Help! My PC is infected

by Gozz 5 Replies latest jw friends

  • Gozz
    Gozz

    My computer is infected. This is the name of the virus (worm?):

    It routinely shuts down my iNet connection, and seems to be mutating. Can anyone help me?

  • Hamas
    Hamas

    You need to get hold of Norton Anti Virus,

    This shall kill the worm for you.

    If you are not prepared to pay,

    then did someone say warez ?

    Take a look.

  • Simon
    Simon

    Try some of the free online scanners and also check to see if anyone has created removal tools / instructions

    Symantec, Trend and MacAffee all usually do these.

  • Latin assassin from Manhattan
    Latin assassin from Manhattan

    http://www.bullguard.com/

    Bozz,

    Norton,Symantec, Trend and MacAffee are okay. But Bullguard is the best. I use it on my PC, haven't had any trouble since. You can get a free 30day full trial. Check it out!

  • glitter
    glitter

    If that's a dialler and you use a dial-up 'net connection, I'd suggest you brace yourself for when the next phone bill comes...

    I don't think looking for warez will be a good idea, you may well end up with just another problem. Solutions can be had for free, however:

    Free Anti-Virus program: http://www.grisoft.com/

    Make sure you give a real email address in the registration so you can recieve your product key (need it to install)

    Free Firewall http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

    Free Spyware Remover (Ad-Aware) http://www.tucows.com/preview/236049.html

    Free Pop-Up Stopper http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html

    Edited to add: And make sure you check for updates regulary - at least once a week for the Anti-Virus (ie update, restart, then run it) and before each run for Ad-Aware. Pop-Up Stopper should try to look for updates automatically - click "Yes" in Zone Alarm if something called XAUpdate tries to connect.

    If you don't know the file trying to connect when Zone Alarm warns you or you don't know why it needs to connect to the Internet, say No. Also when you get notification that Zone Alarm has blocked an attack on your PC, choose to turn off notification of it will drive you potty.

    Hope this helps,

    glitter

  • Gozz
    Gozz

    Thanks guys, thanks.

    've my life back now.

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