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November 04, 2005
My computer has been acting funny — Word and Powerpoint say that all my Office files are "not available" even though they open fine if I move them to my laptop; a saved game from Serious Same 2 was corrupted yesterday — so I ran AVG's detailed scan to check for viruses. I switched from Norton Antivirus to AVG about 1.5 yrs ago because I got tired of Norton's belief that my computer is its plaything. AVG didn't find any viruses. So I ran Norton and it found four: Hacktool (2 files); Trojan.ByteVerify, and W32Mydoom.BN@mm. I doubt these are causing my problem. For example, the MyDoom was in an email in my Thunderbird Trash bin. So, the question is whether Norton actually beat AVG or does Norton simply over-report? Anyway, now I'm moving on to a chkdsk to see if I'm about to lose yet another hard drive... [Tags: viruses] Nothing that a complete reinstall of Office won't fix. But now my task bar isn't loading correctly. It sure feels like a virus... Posted
by D. Weinberger at November 4, 2005 04:42 PM
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How about spyware or malware? Do you use the Lavasoft Ad Aware package? Free and very good in my estimation
Posted by: fp | November 4, 2005 06:12 PM
check for spyware
make sure that AVG updates every night
Posted by: the head lemur | November 4, 2005 06:28 PM
Thx. I use CounterSpy from SunBelt, which has picked up stuff LavaSoft (bless its heart) has not. And, yes, AVG updates every night.
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November 4, 2005 08:14 PM
try avast free anti-virus... works great! Also run spybot and ad-aware...
Posted by: Anonymous | November 5, 2005 08:24 AM
I suppose you might be expecting this comment, but you ought to consider getting a Mac. I have a PC and a Mac side-by-side on my desk. The Mac is maintenance free. I have quit using the PC altogether.
Posted by: Paul Ebert | November 13, 2005 09:21 PM
AVG failed to capture WinFixer 2005/virtumondo. I was directed to Symantec, who said to turn off Restore Point (XP), and then run their program. That fixed it. Microsoft's new AntiSpyware Beta 1 caught the virtumondo trojan horse, but it re-appeared everyday after removing it. I sent AVG a message tonight asking them to add virumondo to their list, because the related WinFixer 2005 Program will drive you nuts. Sounds like you do
have a virus working in there, maybe back in an earlier restore point? Good luck.
Posted by: T. Bennett | November 14, 2005 10:21 PM