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Posted: 9/6/2004 7:09:55 AM EDT

All in under 14 days. Never have had a problem before, then I run a scheduled scan and bam virus one after another only on the 400,000 scanned files

Posted: 9/6/2004 7:14:14 AM EDT

[#1]

you opening exes? if yes, stop

get a firewall and an active AV program like Norton or McAfee

Posted: 9/6/2004 7:15:24 AM EDT

[#2]

It sounds like you got a single virus that replicates itself, and infects other files on your PC.

Posted: 9/6/2004 7:16:59 AM EDT

[#3]

I had about 200 of the same virus but the rest are dif, trojans and so on. Looking at the names, the one I cant get off is PWS.Hooker.Trojan.

Posted: 9/6/2004 7:17:09 AM EDT

[#4]

I would recommend Norton over McAfee, but if you are running XP you can DL the SP2 and that has a firewall built in.....Camper

Posted: 9/6/2004 7:17:35 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
you opening exes? if yes, stop

get a firewall and an active AV program like Norton or McAfee

Have firmware firewall in place.

Posted: 9/6/2004 2:09:27 PM EDT

[#6]

regular xp has a firewall. sp2 just turns it on by default

Quoted:
I would recommend Norton over McAfee, but if you are running XP you can DL the SP2 and that has a firewall built in.....

Camper

Posted: 9/6/2004 2:12:06 PM EDT

[#7]

I've been running Norton for about 2 years. I kept my Norton up to date about every 2 or 3 days. I decided to check out AVG and it found 7 viruses.

Posted: 9/6/2004 2:13:28 PM EDT

[#8]

Nuke your machine from orbit, its the only way to be sure

Posted: 9/6/2004 2:19:30 PM EDT

[#9]

Did we learn something from this experience??

Get some AV software. Keep it up to date. Run a scan at least once a month.

Posted: 9/6/2004 2:22:35 PM EDT

[#10]

so did you find some good porn or not?

mike

Posted: 9/7/2004 12:25:11 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
so did you find some good porn or not?

mike

Well yeah of course, too bad the bitches where crawling with STD''s. I am a riot

Posted: 9/7/2004 12:28:53 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
regular xp has a firewall. sp2 just turns it on by default

The firewall in SP 2 is not the same as the original one. Most obviously, it blocks traffic in both directions, not just inbound.

Posted: 9/7/2004 1:12:43 AM EDT

[#13]

securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pws.hooker.trojan.html

Quoted:
I had about 200 of the same virus but the rest are dif, trojans and so on. Looking at the names, the one I cant get off is PWS.Hooker.Trojan.

Posted: 9/7/2004 1:17:22 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pws.hooker.trojan.html

Quoted:
I had about 200 of the same virus but the rest are dif, trojans and so on. Looking at the names, the one I cant get off is PWS.Hooker.Trojan.

Yeah I read something similar, don't use this computer for anything but Ent, so maybe he will steal my afrcom pass and make me into a bigger ass.

But yeah I would be worried if it was on a computer used for bills etc.

Posted: 9/7/2004 5:12:42 AM EDT

[#15]

I had several hundred myself. I think I got them from a link on this forum to a video on ogorish.com. I used some freeware on the internet that only partially helped (adware and spybot). I then bought pestpatrol and that took care of it.

FWIW....Bomber

Posted: 9/7/2004 5:24:31 AM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
Get some AV software. Keep it up to date. Run a scan at least once a month.

And depending on what/where you're surfing (ESPECIALLY if you surf any foreign sites), you might
want to have it scan once a day, maybe at 2:00 A.M. or something, while you're asleep.

Running once a month only is begging for problems. (Or would be with the knuckleheads that I have
to keep an eye on....)

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