Re: ***NEED HELP PLEASE***

NObody suggested destroying data - it should go without saying that data would of course need to be backed up before reinstalling. Leythos is obviously giving sound advice, ...yours is simply unsound. You're digging yourself an ever deeper hole. As Leythos said, in as many words, once a PC is compromised, even after the most exhaustive and thorough anti-virus and anti-malware scans, one can never be sure the PC is clean. In fact, one can only scan for known malicious software, and also pray that the various heuristics components in malware scanners will detect undesirable software behaviour that the various scanners are not yet armed against.

Heaven is of course the machine where the only data that needs to be backed up is an email address book, then it can be wiped and reinstalled - raising substantial defences before connecting to the internet.

Also, I see an opening in the anti-spyware/malware/virus market for a scanner that monitors all web enabled application software packages, that frequently scuttle along to their home web-sites to collect "updates" and want to report home with program bugs/faults/problems/conflicts etc. ..who knows what else they're reporting back home ?

regards, Richard


"Joec148" <josephc1485@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23XcrwNj7GHA.5020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you can get to housecall or get the registry values to deactivate the virus you loose nothing. I see a lot of people trying to get you to destroy your data.
"kennewickrockerguy" <kennewickrockerguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4A2A5EB9-7F40-4E24-B74C-F7F0644AA9D8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I downloaded the free version of avg awhile ago and am looking to upgrade but
i have a problem, while i was at work my son deleted avg completely and
uninstalled it as well so he could download something on limewire. Whatever
he downloaded had a virus in it and now i cant ctrl+alt+del and pull up my
task manager (i use xp home w/ service pack 2) if i right click on the
taskbar abd select taskmanager it never comes up, if i search for it it does
not appear. if i go to grisoft.com , it pulls up the ie window for about 2
seconds and closes itself. limewire also automatically restarted every single
time i closed it so i have deleted it. i tried to go onto a virus forum from
my computer and i have found that not only does grisoft get auto-closed but
all virus support sites as well. I even went to a site that sells pepper
spray and security supplies and the same results, but yahoo and myspace and
the like work. I had my friend do a file transfer from her computer to mine
on yahoo im for the installation program for avg and i can not open that
either. also i am getting random popups in a forgien language. When i open
"my computer" there are 2 html applications i do not recognize one called
"estigma" and another called "onoes" (i think that is how the second one is
spelled) i tried to format my hard drive but when i open cmd it says the
following "c:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" (title bar) "Another program is
currently using this file." (message field) even immediately after restarting
my computer i ge this error message. I have tried to do a system restore and
it says failed everytime i have tried. And now my firefox is not working like
the task manager Please tell me my brand new (barely out of warranty)
computer is not doomed.



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