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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: clowd on July 06, 2003, 02:20:27 PM

Title: Virus
Post by: clowd on July 06, 2003, 02:20:27 PM: I think I got a virus...after sometime the computer will automatically go to stand by mode...about every 2 minutes...so people got angry at me in an online race and said they were going to send me a virus I guess they did, while writing this it did it i went to control panel settings it says NEVER stand by HELP this is driving me insane
Title: Virus
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 06, 2003, 02:30:30 PM: boot to dos.. format.

no point trying a virus scan unless u can rip out your hd and put it into another machine as a slave then scan it.
Title: Virus
Post by: politiepet on July 06, 2003, 02:53:27 PM: don\'t touch me! ;)
Title: Virus
Post by: THX on July 06, 2003, 08:13:06 PM: Go here for a free scan to see if you actually have a virus:

http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp

If you do then you can purchase their anti-virus program which is about $35. If the virus is Klez or Bugbear those can be removed for free (http://www.mcafee.com/anti-virus/virus_removal/default.asp). Also tell us if it\'s a specific one, there might be free apps on the net to remove it.
Title: Virus
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 06, 2003, 08:45:11 PM: lol, if he\'s machine is going into standby mode every 2 minutes.. hows he gonna keep it running long enough to scan. hense why i sad it\'s pointless to try.. Only way to do it is if the hd is a slave or through a network..
Title: Virus
Post by: Avatarr on July 08, 2003, 01:39:04 PM: "hence"

see if it happens if you\'re off line. if it doesn\'t, then it isn\'t a virus; they\'re hacking your box. :)
Title: Virus
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on July 08, 2003, 03:15:53 PM: typo.. edit function was rooted, so i couldn\'t fix it. :)
Title: Virus
Post by: Halberto on July 11, 2003, 01:13:36 PM: Dude, THX thanks man. I think i caught a virus because I can\'t shut down my computer using the OS. And when I boot up I run a disk check and random files are "truncated"
Title: Virus
Post by: clowd on July 11, 2003, 04:43:42 PM: I got worst problems now...

this happens in online races and crashes the game

I want to strangle the smart ass who made this
Title: Virus
Post by: clowd on July 11, 2003, 04:44:20 PM: I\'M GOING TO PULL MY HAIR OUT IF THESE POPUPS KEEP COMING UP AND RUINING MY RACES ONLINE
Title: Virus
Post by: videoholic on July 11, 2003, 05:11:59 PM: did you ever format and resetup your system?
Title: Virus
Post by: clowd on July 11, 2003, 05:18:48 PM: No the standby problem went away on its own. About a week ok it would do it every few hours then when I made this post it was doing it every 2 minutes i tried to scan for virus couldnt because it went to standby too often then it just fixed itself but NOW THESE POPUPS are everywhere....
Title: Virus
Post by: Agnino on July 12, 2003, 09:37:18 AM: (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stud.ntnu.no%2F%7Eshane%2Fstasj%2Fdiv_bilder%2Fantivirusport.jpg&hash=0baaab12bb8118bb4f80300b4ee8cc0ce3e358f2)
Title: Virus
Post by: Living-In-Clip on July 12, 2003, 09:55:14 AM: Am I the only one that notices almost NO ONE on this board runs a frickin\' anti-virus at all times?

*shakes head*

Smart surfin\' along with protection stops these problems, people.

(1) Anti-virus.

(2) Firewall

(3) Spyware killer

(4) Don\'t authorize things that pop-up at p0rn sites.

(5) Don\'t open attachments , that you don\'t know about or who they came from.

Those five things stop a lot of these problems.
Title: Virus
Post by: videoholic on July 12, 2003, 01:45:50 PM: I always have anti virus on. Hate the damn thing, but I put up with it. I wish they would make it so it didn\'t slow down the darn computer so much.
Title: Virus
Post by: GigaShadow on July 14, 2003, 04:55:58 AM: Uh clowd, have you disabled Windows Messenger Service? Try doing that to get rid of your pop ups. Also EVERYONE who doesn\'t have anti virus software - go to http://www.grisoft.com and download AVG AV. Its free and gives you free updates. I use this for my laptop and have found that it is quite good. It also doesn\'t hog a lot of memory.
Title: Virus
Post by: Kurt Angle on July 14, 2003, 11:39:23 AM: Download Spybot seek and destroy 1.2 and Ad-aware 6.0 to get rid of spyware also. This may help in reducing popups etc.