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I am!! I’ve just cropped it slightly…
Oh just a lovely lil ol blokey! :oops: :D
The people and stimulating conversation Gooner!
No.. ok.. just the people ;)
Yes, thanks PB! :roll: :D
Is this possibly what i’ve had? On an automatic update it wanted me to upload it had widows xp on it. Yes that’s right… typo included! I thought the spyware blocker it wanted me to download was from microsoft until i saw the glaring spelling error.
Thank you PB. Very much appreciated. Everyting seems very calm right now. I virus scan each time i boot up the computer and it doesn’t seem to be telling me i have any little nasties. Touch wood.
Bat.. i’d love to be able to afford an anti virus checker like that but it’s just not possible. This is a work computer and McAfee is what i’ve been given and is what i’m lumped with. If i want anything else the toss pots say i have to stump up for it out of my own pocket as after a year of having this computer at home “For work purposes” ;) … i have to either throw it or keep it. It will not belong to them.
@forumhostpb wrote:
Rainy, from what you have posted, I suspect that your anti-virus / firewall just isn’t up to much …. but then the ”freebie” ones usually aren’t when it comes down to it.
The ‘Trojan’ that you mentioned might be “Windows Anti-virus 2008” which is a nasty little git, and very persistent. If you delete it, it will simply re-create itself on the next boot up.
The best bit of software that I have found to remove it (and i’ve had to do this on three friend’s computers so far) is Spyware Doctor (from PC Tools)….. BUT it won’t co-exist alongside Kaspersky (that Bat reccomends) and which I fully endorse.
A workaround might be to invest in Kaspersky Internet Security 2008 version and run that. It ought to find where the nasties are hidden and quarantine them ready for you to delete.
If you havce a problem after this – re post here and we’ll look into it for you.
@bat wrote:
Rainy I,d recomend two things. Firstly, get rid of McAfee, it,s a load of shyte. Lets face it, if you had 10 trojans on your pc it can,t be very good can it?
Secondly, install this. It updates regularly throughout the day. I would highly recomend it.
http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/kaspersky_anti-virusThanks Bat, i’ll give it a go :)
@matty wrote:
so problem solved, now a bottle a wine is in order, just don’t spill it in your car
Oh you gitface! :lol:
Ok so last night i used Avast and it cleaned about ten trojans off my comp. It was still there this morning.
This morning i used the now enabled McAfee (Thanks Avast!) to scan the comp (Again) and it found three more viruses. I have just logged on and touch wood… it has not reappeared. Thanks tho for all your help.
BTW yes it did want me to intall something but i didn’t. Then after Avast went thru the comp a black box with something like Win32 came up. I guess there was a battle against good and evil somewhere along the line…