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"Windows-7-Recovery" virus? (pg. 3)
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| Domesticated |
| Be careful. The virus thread I posted just a few days ago was similar. We used Malware Bytes, it found and destroyed the virus, but then the symptoms kept happening. Successive scans found nothing, indicating the virus had found a way to trick MWB. |
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| Nrg2Nfinit |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
Be careful. The virus thread I posted just a few days ago was similar. We used Malware Bytes, it found and destroyed the virus, but then the symptoms kept happening. Successive scans found nothing, indicating the virus had found a way to trick MWB. |
thats why you do a system restore, and fix the registry.
reformat should be the last resort. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
thats why you do a system restore, and fix the registry.
reformat should be the last resort. |
How does one do a system restore when,
a) They have no idea when the computer contracted the infection?
b) A restore point has not been set manually for the entire life of the computer?
And how does one fix the registry when the nature of the infection is unknown?
I don't see why reformatting should be a last resort, either. I did mine today and it took me about an hour, then another hour of reloading files from my HD while I was out getting lunch. So essentially an hour. Why would I bother to spend that hour ing around in the registry, unsure of what I'm doing and whether I'll actually nab the infection? |
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| Zyklon_Jay |
get a mac:p
i used to think they were overpriced wastes of money too...they are fun because they last more than 3 years and you never need to do any of this . |
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| srussell0018 |
| I still have a 6 year old Powerbook G4 that runs fine. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
I still have a 6 year old Powerbook G4 that runs fine. |
I have an Acer laptop from 2002 which is still running XP perfectly to this day. |
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| VAR |
| quote: | Originally posted by srussell0018
I still have a 6 year old Powerbook G4 that runs fine. |
you are a 6 year old G4
:p |
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| Zyklon_Jay |
| lol poor people *points* |
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| srussell0018 |
| I also have a quad-core iMac and an iPad :o |
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| Zyklon_Jay |
| the only pad you have is in your undies, stop lying. |
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| srussell0018 |
tampons :o
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| srussell0018 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zyklon_Jay
the only pad you have is in your undies, stop lying. |
:p |
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