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 Post subject: Strange Virus - Help.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:12 am 
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HI,

I was trying to find a megaupload link to a file for a cd and i accidentally went to one of those sketchy warez places that come up in google. That fucking "hey everyone i'm looking at gay porn" shit came up, along with the millions of windows etc. I am almost 99% sure this gave me a virus.

Sometimes I can hear the clicking noise go off repeatedly in the background (you know the noise?). Also, I will get these wav's playing of advertisements in the background occasionally. A little one about myspace one time. One talked about a radio show called flow. I've been monitoring the task manager when this happens and it's hard to locate the problem. I've run spybot, adaware, nod32 virus scan, etc. Does anyone know anything about this kind of problem?

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 Post subject: Re: Strange Virus - Help.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 2:19 am 
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Start >> Accessories >> System Tools >> System Restore.

restore it to the last point before this happened. note that you will lose everything you've installed past that day. it will (or should) keep "loose" data like mp3's and such.


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 Post subject: Re: Strange Virus - Help.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:40 am 
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System Restore works wonders on spyware's ass. Happened with me, but, I had to do a full system recovery (backup of HDD) and start from the beginning. Gotta love Compaq's.

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 Post subject: Re: Strange Virus - Help.
PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:12 pm 
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One suggestion...

http://www.ubuntu.com


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 Post subject: Re: Strange Virus - Help.
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i dont like system restore, it eats my hd

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 Post subject: Re: Strange Virus - Help.
PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:03 pm 
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I haven't been running system restore save points since I hate it. I really should reformat one day, but I have so many little settings and shit :S

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