John, On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:29:28 -0500, John Aldrich wrote:
>Thought about that. Not exactly sure what the URL is for that. Do you have >the proper URL for MBAM-RULES? This is the one I use: http://mbam.malwarebytes.org/database/mbam-rules.exe >-----Original Message----- >From: IS Technical [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:06 PM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: RE: Windows 7 problem (Home user) >John, >On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:27:09 -0500, John Aldrich wrote: >>Thanks. I'll forward this to myself at home so I can >review it. I'm not >>exactly a novice malware fighter. just a novice at >fighting it on Windows 7. >>J I *really* dislike Windows Vista and Windows 7. It >really is a pain the >>way that Microsoft decided to redesign everything! L >Why not download the latest Malware Bytes rules file >(mbam-rules.exe) on another system and and run it on >the problem system in safe mode. It will install the >latest defs to the Malware Bytes folder. >> >>John-AldrichTile-Tools >> >>From: Carol Fee [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 4:19 PM >>To: NT System Admin Issues >>Subject: RE: Windows 7 problem (Home user) >> >>And you may need to run more than that. Check out the >Major Geeks site - it >>hasn't failed me yet >>http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=35407 >> >>CFee >>From: John Aldrich >[mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:28 AM >>To: NT System Admin Issues >>Subject: RE: Windows 7 problem (Home user) >> >>Yeah, but Vipre Rescure only found one thing and took >care of that. I'll run >>Malware Bytes when I get home tonight, even though >it's not able to update, >>it might find whatever else is in there. >> >>John-AldrichTile-Tools >> >>From: Carol Fee [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:00 AM >>To: NT System Admin Issues >>Subject: RE: Windows 7 problem (Home user) >> >>Sounds like the computer has become infected. >> >>CFee >>From: John Aldrich >[mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:48 AM >>To: NT System Admin Issues >>Subject: Windows 7 problem (Home user) >> >>I am working on a computer for one of my users. It's a >brand new HP running >>Windows 7 Home Premium and I'm having a devil of a >time with it. The user >>complains that it suddenly started taking forever to >do anything and that it >>can't get to the internet any more. I found he'd >installed a second >>antivirus on top of the Norton that it came with >(BitDefender, I think it >>was) which I finally removed after going into safe >mode and running the >>uninstaller that I downloaded and put on a CD. That's >another thing - it >>doesn't recognize my USB Memory stick that I tried to >attach to it; at least >>not in normal mode. It'll show up in Safe Mode, but >not normal mode. Also >>can't get into the Firewall settings, not even to >allow a program to bypass >>the firewall. >> >>I've run the latest version of Vipre Rescue and >installed Malware Bytes, but >>I can't update MB because I can't get to the internet. >L I've already tried >>running "netsh winsock reset" and that really didn't >help anything either. >> >>Any suggestions? This is really only my second Windows >7 machine that I've >>laid hands on. The first one was a Windows 7 >Professional that I installed >>on a spare box using the Release Candidate that >Microsoft let anyone >>download and install. >> >>Thanks! >> >> >>John-AldrichTile-Tools >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a >resource hog! ~ >>~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE- >Enterprise/> ~ >Regards, >Charles >--- > Charles Figueiredo PhD > Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems >--- >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE- Enterprise/> ~ >~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE- Enterprise/> ~ Regards, Charles --- Charles Figueiredo PhD Integrated Solutions - Enhancing Small Business Systems --- ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
