*Very strange, so far, since turning computer on today (has now been on for about 10 minutes) having none of the problems from yesterday. How does this virus or trojan get around antivirus software and firewalls? Do you usually get it by visiting certain sites?
if I need this, will reinstalling Windows take care of this problem? Is that easy to do? Maybe now I can launch Bitdefender. Thanks Randall * On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:13 AM, David D Odell <[email protected]>wrote: > This d...@#$d virus or trojan has been around for a while. This thing > disguises itself as a Windows Firewall and even puts a pseudo Microsoft > shield in the notification area. It takes over completely and won't let > system restore run properly. > > > > I have had to do complete Windows reinstalls on several friends' computers. > It hit mine, but I caught it in time and was able to do a system restore. > I > have not tried Bit Defender; if you can get it from another computer, try > that first and you may not have to do the complete reinstall. I would > strongly suggest trying to backup any irreplaceable files (photos, etc). > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
