Re: virurs/worm

From: matteo (matteo_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:58:01 -0700

i would if i could download! any other idea is ther a application i can buy!
thanx for responding though

"Wannabe A+" wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:59:02 -0700, matteo wrote:
>
> > I had mcafee firewall and there a/v software up and running no problem till I
> > got this message from mcafee notiffing me of a medium risk virus so i did an
> > up date and installed !
>
> Did you get this message in an email?
>
> > right after that i started to notice that my computer started to act funny
> > (not letting me click on my start button and not letting me launch mcafee a/v
> > it finally by the end of the day was just not doing what i wanted so i
> > formatted the hard drive and reinstalled xp and re installed mcafee !
> > now i now i have not downloadedd any thing so why is my computer doing it
> > all over again ?
> > oh i almost forgot my sys. restore will not let me turn it off and i cant
> > launch mcafee and i cand download anny of the updates froe windows update!
> >
> > is this a virus or a worm? and is it in my memory ?
> > dose any one know how i am supposed to fix this problem?plese help
>
> ‧ Boot your AV recovery disk(s) and run AV, fix everything
>
> ‧ If you do not have recovery disks, Boot into Safe Mode and run your AV
> software. Fix everything it identifies. Make note of any problems that it
> cannot repair
>
> ‧ Clear all temporary files and folders: recycle bin, temporary Internet
> files, the Windows TEMP folder, and the MSDOWNLOAD.temp folder by running
> Disk Cleanup at Start>All Programs>Accessories>System Tools>Disk Cleanup
>
> ‧ Boot Windows
>
> ‧ Download Spybot S&D at
> http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html and Ad-Aware at
> http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/. Check for new definitions,
> and download them. Verify Spybot-S&D>Settings>Ignore products>All products
> and uncheck items that have a check mark (red or green). Run Spybot S&D and
> Ad-Aware. Fix everything
>
> ‧ If that does not fix the problem use two or more of these sites and run
> an online Virus Scan. Check the "Automatically Fix" box.
> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
> http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virusscan.aspx
> http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm
> http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/license.php
> http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
> http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=symhome&langid=ie&venid=sym
> http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virusscan.aspx
>
> Post your results on this newsgroup.
>
>
>

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