Trojans & Worms - Stupid Nerds!

[Lisa in Katy]

I've spent the last few days fighting trojans and worms. What really pisses me off is that I know somewhere there is a stupid, sex deprived nerd who gets his kicks out of doing this to me!!!!

Spyware Doctor was working overtime, but they all just kept coming back. At the worst, I had over 200 bad files. Then my computer would come on, but would never boot up - just kept turning itself off and trying again. I thought I had fried my computer and asked HP to send me a box to replace the motherboard. Finally, I spoke with 5 different "techs" at the company that took over the warranty work for CompUSA after they filed bankruptcy. The 1st told me that my warranty wouldn't cover it because it was caused by a virus, but I might be able to restore my computer long enough to copy my data files. He didn't know how. The 2nd one told me to check my hard drive and call back, which passed the Quick, Comprehensive and S.M.A.R.T. tests. Called back - the 3rd said he would send me a box, even though I told him I already had one coming from HP. He didn't know what else to do. The 4th one slipped and told me that she was getting her directions from hp.com. Is there anyone who does more than read the script anymore? I asked her this exact question and she referred me to her supervisor. He didn't know much more than I did, except for one key thing. As soon as the computer turns on, press F11 to get to PC Recovery. He wanted me to do the total reconfiguration of the hard drive (Step 3), but I decided to start with Step 1 and was able to recover my computer without losing my data files. Some of the bad files were still there, but Spyware Doctor was able to clean them this time. So far, so good because they haven't come back today.

 

[zipper2]

Lisa, yep it is a stupid sex deprived nerd!!!!!1
got something april fools day and chased that thing till
i absolutely had nightmares he was comming outta of the computer any direction he could. I was out to kill but the more i chased it the more it subsided into other areas. This pervert won me over and id lost alot of files
(WOW) Finally took it in and had to restore all of it Thank goodness id had backup files,this pervert had a name simbar was it. Think he was picked up through adware. I had norton security and it took them a week to find this thing and each time i pulled my credit card out to affiliate the cost to them ....well it was a lost cost as i had to take it in to service,but whoever created this stupid sex deprived freak on the computer has suceeded to ruining alot and i pray i never meet simbar again,also my computer would come on and not want to boot up and he got into more compressed files as the chase was on between him and i. Lisa i wish you the best with your computer.


zipper2

 

[Ross]

Call me strange, but I like to play with viruses and adware. I think it's neat seeing the destruction they can cause. I got a couple of oldies on file and anyone wants to play with them. Just have to remember which diskette I put them on.
Lisa what antivirus program do you use?

 

[Lisa in Katy]

I'm not sure I should tell you Ross, since you like these things! It might be a trick!

I had the free version of Spyware Doctor from pctools. I upgraded during the middle of the process, hoping it would work, but it was out of control. There was a particular trojan that it couldn't get rid of - Zapchast Trojan. Luckily, I didn't lose any data files or pictures. At least this one was nice enough to leave that stuff alone.

 

[Ross]

You need to be running a good antivirus program. May I suggest AVG Free edition. It updates automatically too.

http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition#tba2