Author Topic: OK, now I am hosed (Read 1303 times)

Kurt Angle · « **Reply #15 on:** June 22, 2003, 12:12:11 PM »

Do you know how you got the virus?

Was it in an e-mail or did you get it from a downloaded file?

videoholic · « **Reply #16 on:** June 22, 2003, 12:23:30 PM »

I really have no idea. I doubt if I got it from email because I monitor every piece of email that comes in. I probably got it off of either usenet or something from virtually any website.

It is brutal. It is impossible to do anything because popups happen every minute or so. Every time I leave the computer I have 30 windows open.

I absolutely can not delete those files and they are on my E drive which I do not want to format. I have a couple hundred gigs of open space to move to a firewire drive, but what a pain. I guess I am going to have to do it.

videoholic · « **Reply #17 on:** June 22, 2003, 01:12:52 PM »

I was gone for a couple hours. nothing running on the computer.

I come home to 30 windows open and I just ran ad-aware again. Lovely.

I\'m going to be a startin over hopefully tonight if I can get everything together to do it.

« **Reply #18 on:** June 22, 2003, 01:20:44 PM »

Update all your anti-virus and anti-spyware software. Boot in safe mode and try deleting the certain file that you think is causing problems. Then run all of your apps while in safemode.

If nothing happens f*ck it and re-install Windows.

videoholic · « **Reply #19 on:** June 22, 2003, 02:56:07 PM »

I have uninstalled Memorymeter and some safewasher or something now 6 times in the past 4 or 5 hours. IT keeps on reinstallingitself.

My only problem with reformatting everything is I really want to format my E: drive and that is where my video project is. I\'m going to see what I can do with moving it, but dang, what a pain in the booty.

I\'ll try to boot in safemode and see what happens.

« **Reply #20 on:** June 22, 2003, 07:13:14 PM »

Other than the AV, and spyware proggies, seriously consider the pop-up stopper as a cure for the symptoms... so you can at least leave your computer for a few min at a time.

(sorry).

videoholic · « **Reply #21 on:** June 22, 2003, 07:37:00 PM »

well I am fresh now. Good thing about formatting and starting over is the system runs faster.

« **Reply #22 on:** June 23, 2003, 03:11:26 AM »

I huad the same problem. Almost fixed, not perfect but almost there.

« **Reply #23 on:** June 23, 2003, 04:55:48 PM »

If you have multiple HDDs, you can aslo just leave all your games/apps/OS on one hard drive.. that way you are always free to wipe-reinstall without loosing your music, movies, files, projects, etc (which you keep on your other HDDs).

videoholic · « **Reply #24 on:** June 23, 2003, 05:37:36 PM »

Yeah, I have backups of everything. It\'s really easy for me to redo everything. It\'s just not fun.

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Author Topic: OK, now I am hosed (Read 1303 times)