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From: rob (rob_at_rob.net)
Date: 09/09/03
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Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:25:16 -0700
You've got a computer that has for some amount of time
been wide open to remote control by hackers. The may have
loaded so many back doors on the system it will be
difficult to find them all. Do you have financial data on
the machine? You need to be worried about your bank
accounts and personal data.
I recommend you disconnect from the internet and back up
essential data.
Reformat the machine and start over, this time don't use a
blank administrator password, run good av software and
keep it up to date, run a good firewall, and keep your OS
updated all the time.
Here is a good resource to do some self learning about how
to secure yourself:
http://securityadmin.info/faq.asp
I recommend:
Symantec Antivirus
Zonealarm Firewall
Tauscan Anti-trojan
Ad-aware anti-spyware
If you run and maintain all those things, chances are
you'll never have a problem.
Just my person prefs...
Having a secure computer takes some measure of effort on
the part of users.. this may be unfortunate but it's still
the way things are today.
>-----Original Message-----
>My computer is running very very slow. There is no
>problem with my internet connection. I tried to resolve
>the situtation by doing a system restore but my restore
>points seem to be infected. It says run avg but it doesnt
>pick it up. It is in a folder on C:\ which is not visible
>(Not a hidden folder) If i try to access this folder i
>get the message "access Denied" so i can't remove it
>manually, no anti virus seems to be able to get rid of
>it. I've been told by several people that it cannot be
>removed with out reformatting. Wanted to make sure this
>is correct before i reformat. Any help would be much
>appreciated.
> Ben.
>
>.
>
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