*Why would it suddenly seem to be working okay? Should I assume that the virus is still lurking and try to get rid of it? Can they go dormant and reappear later?? So far, so good today, for entire morning.
Randall * On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 10:51 AM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, this is one of the nastiest ones out there. They come by many names > and take a crowbar and blowtorch to remove. This is one of the reasons you > keep good backups. XP wasn't as easy, but now running 7 I can reinstall a > new OS in about 20 minutes...have most my programs I use installed in less > than an hour. I keep an external drive with all my cd images I might want > to install, I keep all my installers I've downloaded also on this drive > along with any serials I have to enter. My mail is in the cloud, no backup > needed...I keep my bookmarks synced with a firefox extension. I've refined > my install process to using a USB thumb drive also..much faster than dvd. > Yes it's a PITA to have to plan like this but like it or not this is > windows, plan accordingly and it's no big deal. > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > It does it by getting you to click what you think are clean sites. > > > > Some sites get taken over by a Trojan very easily. > > > > Then when you think you are telling them no thanks on a pop up it catches > > you. > > > > They are very subtle and sneaky. > > > > This is a extortion attempt usually wanting you to buy their program to > get > > rid of their Trojan. > > > > Stewart > > > > > > > > At 08:41 AM 2/26/2010, you wrote: > > > >> *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 > >> > > > > Rev. Stewart A. Marshall > > mailto:[email protected] > > Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org > > Ozark, AL SL 82 > > > > > > ************************************************************************* > > ** 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/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
