MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Sun Jan 28 14:13:20 CST 2007
You could try this Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool A quick scan takes 5 minutes, detailed 2 hours Only detects and removes a few rootkits Windows update patch tuesdays is supposed to update Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=890830 Download directly from here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AD724AE0-E72D-4F54-9AB3-75B8EB148356&displaylang=en web site http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx Susan Harkins wrote: >Well, I definitely feel like there's something running in the background >because my system is terminally slow all of the sudden. :( > >You know, this stuff just really aggravates me. I'm nobody -- just a >freelance writer working from home. I don't make a lot of money, I'm not >competing with anybody, but I still have to deal with this crap -- this has >cost me a lot of time and time is money. And, it's looking more and more >like, I'm going to have to buy some "new" product to fix things up. >Some people are just sick -- putting this stuff out there. > >The Panda scan caught the rootkit, so in the end, I'll probably have to buy >it to get rid of it because of course, they didn't get rid of it for free -- >just found it for me for free. ;( > >I'm telling ya -- nice work if you can get it... what a racket. > >More time, more money... to protect myself -- it just seems insane. > >Susan H. > >Rootkits are bad. Sony got into a lot of trouble over those a while back. >They're software that is essentially hidden from the OS, but that will run >anyway. They included some on some of their "copy protected" CDs to stop you >being able to rip them. Once someone found out about them, it was only a >matter of time before the Virus Writers started using them. > >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada