Thanks for clarifying Tracy, but none of these seem to be picking up any problem, yet my problem still exists. Actually I have not run Combofix again, should I?
Frank. Frank Cazabon Samaan Systems Ltd. - Developing Solutions www.SamaanSystems.com Referrals are important to us. If you know of anyone who would benefit from our services, please contact me. We would appreciate the opportunity to work with them. On 10/08/2010 03:45 PM, Tracy Pearson wrote: > Frank Cazabon wrote on 2010-08-10: >> Hi Tracy, >>> Yes. They have decided to attack the advert farms since they have been >>> less secure than the sites you log into. AdBlock is a nice plug in. >>> Need to use a proxy type service for IE. http://www.privoxy.org/ is one >>> such example. >>> >> I use adblock in FireFox, but have been using Opera more than anything >> else. I will see if there is something similar and I don't use IE at >> all. . >>> As for your network systems and backups? Better safe than sorry is >>> my thoughts. >>> >> What do you mean by that? Do I dump my backups? I hope not as that >> will mean a lot of work lost. >> >> I have found some DVDs labelled Recovery DVD (1 to 3). I hope that >> will work. >> >> But, despite running combofix, I still have the symptoms. Do I need >> to keep running it until it finds nothing more and then use the >> recovery dvds? >> > Frank, > > I meant, use combofix/avg/avast/eset/malwarebytes (pick and choose as you > see fit) on all the systems. > As for the backups. Use them with the knowledge your system may have been > compromised when those were created. They may be perfectly clean. Restore > them into a Virtual Machine and run tests to see if they are problematic. > > Dealing with some different friends that recently had such a virus, I'm > beginning to rethink my back up strategy. > > > > Tracy Pearson > PowerChurch Software > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
