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spotlight v100 virus
Name: Fiscardo Date: September 6, 2009 at 07:29:53 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home SP3 Subcategory: Viruses
Comment:
Hi, I've just found some files associated with Spotlight v 100 on my USB drive. I deleted these but am worried that it might have infected my PC running XP and my laptop running Vista. There is very little information on the Internet about this virus. I am running AVG Free on both machines but virus scans come out negative. Any info on this greatly appreciated.
Name: darko010101 Date: September 6, 2009 at 07:58:30 Pacific
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nod32 should find that virus if present... worked for me
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Response Number 2
Name: Fiscardo Date: September 6, 2009 at 09:08:02 Pacific
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Thanks for reply. I'm downloading nod32 now. As an asside, is this a good antivirus. I used CA for years but slowed my sytem and tech support was not good. AVG Free is OK but I've read that the paid version also slows systems. What I want is something reliable but light on system resources. Perhaps nod32 is the one?
Thanks again Nicko
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Response Number 3
Name: darko010101 Date: September 7, 2009 at 02:26:54 Pacific
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were there any infections ?
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Response Number 4
Name: Fiscardo Date: September 7, 2009 at 03:02:50 Pacific
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I downloaded the 1 month demo version of ESET NOD32 and run a scan. Result was no infections. I hope that means I'm clear?
I'll keep going with NOD32 and, if it proves good, buy a full copy when my month is up.
Thanks for your help
Nicko
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Response Number 5
Name: darko010101 Date: September 7, 2009 at 03:06:00 Pacific
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...don`t worry... i recommend a backup of your files for security considerations...generally, not just for viruses
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Response Number 6
Name: Syzygy Date: September 7, 2009 at 05:09:49 Pacific
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spotlight is a MAC thing no worries, no infection
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Response Number 7
Name: XpUser Date: September 7, 2009 at 07:23:51 Pacific
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..no worries, no infection and learn not to get too paranoid. The MAC Thing.
i_Xp/VistaUser
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Response Number 8
Name: darko010101 Date: September 7, 2009 at 07:25:19 Pacific
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that`s a good one
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Response Number 9
Name: Fiscardo Date: September 7, 2009 at 21:43:09 Pacific
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Well, I'm glad about that - makes sense as I took a load of stuff on my USB stick to a Graphic Design shop just full of Macs! Thought Macs didn't get viruses though?
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