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Posted: 9/5/2001 11:26:01 AM EDT
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What program are you using now? If it's up to date, it should take care of everything. If not, see if you can update online.
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Posted: 9/5/2001 11:26:59 AM EDT
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Best solution would be to format and start clean if possible. Once a system has been infected it has become untrusted and the virus scanner can not catch everything a intruder could have installed.
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Posted: 9/5/2001 12:00:20 PM EDT
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Ok, I'll format, can I partition my HD to save the stuff I want? Any freeware Partitioners? Thanks.
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Posted: 9/5/2001 12:01:24 PM EDT
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You can download specific virus removal tools from the web. I work in support and usually end up cleaning one or two virus's a day. Check out www.symantec.com, you shouldn't have too much trouble getting rid of them.
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Posted: 9/5/2001 12:35:08 PM EDT
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Quoted: Ok, I'll format, can I partition my HD to save the stuff I want? Any freeware Partitioners? Thanks. But then you could be saving the virus/root kit/trojan/worm etc etc on the partition But if you really wanted to do it that way you could use Partition Magic |
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Posted: 9/5/2001 12:39:10 PM EDT
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Are you using Outlook for e-mail? Since the majority of trojans these days are written in VBA and only affect Outlook and mail software that depends on VBA, if you can live without Outlook that's a good start. Just delete the POS and download Eudora.
Then update your scanner software and run it. This will solve 99% of your problems. |
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Posted: 9/5/2001 4:59:49 PM EDT
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Mattja,
I am actually using Outlook 6. This is a big problem huh? Hows Eurora? Any faster than outlook? THanks. -Jared |
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Posted: 9/5/2001 5:04:36 PM EDT
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That's why I use web-based email only. Even though I am on cable modem now, I still maintain a minimum account with AT&T as it is a great web-based e-mail service taht uses a secure connection.
The web-based e-mail here at AR-15.com is also a great deal. |
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Posted: 9/5/2001 5:09:56 PM EDT
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Quoted: And I don't mean the condoms, my computer has at least 5 or 6 different ones? I dunno what the hell is going on, I did a scan, and got a few off, but I still need to get rid of the rest of them. What is a good program to use to do this? Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks! How do you know you didn't remove all the offending software? I would download Norton or some other trustworthy anti-virus package and let them go to work. Personally I think formatting is a bit drastic. |
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