Thanks for that Dave - I was amazed just how many things were being loaded at startup. I ran Autoruns and cleared some of the more obvious out, such as Messenger and OpenOffice and now my machine boots up much quicker. The only snag was I didn't know what 98% of them did so was *very* cautious!
John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Smith > Sent: 22 October 2008 12:40 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [NF] Beware of new spyware > > > Thanks for the heads-up on this... did you know most of these > sort of things > come into the PC via video from the internet? It seems like video > is the new > portal... For what it's worth, I can get a wounded PC back up and > running in > about 15 minutes using this procedure: > > Disconnect from internet, then boot into safe mode. > Run autoruns ( google it, it's free and kicks butt), remove start > up entries > for 'Winantivirus', 'windefender' and so on. > Open the system32 folder, sort by Date. You'll see the malware > entries... I > usually change their extensions to .xxx > Open msconfig, uncheck startup items relating to the malware > Look at your IE Add-ons, disable any malware entries. > Run CleanUp! ( also free, google it). This is important because it removes > the installer files that are hiding in the temp files on the PC > Reboot, then scan with Spybot or similar product, run A/V scan as soon as > you can. > > Thanks, > Dave > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
