Re: Ever since Norton, I have a nasty virus...

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From: "Suleeto" <Suleeto.2bxp2l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

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| Hello, all. I was running XP Pro 2002 for the longest time. I would get
| hit by the occasional spyware, but Ad-Aware killed the few that slipped
| by Black Ice Defender.


BlackIce Defender is a FireWall application not anti spyware thus it will NOT afford
proterction against non-viral malware.


|
| Then I set something up wrong in Black Ice and had to uninstall it,after three years of
| smooth operation. Black Ice wouldn't let mereinstall, it wanted me to repurchase
| (bastid's!). I got avirus/spyware/whatever that deleted all my System Restore points,
| andthat was that.
|
| I broke down and purchased Norton's antivirus and 2-year plan for $60.Downloaded it from
| their site. Installed it.
|
| It automatically installed a bunch of Windows updates.

Norton doesn't download Microsoft updates. Norton downloads Norton updates via. LiveUpdate.


| My system hasnever been the same again. Norton will not complete a full system scanever,
| it crashes as it approaches 60,000 scanned items. What is more, Iliterally got hit by a
| virus while norton was supposedly running. Thisvirus changes the system font to (I think)
| Wingdings, and then deletesall your fonts in the fonts folder. What is more, it messed
| with IE atsome point, and now whenever you click a link that spawns a popup ornew window
| (or just hit CRTL-N), it freezes the IE window. You have tothen click the IE icon again
| and get a new one. A view of Task Managershows IEXPLORE.EXE a bunch of times (as many as
| you tried to spawn anew window). You can close them via Task manager (End Process).
|
| I think I have a messed up version of XP Pro that is somewhere between2002 and SP1, along
| with a virus. Norton and AGV both find viruses,including one called Proxy.GBN. Up until
| today, I was managing ok, itwould interfere with the internet connection (periodically
| taking itdown and back up again), which was annoying but livable, but today, Ican no
| longer connect to the internet at all. The adapter says it findsthe wireless network, good
| signal, I see packets sending out mostly, butI can't get web, messengers, or anything at
| all.
|
| NOW....
|
| I have an SP1 disk, and I was going to install this from BOOT, but whenI boot the PC up
| with it, it starts with, "Setup is detecting yourhardware" or something like that. After
| awhile, it bluescreens andreboots in a split second.
|
| ???
|
| I want to just reinstall windows. It won't let me! I cant get on thenet anymore either. :(
| Help!
|
| -JA-- Suleeto

Take your computer to a reputable, certified, service center.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm


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