Computer help Please, serious

[Susie Hamilton]

Last week my computer started acting up. I do not know what caused this problem. When I would get onto the internet and try to go to a web page, my page would get hijacked to a page something like, http://da-tracking.com with ads. When I would click it off it would come back, over and over again. I tried to run my anti programs with no success. I put a CD in from PCPITSTOP and the tower broke it. I unhooked the computer from the cable modum and bought a new anti program, kaspersky, ran it. Somehow another program, spyware secure got installed, it found 8 threats and asked me to buy the program. I am trying to remove it but it is stuck, locked up again. I am able to get online now but still leary. I am supposed to call HP tomorrow for them to do a remote assistance PC tuneup. Any help would be appreciated. It feels like I have a demon in my computer and need it exorcised.

[Pastor Gary]

It's stories like this that remind me why I am so happy to be a Mac user.

[RamboPreacher]

It's stories like this that remind me why I am so happy to be a Mac user.

did I ever tall ya about the virus I had on my apple that not only destroyed data, but put a loop in the fly-back transformer and fried my monitor? yep - really happened.

[KBevangelist]

It's stories like this that remind me why I am so happy to be a Mac user.

did I ever tall ya about the virus I had on my apple that not only destroyed data, but put a loop in the fly-back transformer and fried my monitor? yep - really happened.

I thought yall said a virsus could not affect hardware?

KB

[Mister Ed]

You guys haven't helped the gal at all. She comes on pleading for your help and all she gets is a list of more problems.....

[Mister Ed]

I'm not a computer geek but I think I would send them demons over the hill with a recover disk.

[Billy n NC]

Rahab, Mr Ed may have suggested the solution. Recovery. Do you have recovery CD's or installed on the Hard drive in hidden partition.

What brand of pc is it Model etc.

That being said.

If you can download 1 or 2 of the popular virus/adware 30 day evals and install . Run full scan alternating back and forth between the program.

Get a third freebie program AdAware SE and install and run it till it cannot find any more junk.

At this point you may be able to save/backup your data files off of the computer onto a flash drive/ CD / DVD external device of some sort.

Then Try using the computer as you normally do. Has it fixed the problem. IF not Recovery time is an option.

I had to do this on one of my customers computers a few weeks ago. I got there data off (they had no backup) and then did a recovery.

If you do not have recovery cds they usually can be purchased.

hope this helps.

[RamboPreacher]

It's stories like this that remind me why I am so happy to be a Mac user.

did I ever tall ya about the virus I had on my apple that not only destroyed data, but put a loop in the fly-back transformer and fried my monitor? yep - really happened.

I thought yall said a virsus could not affect hardware?

KB

it can't on non-Apples. I was mostly teasing PG. that happened years back on an old Apple computer. the systems (monitors) now a days (including APPLE) are separate from the computer-part, so viri can't do that kind of damage any more.

[Mister Ed]

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(Hope you guys know I was only joking about your answers to Rahab's problems)

[Susie Hamilton]

This new program, Kaspersky has helped with the problems, but some small ones still remain such as, sounds, running slowly. I think those are due to software leftovers from the virus.

[KBevangelist]

This new program, Kaspersky has helped with the problems, .

I have Kaspersky now and I have enjoyed it greatly.

KB

[MacUser]

Stimulus check example #1

Buy a Mac and enjoy your online experience. No spyware or virus threat in the wild to date for OSX. Shwweeet.

click here: http://www.macmall.com/

[Alan]

Stimulus check example #1

Buy a Mac and enjoy your online experience. No spyware or virus threat in the wild to date for OSX. Shwweeet.

click here: http://www.macmall.com/

Stimulus check example #2

Go to http://www.ubuntu.com and download Ubuntu 8.04. Burn the image to a cd, reboot your computer with your cd in the drive. Try out Ubuntu if you like it, install it. No spyware or virus threats. And you've still got your money to spend elsewhere.

BTW MacUser you're wrong there has been at least 1 OS X virus in the wild.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/askjack/2006/02/mac_users_face_first_os_x_viru.html

Still one for OS X vs millions for windows isn't a bad ratio...

hmm... this quote makes me really wonder....

The first issue to be addressed here is that this is not a virus, but rather a Trojan. "Apple and outside analysts said the program, referred to as Leap-A, is not a ‘virus’ per se.

So with OS X do you not have to worry about getting a virus, but have to worry about getting "Trojan's"? In the windows world they are pretty much considered one in the same.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-OS-X-Virus-In-The-Wild-18278.shtml

[MacUser]

No spyware or virus threat in the wild to date for OSX. Shwweeet. click here: http://www.macmall.com/

BTW MacUser you're wrong there has been at least 1 OS X virus in the wild.

hahaha - good try..

"Clearly OSX/Leap.A [b]requires a lot of user intervention, but this kind of social engineering can work"[/b]

Since when did social engineering become a virus? Read all the hoops a person has to do before they get "infected". They would have to be a moron to open a jpg file that asks for ADMINISTRATIVE privileges. Need I expound? Really?

Smell that...? Virus/Spyware free mac air and it smells gooooood.
I repeat. Nothing in the wild to date that's a REAL virus.

[Alan]

so I'm going to guess that with a Mac you can't log in with admin privileges like most users do unknowingly with windows....

and then again, you have to think... your average user may do something like this...