote: >For the last while I've suspected that my system had become the abode of >one or two unfriendly beasties but I was too busy to do much about it.
>Then on Friday night just after I posted about the Judas Priest bike >some kind of Evil Entities lurking therein finally dropped their guise >of discretion to reveal themselves at last as the Enemy that they truly >were, and went berserk.
>First, some intruder calling itself "Trusted Antivirus" installed itself >without my say-so and dropped icons of itself all over. Then it told me >my system was at risk... oh yeah, right.
>And that was just the beginning. Soon there were messages popping up >saying Such-and-such site was unavailable (a site I never asked for), >and then something else called n>pdb.exe was greedily consuming half >the CPU time, and then my browser wouldn't launch and then... soon >I couldn't even access the Net. It was like a scene right out of >_The Haunting_.
>Lacking the deep knowledge of how to exorcise these creatures I merely >thrashed around digging myself in deeper. The Enemy wouldn't give in >without a fight; for instance something prevented me from launching >HijackThis (until I renamed it).
>Luckily my project data seemed to be unscathed (whew). Finally on
>Saturday morning I took an unscheduled ride on my XV250 (making all >this on-topic) along a scenic path leading through farmlands, >river crossings and woods in which the green buds of Spring have >yet to sprout, and ultimately to my favorite discount computer dealer >from whomst I bought a new hard drive so as to make a complete new >clean install. I also installed McAfee and unleashed it on my former >C: drive, whereupon it barged into that den of scoundrels like >the Return of Odysseus and kicked ass. The carnage was truly something >to see and it took down no less than 15 Serious Nasties.
>So if you're reading this posting right now it means my new system >is working and I'm glad to be back.
>Sean_Q_
>ps. an unexpected bonus to this whole adventure was that fact that >I couldn't (at first) find the install disks for the o/s as well as >some vital apps. So in turning the place upside down whilst regrettably >indulging in some coarse language such as [expletives deleted] >I stumbled upon a few missing bike parts and other important items. >Blessings can come in disguise -- sometimes rather well disguised.
> For the last while I've suspected that my system had become the abode of > one or two unfriendly beasties but I was too busy to do much about it.
> Then on Friday night just after I posted about the Judas Priest bike > some kind of Evil Entities lurking therein finally dropped their guise > of discretion to reveal themselves at last as the Enemy that they truly > were, and went berserk.
> First, some intruder calling itself "Trusted Antivirus" installed itself > without my say-so and dropped icons of itself all over. Then it told me > my system was at risk... oh yeah, right.
> And that was just the beginning. Soon there were messages popping up > saying Such-and-such site was unavailable (a site I never asked for), > and then something else called n>pdb.exe was greedily consuming half > the CPU time, and then my browser wouldn't launch and then... soon > I couldn't even access the Net. It was like a scene right out of > _The Haunting_.
> Lacking the deep knowledge of how to exorcise these creatures I merely > thrashed around digging myself in deeper. The Enemy wouldn't give in > without a fight; for instance something prevented me from launching > HijackThis (until I renamed it).
> Luckily my project data seemed to be unscathed (whew). Finally on
> Saturday morning I took an unscheduled ride on my XV250 (making all > this on-topic) along a scenic path leading through farmlands, > river crossings and woods in which the green buds of Spring have > yet to sprout, and ultimately to my favorite discount computer dealer > from whomst I bought a new hard drive so as to make a complete new > clean install. I also installed McAfee and unleashed it on my former > C: drive, whereupon it barged into that den of scoundrels like > the Return of Odysseus and kicked ass. The carnage was truly something > to see and it took down no less than 15 Serious Nasties.
> So if you're reading this posting right now it means my new system > is working and I'm glad to be back.
> Sean_Q_
> ps. an unexpected bonus to this whole adventure was that fact that > I couldn't (at first) find the install disks for the o/s as well as > some vital apps. So in turning the place upside down whilst regrettably > indulging in some coarse language such as [expletives deleted] > I stumbled upon a few missing bike parts and other important items. > Blessings can come in disguise -- sometimes rather well disguised.
It seems you were successful exorcising those electronic demons. Maybe they should make a psuedo-religious movie about you :)-
Sean wrote: > For the last while I've suspected that my system had become the abode > of one or two unfriendly beasties but I was too busy to do much about > it.
snipped the tale of the nasties ...
> So if you're reading this posting right now it means my new system > is working and I'm glad to be back.
> Sean_Q_
> ps. an unexpected bonus to this whole adventure was that fact that > I couldn't (at first) find the install disks for the o/s as well as > some vital apps. So in turning the place upside down whilst > regrettably indulging in some coarse language such as [expletives > deleted] I stumbled upon a few missing bike parts and other important > items. > Blessings can come in disguise -- sometimes rather well disguised.
Let me get this straight , you KNEW there was a possibility of a virus and you IGNORED it ? A couple of weeks ago , I got a bounced email that I hadn't sent . Less than 30 minutes later I was running a virus scan which found and deleted a trojan . There are free antivirus programs out there that work very well , AVG and Avast! are rwo . The fact that you knew and did nothing about it is totally irresponsible , you could have spread that virus to everybody in your address book . And that's just the attitude the people who write these are hoping for . -- Snag '90 Ultra "Strider" '39 WLDD "Popcycle" Buncha cars and a truck
> Sean wrote: > > For the last while I've suspected that my system had become the abode > > of one or two unfriendly beasties but I was too busy to do much about > > it.
> snipped the tale of the nasties ...
> > So if you're reading this posting right now it means my new system > > is working and I'm glad to be back.
> > Sean_Q_
> > ps. an unexpected bonus to this whole adventure was that fact that > > I couldn't (at first) find the install disks for the o/s as well as > > some vital apps. So in turning the place upside down whilst > > regrettably indulging in some coarse language such as [expletives > > deleted] I stumbled upon a few missing bike parts and other important > > items. > > Blessings can come in disguise -- sometimes rather well disguised.
> Let me get this straight , you KNEW there was a possibility of a virus and > you IGNORED it ? A couple of weeks ago , I got a bounced email that I hadn't > sent . Less than 30 minutes later I was running a virus scan which found and > deleted a trojan . > There are free antivirus programs out there that work very well , AVG and > Avast! are rwo . The fact that you knew and did nothing about it is totally > irresponsible , you could have spread that virus to everybody in your > address book . > And that's just the attitude the people who write these are hoping for .
Now, that's a good Reeky response! And he should take the MSF course for good measure!
On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:11:26 GMT, Sean <nos...@no.spam> wrote: >First, some intruder calling itself "Trusted Antivirus" installed itself >without my say-so and dropped icons of itself all over. Then it told me >my system was at risk... oh yeah, right.
Mine just died.
It couldn't read the CD ROMS and then it lost the Windoze system file.
I brought my Multimedia one up stairs, threw a second 500 Gig (SATA) HDD in it, transferred all the data from the old IDE drives and now I'm trying to find everything and get back on track.
TOG@Toil wrote: > Sean wrote: >> For the last while I've suspected that my system had become the abode >> of one or two unfriendly beasties but I was too busy to do much >> about it.
<wilderkom...@yahoo.com> wrote: >On Mar 30, 11:11 pm, Sean <nos...@no.spam> wrote: >> For the last while I've suspected that my system had become the abode of >> one or two unfriendly beasties but I was too busy to do much about it.
>> Then on Friday night just after I posted about the Judas Priest bike >> some kind of Evil Entities lurking therein finally dropped their guise >> of discretion to reveal themselves at last as the Enemy that they truly >> were, and went berserk.
>> First, some intruder calling itself "Trusted Antivirus" installed itself >> without my say-so and dropped icons of itself all over. Then it told me >> my system was at risk... oh yeah, right.
>> And that was just the beginning. Soon there were messages popping up >> saying Such-and-such site was unavailable (a site I never asked for), >> and then something else called n>pdb.exe was greedily consuming half >> the CPU time, and then my browser wouldn't launch and then... soon >> I couldn't even access the Net. It was like a scene right out of >> _The Haunting_.
>> Lacking the deep knowledge of how to exorcise these creatures I merely >> thrashed around digging myself in deeper. The Enemy wouldn't give in >> without a fight; for instance something prevented me from launching >> HijackThis (until I renamed it).
>> Luckily my project data seemed to be unscathed (whew). Finally on
>> Saturday morning I took an unscheduled ride on my XV250 (making all >> this on-topic) along a scenic path leading through farmlands, >> river crossings and woods in which the green buds of Spring have >> yet to sprout, and ultimately to my favorite discount computer dealer >> from whomst I bought a new hard drive so as to make a complete new >> clean install. I also installed McAfee and unleashed it on my former >> C: drive, whereupon it barged into that den of scoundrels like >> the Return of Odysseus and kicked ass. The carnage was truly something >> to see and it took down no less than 15 Serious Nasties.
>> So if you're reading this posting right now it means my new system >> is working and I'm glad to be back.
>> Sean_Q_
>> ps. an unexpected bonus to this whole adventure was that fact that >> I couldn't (at first) find the install disks for the o/s as well as >> some vital apps. So in turning the place upside down whilst regrettably >> indulging in some coarse language such as [expletives deleted] >> I stumbled upon a few missing bike parts and other important items. >> Blessings can come in disguise -- sometimes rather well disguised.
>It seems you were successful exorcising those electronic demons. Maybe >they should make a psuedo-religious movie about you :)-
Paul ( pjm @ pobox . com ) - remove spaces to email me 'Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.' 'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.' HVAC/R program for Palm PDA's Free demo now available online http://pmilligan.net/palm/
<snag...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >Sean wrote: >> For the last while I've suspected that my system had become the abode >> of one or two unfriendly beasties but I was too busy to do much about >> it. > snipped the tale of the nasties ...
>> So if you're reading this posting right now it means my new system >> is working and I'm glad to be back.
>> Sean_Q_
>> ps. an unexpected bonus to this whole adventure was that fact that >> I couldn't (at first) find the install disks for the o/s as well as >> some vital apps. So in turning the place upside down whilst >> regrettably indulging in some coarse language such as [expletives >> deleted] I stumbled upon a few missing bike parts and other important >> items. >> Blessings can come in disguise -- sometimes rather well disguised.
> Let me get this straight , you KNEW there was a possibility of a virus and >you IGNORED it ? A couple of weeks ago , I got a bounced email that I hadn't >sent .
Meaningless. Spammers harvest legit addresses to arbitrarily put in as 'From' and 'Reply To' headers in their spam. That doesn't mean it came out of your computer.
> Less than 30 minutes later I was running a virus scan which found and >deleted a trojan . > There are free antivirus programs out there that work very well , AVG and >Avast! are rwo . The fact that you knew and did nothing about it is totally >irresponsible , you could have spread that virus to everybody in your >address book . > And that's just the attitude the people who write these are hoping for .
Paul ( pjm @ pobox . com ) - remove spaces to email me 'Some days, it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.' 'With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.' HVAC/R program for Palm PDA's Free demo now available online http://pmilligan.net/palm/
Terry Coombs wrote: > The fact that you knew and did nothing about it is totally > irresponsible ,
I'm sure glad you're not Maricopa Joe, or I'd be modeling pink lingerie in Tent City.
> you could have spread that virus to everybody in your > address book .
Implying that no one in my address book maintains good security either. Actually I don't even use an email client, so there is no address book.
Ferfrigsakes even the Pentagon's been hacked, and you're railing at *me*? See the Risks Digest to see computer fuckups (despite "experts" in charge) that make mine pale in comparison: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/
On Mar 31, 8:05 pm, Handover Phist <ja...@jason.websterscafe.com> wrote:
> Sean :
> > For the last while I've suspected that my system had become the abode of > > one or two unfriendly beasties but I was too busy to do much about it.
> Required stuff:
> www.mozilla.com. Get Firefox, use it, get rid of the IE icon > housecall.trendmicro.com > hijackthis > cwshredder
> Kepp backups of all your important stuff, and you'll be happier.
in addition to these, and AVG as was mentioned above, you may find that Spybot or Adaware come in handy - but not both, they conflict with each other on most builds ... i use adaware (lavasoft.com) myself combined with avg and in my browser, i deny nearly all cookies, have all scripts turned off by default, etc
c wrote: > in addition to these, and AVG as was mentioned above, you may find > that Spybot or Adaware come in handy - but not both, they conflict > with each other on most builds ...
That should not be the case. Those two apps hunt for different things, and I've never seen a conflict between them on any PC. Always use the latest versions, of course.
Don't do scans with multiple apps at the same time, with any kind of scanning programs.
Sean wrote: >First, some intruder calling itself "Trusted Antivirus" installed itself >without my say-so and dropped icons of itself all over. Then it told me >my system was at risk... oh yeah, right.
Comes with M$-Office-compatible Office software, and everything else most people need. You can burn a "live CD" and try it out without touching your hard drive.
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