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Answer» NONE that I am aware of, machine has only been used sparsley today, mainly per instructions. We are able to log onto mail accounts and ONLINE banking as before. I thank you very much for your knowledge, patience and especially your help.Final steps to help secure everything and some advice. Download OTMoveIt2 by OldTimer OTMoveIt2.exe and place it on your desktop. (unless you already have it installed) 1. Double click OTMoveIt2.exe to launch it. Vista users right click and choose Run As Administrator 2. Click on the CleanUp! BUTTON. 3. OTMoveIt2 will download a list from the Internet, if your firewall or other defensive programs alerts you, allow it access. 4. Click YES at the next prompt (list downloaded, Do you want to begin cleanup process?) 5. Once COMPLETE exit out of OTMoveIt2 ---------- Set a New Restore Point to prevent possible reinfection from an old one Setting a new restore point AFTER cleaning your system will enable your computer to roll-back to a clean working state if needed.
Windows XP System Restore Guide or Windows Vista System Restore Guide . ---------- Use the Secunia Software Inspector to check for out of date software.
---------- Important: You Need to Update Windows and Internet Explorer regularly to protect your computer from the malware and other security threats that are on the Internet. Go to Microsoft Windows Update and get all critical updates. If you are running any Microsoft Office version go to the Office Update site and make sure you have at least all the critical updates installed (Free) Microsoft Office Update. ---------- Please keep these programs up-to-date and run them whenever you suspect a problem. A number of programs have resident protection and it is a good idea to run the resident protection of one of each type of program to maintain protection. However, it is important to run only one resident program of each type since they can conflict and become less effective. That means only one antivirus, firewall and scanning anti-spyware program at a time. Passive protectors, like SpywareBlaster can be run with any of them. Here are some great FREE tools to help you keep from getting infected again. These tools use little or no resources so won't slow down your PC. Concerned about Browser Security? Consider using Mozilla Firefox 3.0 with Adblock Plus and NoScript To prevent unknown applications from being installed on your computer install WinPatrol 2008 * Using Winpatrol to protect your computer from malicious software I suggest using SiteAdvisor. SiteAdvisor rates sites on business practices and SPAM. Safety ratings from McAfee SiteAdvisor are based on automated safety tests of Web sites. SpywareBlaster - Secure your Internet Explorer to make it harder for ActiveX programs to run on your computer. Also stop certain cookies from being added to your computer when running Mozilla based browsers like Firefox. * Using SpywareBlaster to protect your computer from Spyware and Malware * If you don't know what ActiveX controls are, see here Check out Keeping Yourself Safe On The Web for tips and free tools to help keep you safe in the future. Also see Slow Computer? It May Not Be Malware for free cleaning/maintenance tools to help keep your computer running smooth. Use only trusted security software like the programs listed on this page. Trusted security tools & resourcesI have created a new restore point, I will continue with the remainder of your advise.......tomorrow, bedtime now. I do however wish to take a moment and thank you for your knowledge, patience and especially your help in this issue. I would have sat and watched my system get corrupted beyond repair on my own. Therefore I am left with nothing but thanks to you and the other specialists who administer this site, great job.....I'm glad everything worked out and thank you for hanging in there Let us know if anything else comes up. Safe surfing............. |
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