lemming Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings My home computer got virus-ized last night. Really nasty one too -- tore through my anti-virus like it wasn't even there. It was one of those "Running Scan Now! OMG your computer's been infected! Click HERE to get full protection!" things. It even changed my desktop background to a big red flashing warning. Knocked down my regular AV ("Windows cannot start SpySweeper.exe -- this program has been determined to be a virus/trojan. Click HERE to get full protection!"). Managed to reboot in safe mode, restored to a backup I took about a month and a half ago, and scanned the HD. Virus-scan didn't detect anything, but I fear it's still there, hiding on my hard drive, lurking and waiting. we had this at work just a few weeks ago. AV won't stop it because, technically, it's not a virus: It's a malware attack. I think AVAST has a good, free anti-malware utility, and there are a couple others. Fortunately, at work we had another non-infected computer to help get the solution. That one is very, very annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings we had this at work just a few weeks ago. AV won't stop it because' date=' technically, it's not a virus: It's a malware attack. I think AVAST has a good, free anti-malware utility, and there are a couple others. Fortunately, at work we had another non-infected computer to help get the solution. That one is very, very annoying.[/quote'] MalwareBytes is also a good utility. And if yo still fear the malware lurking and waiting, download a copy of Darik's Boot & Nuke. Run that puppy on your hard drive, and then restore your backup. The only way the malware will return is if it was on your backup, and/or you manage to get re-infected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings I'd hate to have to nuke the whole drive. Luckily, I don't really have too much on my machine (I keep almost all my personal files on a thumb drive), but it'll take hours to reinstall all my programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 13, 2010 Report Share Posted December 13, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings I had to type "Format C:" in anger a few years back, and yeah, it shot two days getting everything I needed installed again. However, the machine was unusable when I had to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings My home computer got virus-ized last night. Really nasty one too -- tore through my anti-virus like it wasn't even there. It was one of those "Running Scan Now! OMG your computer's been infected! Click HERE to get full protection!" things. It even changed my desktop background to a big red flashing warning. Knocked down my regular AV ("Windows cannot start SpySweeper.exe -- this program has been determined to be a virus/trojan. Click HERE to get full protection!"). Managed to reboot in safe mode, restored to a backup I took about a month and a half ago, and scanned the HD. Virus-scan didn't detect anything, but I fear it's still there, hiding on my hard drive, lurking and waiting. Nuke it from orbit (format), it's the only way to be sure. And to be extra-sure, there needs to be a power cycle between the formatting and the installing of the OS -- I've heard that some bugs can 'hide' in ram and reinfect the newly formatted drive. Good luck! I've been very happy with Norton 360, and have run across several of those fake infection scan websites. Regardless of the website, I never trust the "click ok to leave the site" popups if I try to navigate away or close the browser. When I get such a popup, I *kill* my browser via Task Manager. Who knows what it will do when you give it permission by clicking "ok"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Never had to "format c:" as my hard drive has never been named "c:" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings For a few months now I've had a hard time repping people because of the spread-around limitation. Which is odd' date=' because I think I rep a lot of different people.[/quote'] Which is why I repeatedly use the Rep Thread so I can remember who I got. It is sometimes surprising having to find that you repped someone too recently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Never had to "format c:" as my hard drive has never been named "c:" Ruddy Apple users...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted December 14, 2010 Report Share Posted December 14, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Ruddy Apple users...... Yup. It at least used to be considerably more difficult than a simple "format c:" command to do a clean wipe and reinstall of MacOS. Though that has presumably changed with the Unix-like current version... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings If "Mort" means "Death"' date=' what does "ality" mean?[/quote'] ... "eventually, but hopefully not today"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Congratulating Chad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Congratulating Chad! Indeed. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Indeed. JG Especially as I don't understand what a 4.0 means, but if his mum is estatic, then it must be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Congrats Chad! @Bazza: 4.0 = aced all classes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Wootski, Chad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Let's hear it for Chad ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 15, 2010 Report Share Posted December 15, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings On the spyware thing - I use Spybot Search & Destroy. Seems to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings I am truely agog. Got my grades for this term and lo and behold, 4.0. My 4th consecutive after crashing and burning in college twice before...I now have my accumulative to a 3.0. My mom is ecstatic. I'm bemused. I got some kind grading this term. Have some congo'ing rats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings mmm thanks! Still warm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Mmmm, warm congarats and cold milk ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 16, 2010 Report Share Posted December 16, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Congrats Chad! @Bazza: 4.0 = aced all classes cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Congrats Chad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted December 17, 2010 Report Share Posted December 17, 2010 Re: Musings on Random Musings Every time I think I'm done with this chapter, I come up with another idea to add into it. I think for sure I'm done now. I only need to stat up a master vampire, an alien preying mantis, a Frankenstein's monster, a fearless explorer, and a techno-mage. Only. ...Except for the fearless explorer, that sounds like the first and second seasons of Buffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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