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Nasty Virus it Seems
Name: Lawmoe Date: December 8, 2005 at 07:40:44 Pacific OS: Windows NT CPU/Ram: 111
Comment:
It appears that my brand new computer also quickly found a brand new virus.
The computer keyboard has been hijacked and will not respond. If I try to type in a search box or anything else, gibberish is produced. Other letters appear or no letters at all. When the computer is turned on it also beeps repeatedly and incessantly. If a program is opened, the beeps come at a furious pace.
I ran Nortons and it found nothing.
I ran Spyware Doctor and it produced a result that said 140 some infections. Unfortunately, I cannot register the program since I cannot type in any boxes to purchase it.
Name: smifff Date: December 8, 2005 at 08:29:45 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Lawmoe
What did your antivirus program detect?
Have a look for Bios beep codes Here and see if it helps
I tested Spyware Doctor last week and I'm not a fan, it found several worms and a trojan that I know dont exist on my test rig but some people swear by it!!!
If any advice helps, please post back as it might help others.
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Response Number 2
Name: Zenith Date: December 8, 2005 at 09:23:37 Pacific
Reply:
Don't purchase Spyware Doctor, there are FREE programs available such as Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D (Search and Destroy).
With that many malware notifications, I would get one or both, boot the computer into Safe Mode without Networking, then run the scans.
Search Engines Are Your Friends
Morpheus: There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. "The Matrix"
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Response Number 3
Name: vipergg Date: December 8, 2005 at 17:21:34 Pacific
Reply:
Also you can go to trendmicro.com , they have a free online spam scanner that works pretty well as well as a free virus scanner if you want to use that as well .
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