Just a quick note, cause I need to vent. In my office we have:
-A Firewall
-Appriver to scan email for spam and viruses
-McAfee on the desktops to stop viruses
-A tech team we pay over $3,000 a month for
-Rules in force about opening strange emails, going to websites, etc, etc
You get the idea.
Yet somehow, some way.. my computer out of all the computers in this office has a virus.
I am getting pop ups for gambling, online video guides, anti-virus software (gee thanks).
The techs have tried removing it twice now. Now they are thinking of replacing the harddrive with a mirror version prior to the virus.
What the heck??? The number of work hours I have lost drives me nuts!
Thats it. I needed to vent.
Thanks for listening.
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This post was written by davepeck on December 31, 2008
That is strange. Try adaware or HijackThis (tell your techies). Something in the registry and if they cannot get it out by normal means, then HijackThis will cough it up and remove it on a click. I would suggest getting permission to install Spybot Search and Destroy (it is free)… with so many cookies on websites displaying any type of banner program or activeX, it could bring trouble you wish never happened. BTW, I used this to clean up several gals' computers at work just two weeks ago. Worked fine and computers have been behaving since.
Any idea on how you got the virus? I was the victim of the Koobface virus to a combination of Vista prompting me to click "Yes" every 5 minutes and Facebook lying to me. http://tinyurl.com/6h8uppHere's an article on it jic you have it
Thanks for the tips. I have passed on the info to the techs! I really appreciate it!
Thanks for the article link. Interesting. No clue how I got it. As everything was fine when I went home. Other then McAfee being off this morning Im stumped.
Being an open-source fanboy, I say try AVG http://www.avg.com/it has a good free anti-virus. Maybe it'll pick up what McAfee didn't
Just installed it. Who needs a tech team when I have a network of brilliant people! Thanks Scott!
Did AVG fix it?
So far so good. Though McAfee said it fixed it as well, yet it came back.
get a mac
yeah, I was also going to suggest AVG. That's what I use and I'm pretty happy with it.
How do you know it is not a mac?
I'm assuming you're running Windows based on those symptoms. My advice is right there with Steve Coulson…get a Mac.
Nobody should have to deal with that (Windows related) mess.
RIght on! I guarantee it will protect you until the end of this year. Happy New Year!
go to http://www.malwarebytes.organd download the free scan.
It always saves me.
cheers !
Thanks, I will check it out!
Why in the heck don't you get a Mac? Isn't the premium worth the hours of time NOT lost dealing with this kind of stuff?