Re: I've been infected by terrorism.exe

"Michael Farragher" <mick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Very foolishly I ran the above file - now I can't access my favorite sites -
bbc.co.uk, amazon.

Can anyone tell me how I can undo the damage ?

Get your data off the machine.

Reformat and reinstall the original OS from original media.

Anything less is just chasing down potentially a thousand cuts,
applying bandaids, and still likely losing the battle.

--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/
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