Did the 35ChessOlympiad.com site give my computer a virus?

I have been having serious problems with my computer, so serious that I have been forced to buy a new computer.

My problem is difficult to explain. Essentially, after my computer has been on for a while, suddenly I cannot type anything into my keyboard. If I try to use the keyboard, the program into which I am typing will close.

For example, if I am typing a letter using Microsoft Word or Wordpad, a window will suddenly appear saying, "An error has been caused in Wordpad by . Wordpad will now close."

I spent more than one week trying to solve this problem. Nothing worked. Finally, I had no choice but to buy a new computer.

I bought my new computer on December 10. This incidentally was just after I erroneously reported that Peter Leko had died, which is the reason that you did not hear from me for a while.

Now, I suspect that I may have discovered the problem with my computer.

When I first went to the website for the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled, it asked me to download a file, which I did. I believe that this loaded two programs into my computer: StopSign Threat Scanner and eAnthology Manager.

The Stop-Sign Threat Scanner has ever since reported viruses which my regular Norton and McAfee virus scanners do not report. It is presently reporting that there are 1541 viruses in my computer, whereas my Norton is not reporting any viruses at all.

I just realized that when the eAnthology Manager appears, that is when all the other programs crash.

Does anybody else have this problem? Has anybody else downloaded these programs from the Bled Olympiad website?

Sam Sloan

Stop Sign picks up 'spyware' as well as some virii, eAnthology itself is spyware.
First, Go to either of the following two and run an online virus scan:

http://housecall.antivirus.com/

http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/

Then go here and download and run Spybot Search and Destroy to take care of the spyware:

http://beam.to/spybotsd

After installing, go to the Online tab, and search for and install all updates.

Next, go to the Settings tab > File Sets, and uncheck 'System Internals' and 'Tracks' .
These aren't needed for our present purpose, and you can always experiment with them later on.

Finally, after closing down Internet Explorer, hit 'Check for Problems', and have SpyBot remove all it finds.