Last Thursday, I got hit with a trojan virus. A few days and lots of bucks later I got back on line. Be careful folks with the upcoming season. Make sure your firewalls, anti virus, and all that other stuff is up to date and working well. I thought mine was, but hadn't updated it for quite a while. There are a lot of really sneaky bastards out there. Just don't anyone here to share my grief.
Adware can mess your computer up too. I put links in the free stuff somewhere to free software to prevent about all of that. I still have occasional lockup problems but nothing serious.
I run ZoneAlarm free, AVG free antivirus.
Watch for impostors on this type stuff too. They will sometimes charge you money for free stuff.
I was running Norton, but having troubles so dumped it for the free stuff. It is a bit of bloatware but I don't think it was causing all my problem.
Hi, Glenn Yeah, the adware really creamed me after the trojan punched the 'hole'. I hope no one here has to go thru what I did the last couple of days. (how do I get a mad smiley here?). Grrrrrrrr.
>:( Dang virus hackers. >:(
My sons always gave me a bad time about always running a lot of protection. Said it slowed my computer way down. Hmm -- maybe it does but it still works. They have both had major problems.
currenty experiencing problems... running avg and it will not clean my system...Says there are errors every time I run a complete scan and try to remove the viruses it finds :(
Got a name on the virus? Search it for removers if you do.
There are other free checkers out there also. Maybe another one will remove it-- if you can get online to get it.
all trojan horses glenn
every time I start the computer avg runs a diagnostic scan and finds about a dozen trojan horses.....I look at the names and they all have trojan horse . something in them... they all look the same to me.
but it has been several days now and I spend 5 minutes every time I turn on the computer and still I have to sit through the annoying process of healing the computer and putting files in the vault... it is almost like one file escapes detection and re- writes all the other nasties so I have to repeat the process again and again.... :-/
Some are tricky. Some programs have a hard time getting rid of them.
death to the hackers
Some need you to go in with a special removal program. Symantec had one I used once to remove something or other. There were specific steps that needed to be followed to rid the offensive thingy permanently. Otherwise it kept regenerating itself with every restart.
I still use some Norton/Symantec products, but their products have bloated a lot since the time when Peter Norton himself was involved. One of the great success stories.