Re: Paranoia or something more sinister?
- From: "needlove" <crunch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 11:56:05 -0700
Viruses can also reside on floppy discs and other partitions on a drive. If
you have any scan them as well. I would be thinking about doing a kernel
level scans with floppies created on a clean computer. I've never done it
but have heard of it being done. It might not work with XP. If you do have
an infected disk and you put in another PC without locking it then you have
two PC's to fix. You could be saving infected Word documents and
reinstalling them on each fresh install also. This link is Microsoft's list
of approved vendors.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/partners/antivirus.asp
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"shreaker" <shreaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7E4E6B43-6C25-4D6F-BCC7-7250815DBEA6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi All
>
> I believe I may have a few internet security issues that I'd like to run
> by
> you guys -
>
> I have performed a number of professionally assisted operating system
> reinstalls, upgraded Norton Security to 05, I'm operating Service Pack 2
> and
> also use Microsoft AntiSpyware, Search & Destroy and a Windows Firewall.
>
> I also like to ensure I am closely observing generic security advice and
> practices and applying basic common sense (- eg: windows passwords are
> changed intermittently, regular and comprehensive security scans are
> executed
> on a regular basis, password protection for "sensitive" info within
> Outlook
> and Word is used and I aim to minimise any time spent logged on with
> Administrative rights.
>
> However, despite the above, I continue to experience issues that cause me
> some concern. These are as follows -
>
> * The Task Manager "Users" tab displays an old username that I used PRIOR
> to
> full system reinstalls
>
> * Sluggish navigational performance - (eg, desktop icons lagging while
> populating)
>
> * IE browser & Word forms changing size - and I don't believe at my doing
>
> * I don't seem to receive any notifications or Intrusion Detections
> regarding random security breach attempts from either Norton or Search &
> Destroy, as I have done in the past when I've been online for reasonably
> long
> periods of time and/or navigating around less reputable sites
>
> * When attempting to log off I often get the following prompt - "Other
> users
> are currently using this computer. Logging off may cause them to loose
> data,
> are you sure you want to log off?"
>
> (I do not and have not ever operated a LAN and I am aware of issues others
> have noted that are suspected to have been compromised remotely?)
>
> * The mouse often moves across the screen without me operating it - at
> first, I put this down to the nature of an aging infrared mouse - however,
> this is occurring more and more frequently
>
> * The clicking sound of a mouse pointer in action - when I am not touching
> any parts of the computer or running any operations that could cause this
> to
> take place
>
> From observation of any the above - does anything stand out that would
> indicate to you that my PC security may still be at risk? If so, what
> should
> I do that I'm not
> already doing?
>
> I'm hoping it's all just a healthy dose of paranoia - please let me know
> if
> you suspect otherwise and what you would recommend?
>
> Any help here is much appreciated!
>
> Kind Regards
> Damien
>
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