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Sir Hamster of Elderberry KWSN ArchBishop
Joined: 20 May 2002 Posts: 5117 Location: Beer City, Cheese Quadrant
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject: Now I've really broken it |
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[whine]
Over the long weekend I visited my cousin. While there I attempted to fix his computer, which was suffering the worst case of the spywares I have ever seen (an older PC running WIN2000 Professional). Apparently this computer has been unusable since someone downloaded Morpheus a month ago. My (other) cousin had already downloaded and installed all the same anti-spyware programs I would use, so I updated these and proceded to run scans. After the first several scans failed to get everything, I rebooted to safe-mode and repeated the scans, but one program kept reinstalling itself with each reboot. Part of the problem is evry browser window was automatically hijacked, and I couldn't view the AdAware TAC page for help. I also couldn't download HijackThis.exe, which I think might have fixed the problem.
Anyway, I guess I'm not really asking for help, just venting. My cousin thanked me by dragging me around behind his boat until I was battered, bruised, and very waterlogged (which tells you something about how well I waterski). When I left the computer would not boot up at all, but aparently it has an intermittent hardware problem too, so perhaps that is not my fault.
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Fart in your gen direxion I am the goatse.cx guy
Joined: 24 May 2002 Posts: 2022 Location: Regrettably for you, I'm Upwind in Upstate N.Y.
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Sir Rodentia,
Went thru the same thing myself on my GF's mother's pc. Found over 1,000 adware/virus thingies, it had browser hijackers out the wazoo. I managed to kill them all. Upgraded XP with the latest service packs etc etc ad nauseum.
When all was said and done I woulda been better off doing a clean install. Fixing them when they're that bad is a waste of time .
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jonnyv Happy Fun Admin
Joined: 15 May 2002 Posts: 2098 Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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Cohiba Prince
Joined: 13 Jul 2004 Posts: 1721 Location: A tabbaco plantation
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 7:27 am Post subject: |
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Ohh my god I sooo need that shirt for when i go to family functions. But i sorta got around that now and when they start asking questions i whip out my company's business card and say family rate is 20/hr everyone else its 40/hr. Most spyware takes about 2 hours, still want me to fix it.
Shameless Plug.. http://www.merlincomputing.com serving the greater michigan area
Whats sad about some of the spyware, is some machines its quicker and easier to wipe the bastard and do a fresh install than it is to clean it, and that not 1 program fixes everything. Adaware can't clean some things, M$ spyware cleans others... _________________ Smoke-em if you got-em I do.. |
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Michelle Moistened Bint
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 10232 Location: At my desk
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:11 am Post subject: |
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I usually run both Ad Aware and Spybot. They each seem to pick up things that the other one misses. And I did have SpywareBlaster installed a while back on the other computer. I think I've been one of the lucky ones as I've never had too much of a problem with spyware.
(Just reminded myself to reinstall SpywareBlaster lol) _________________ My brain hurts.
Jammy's Brain Donor.
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Grawlfang Prince
Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 1256 Location: The Land of our lord JC, silly walks and all
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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I prefer the ones that say "go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script".
Ni!
Fang _________________ Listen; Strange women laying in ponds, distributing swords, is no basis for a system of government.
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jonnyv Happy Fun Admin
Joined: 15 May 2002 Posts: 2098 Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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They have those too. _________________ KWSN Forum Admin
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Sir Hamster of Elderberry KWSN ArchBishop
Joined: 20 May 2002 Posts: 5117 Location: Beer City, Cheese Quadrant
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:17 am Post subject: |
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Update: I have since identified the culprit the the nail.exe program, a.k.a. Aurora. Now I just have to figure out how to put together a rescue disk and ship it off to the Land-of-Bourbon*.
* Actually, if you're in this particular corner of Kentucky, it's more likely this stuff. _________________ -- Have you seen my goat? |
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