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« Reply #30 on: November 11, 2008, 01:57:37 PM » |
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Suprisingly Kinboshi is right, spyware/virus removal programs wont fix this problem until you have done a system restore.
System restore ftw
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rossfourfive
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« Reply #31 on: November 11, 2008, 02:05:51 PM » |
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i think i've done a system restore. hold f8 then choose restore last time windows loaded successfully?
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rossfourfive
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« Reply #32 on: November 11, 2008, 03:01:17 PM » |
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i've found the system restore wizard but i don't seem to have any restore points- there's no bold dates in the calendar. any ideas why? i'm starting to think i'm prob best re installing windows.
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kinboshi
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« Reply #33 on: November 11, 2008, 03:02:22 PM » |
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i've found the system restore wizard but i don't seem to have any restore points- there's no bold dates in the calendar. any ideas why? i'm starting to think i'm prob best re installing windows.
Sounds like it wasn't set to create restore points. This means you have nothing to restore it against. Plan B then. Whatever that is.
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'The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.'
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WYSINWYG
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« Reply #34 on: November 11, 2008, 03:16:17 PM » |
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i've found the system restore wizard but i don't seem to have any restore points- there's no bold dates in the calendar. any ideas why? i'm starting to think i'm prob best re installing windows.
Was it switched on? The virus may have attacked it. Every serious virus I saw made serious attempts to bypass system restore anyway, with 2 of them actually breaking it. Unless it causes you untold misery and loss of programs, I'd siphon stuff off and reinstall. Be careful what you siphon off, obviously.
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They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue.
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Teacake
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« Reply #35 on: November 11, 2008, 05:28:39 PM » |
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I got hit with this at the weekend but followed Kin & WYSINWYG advice & I was fine
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WYSINWYG
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« Reply #36 on: November 11, 2008, 06:10:17 PM » |
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I got hit with this at the weekend but followed Kin & WYSINWYG advice & I was fine
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They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue.
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Tractor
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« Reply #37 on: November 11, 2008, 06:13:31 PM » |
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My mates just dropped his laptop round here for me to look at for him, same problem. Hopefully follow the same advice here and sort it out for him, will reply back here later. He has no virus checker, nothing
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lazaroonie
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« Reply #38 on: November 12, 2008, 08:30:53 AM » |
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gatso
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« Reply #39 on: November 12, 2008, 03:07:32 PM » |
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Sounds like it wasn't set to create restore points. This means you have nothing to restore it against.
Plan B then. Whatever that is.
how do you check if this is set up? and how do you set it up if it's not?
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If you get to the yeasty clunge you've gone too far
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kinboshi
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« Reply #40 on: November 12, 2008, 03:41:55 PM » |
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'The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.'
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rossfourfive
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« Reply #41 on: November 12, 2008, 03:59:53 PM » |
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Right i think i got rid of it without having to reinstall windows.
My laptop is now overloaded with anti virus and anti spyware software so hopefully i wont get any of this rubbish again. I did previously have McAfee VirusScan Enterprise as my anti-virus software but the general opinion of it seems to be quite poor and it never seemed to find any viruses so i have scrapped it and downloaded AVG Free which is meant to be the best free option according to the people in the know.
I've also downloaded Spybot Search & Destroy which has a neat feature that pops up a warning if a program tries to change registry files in your computer. Along with this I downloaded Malywarebytes Anti-malware which was the program that actually found the virus in the first place and got rid of it (i think and hope).
Thanks for the tips about the system restore, think i've got it making automatic backups now which should help if this happens again. Hope this helps anyone who gets this pish.
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scotty2hatty
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« Reply #42 on: November 12, 2008, 04:05:03 PM » |
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Sigh, took mine to the shop - £25 oot mi pocket.
I just got it back today but can't get online on it - can connect to our wireless network but won't let me view any pages and keeps saying I'm working offline - any ideas?
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AndrewT
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« Reply #43 on: November 12, 2008, 04:06:11 PM » |
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Have you got your web browser set to work offline?
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scotty2hatty
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« Reply #44 on: November 12, 2008, 04:11:14 PM » |
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Have you got your web browser set to work offline?
um, no - i didn't set it to work offline anyway
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