Re: I did something stupid - now am wondering what to do...

From: Charles Newman (charlesnewman1_at_comcast.do.not.spam.me.net)
Date: 08/10/05

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    Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 21:20:28 -0700

    "Leythos" <void@nowhere.lan> wrote in message
    news:MPG.1d6337eb487724a2989b47@news-server.columbus.rr.com...
    > In article <42F96ABD.177E89C1@mts.net>, kenp@mts.net says...
    > > Late last week i downloaded a win98SE "service pack" that was at
    > > www.usbman.com.
    >
    > Why would you download a "Microsoft" service pack from anywhere except
    > Microsoft?
    >
    > What do you know about www.usbman.com - do you know them well enough to
    > trust them with your system?
    >
    > > After I installed it, Norton AV was stopped and several other things did
    > > not work properly.
    > >
    > > I cleaned out some "spy ware" using adaware and spybot. I used F-prot in
    > > DOS and found IR.exe and cleaned that out.
    > >
    > > Norton AV still does not install. I cannot do their on-line security
    > > (aka do I have a virus) scan.
    > >
    > > When I re-boot during startup there is a DOS-like box (in red) that
    > > states that the NAV virus definitions cannot be loaded up. This is in
    > > spite of my deleting Systemworks from the installed programs and
    > > minimizing the files that load up during start up (using msconfig).
    > >
    > > Suggestions?
    > >
    > > Yes, I know this is a "firewall" group, but.......
    > >
    > > Thanks in advance for any info.
    >
    > Restore your system from your backup - you doooo have a backup, right?
    >
    > Once a system is compromised, unless you are willing to have something
    > possibly not cleaned, the only way to ensure it's clean is to wipe it
    > and reinstall.

       That is true, that is the only way to be sure your
    system is completely clean. Of course one guy
    in one of the broadcasting groups will insist that
    you can get away without a reinstall, but he is
    wrong, and the only way to fix a compromised
    system is to wipe out and reinstall Windows.

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