Re: Cannot run my antispyware or antivirus program

I realize this is an old post , but why does it seem I'm the only one who
doesn't immediately resort to formatting. There are a lot of ways to
detect unwanted processes and rootkits. Is it just too time consuming?
Am I missing something?




On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:58:33 -0400, Todd H. <comphelp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> writes:

From: "Cam" <cam1947@xxxxxxxxx>


| Thanks for your info concerning multi posting, sorry I did not know.
| Also thanks for the info concerning the fake MS MVP, when I saw that I
| thought that it was indeed a fake.

| Now, concerning the sites you gave me, I tried to go on these site
| but, I guess, the malicious spyware that I have on my PC will not let
| me go there, I get a "page load error" whenever I try to open any of
| the sites you gave me. It seems to be that a cannot open any sites
| about spyware or viruses. Any other sites will open properly... I
| guess my PC is badly infected!

| Any other idea of what I could do? My spyware and antivirus programs
| will not work and/or update and cannot go on security sites, I either
| get an error message or I am redirected to other sites.

| Thaks again,
| Cam

Sorry to hear that.
Then your *best* option would be to wipe the PC and resinstall the OS from scratch after
backing up your data.

Cam,

I strongly second this advice from David.





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