Terry has a virus!!

Post by **snoopdog** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:44 pm

I use Linux, quite impossible from me.

reeferpuffer · Post by **reeferpuffer** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:31 am

guys, im sorry, it might be from me, im infected with the trojan virus and have spyware all in my comp.

Snakeman · Post by **Snakeman** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 6:55 am

Mike you don't run ad-aware? Its free to down load and will take care of those tracking programs. I wouldn't think that the stuff you got would be doing this.

tbmoore · Post by **tbmoore** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:21 am

If anyone has not ck for spyware I suggest spybot. You can find it online for free. Look around some folks try to sell it. There are sites that give it away.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:22 am

Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Spybot S&D
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

This is the best one I have found and what I use. It runs resident and prevents the crud from installing initially. There isn't a free version, there is a demo, you have to purchase it if you want to use it long term:
Webroot: Spy Sweeper
http://www.webroot.com/wb/products/spys ... 266&ac=417

tbmoore · Post by **tbmoore** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 8:29 am

I believe it is a Demo but keeps running....asks for donations. (spybot)... been running it for a while and it has not stopped yet.

Post by **snoopdog** » Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:51 pm

Well Reefer was it your ram that kept your computer you never called me back.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:59 am

I checked my computer from stem to stern and didn't find anything but spyware. The strange thing is that I am using Ad-aware, Spybot- S&D and Webroot. I found that Windows XP has a new service pack that has a firewall, pop up blocker and some anti-virus software. If anyone is using XP you might look into downloading it.

Post by **snoopdog** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 4:20 pm

It is the much awaited Service Pack 2, only has one major drawback. The update will not be mandatory for a download for many months. So now you have the hackers reverse engineering the patch to find out what all MS has fixed as expliots. This give the hackers ne w information they can reverse engineer to exploit bugs the were unaware of. I honestly think there will be an explotion of virus soon.

customreefs · Post by **customreefs** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 1:07 pm

I got 4 of the same e-mails all from different senders, but no Virus detected.

KrazyPlace · Post by **KrazyPlace** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 11:04 pm

customreefs wrote:I got 4 of the same e-mails all from different senders, but no Virus detected.

You got 4 of these emails and you DID NOT detect a virus? You have one now!

reeferpuffer · Post by **reeferpuffer** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:49 am

no, my power supply

customreefs · Post by **customreefs** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:37 pm

KrazyPlace wrote:You got 4 of these emails and you DID NOT detect a virus? You have one now!

I didn't open the attachment. This computer is secure, trust me. If I say no virus detected, THERE'S NO VIRUS.

Post by **snoopdog** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 3:02 pm

Reefer was there any possibility you moved the computer right before this occured. A very common occurance is that you move it then the problem starts, what happens is the people accidently move there hand across the 110/220 switch in the back and turn them to 220. On some power supplies that will cause them to turn on a few seconds then back off.