Re: NDC: Anybody want to help a fella out? I need advice please.

On Nov 24, 1:35 am, band beyond description
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On 2009-11-24 15:28:38 +0900, band beyond description
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On 2009-11-24 09:17:00 +0900, marcman <marcmanstud...@xxxxxxxxx> said:

I am the most careful guy in the world with my work computer.

Anybody have any ideas on how to combat this without reinstalling
windows? I really don't want to reinstall Windows. ANY advice would be
gretaly appreciated. Thanks.

Buy a Mac, or engage an expert to transition you to Linux.  I am not
joking or being flippant amid your Windows-travails situation.  I
switched from Windows to Unix-based Mac in 2005 and, aside from e-mail
spam that continued to flow like torrents on one e-mail account left
over from the Windows days until I quickly and easily switched through
my ISP to a new e-mail address on the same account, I have not
experienced AN IOTA of the crap traditionally associated with the
Windows experience.

Nor can I understand why anyone would continue to tolerate said crap --
not a knock on you, but of anyone who may be a creature of habit
reluctant to change, such as I was for quite a while until my Mac
switch, and even after that, dealing with the e-mail switch, as I'd
always bitched about it being so inconvenient...but the fact is, I have
no time for computer-related headaches; things should do your bidding
right out of the box, and you shouldn't have to go through life without
-- or at least, a greatly reduced chance of -- the potential threat of
the problems you're dealing with right now ever cropping up.

No operating system is perfect nor entirely free of being a target of
Internet malcontents, but I do not need nor use any of those old
Adaware/malware preventer-remover stuff.  Of course Windows PCs are
cheaper and always have been, but in my experience and opinion, it's a
pennywise, pound-foolish proposition.

I need to add and clarify:  One thing I do make use of on Mac are the
free-of charge Firefox browser Add-On tools to make Web browsing a
little safer, such as those like McAfee Site Advisor, WOT (Web of
Trust)and Adblock Plus, that make Web browsing a little safer, by
assessing the reliability of Web sites and by detecting malware on Web
pages (such as those invisibly embedded in images, etc.).
--
Peace,
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Yeah man, I use AVG Full version and have a site advisor and all sorts
of protection. I'm shocked this happened. I'm thinking that either
somehow AVG must not have been running for some reason, or maybe my
kid did something that I don't about, but thats realy unlikely too.
Really freaky. I hate PCs. When I have the time I'll get a Mac. I'll
need time to adjust, can't switch without first becomming familiar.

So far I backed up all my data.

Then I did what Dell calls a "PC Restore" which restores your hard
drive to the operating state it was in when you purchased the
computer. Any programs or files added since you received your computer
- including data files - are permanently deleted from the hard drive.

When the fresh Windows XP booted up I went through the usual Windows
XP setup and I was very happy to see that the Internet connection
created no issues, it fired right up.

Then I did about 2 hours worth of Windows Updates, including service
pack 3,

Then I installed my antivirus/anti everything software. I connected
my external, it installed itself.

I pointed my AVG software at it and had it sniff for all threats in
its slowest mode.

Clean.

I probably have about five hours worth or installing software to deal
with now.

The silver lining is that I have a nice fresh clean windows install
and my machine is faster.

Thank you to everybody that offered advice, what a nice bunch of guys
we got here.
.

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