viruses grrrr

[redbird]

This PC has been hanging, and when I did a scan a little while ago F-secure found nasties that it couldn't remove and suggested I try to handle manually. cattitude did a little research, and basically I'm stuck. So, backups and (re)install the OS. Given that Microsoft is mostly dropping XP support, that almost certainly means going to Windows 7*, which in turn means I need to buy a copy.

And there will be all sorts of unfun things I will ask Cattitude for help with, to make sure that I don't wind up porting a virus with my backups.

I will attempt to maintain normal connectivity (well, except for the part where I'm going to Wisconsin in a few days; I may take the eee, but won't be online a huge amount even if I do), but it may be grumpier.

*I'm already running a certain amount of abandonware, given that I'm not prepared to walk away from either my Palm PDA or Eudora.

Comments

[ellarien]

Sorry you're having problems. For what it's worth, I've found that the latest version of Palm Desktop, the one brought out to cope with Vista, works reasonably well with Windows 7 and my TX, though wireless syncing became a little ... erratic. I did have to upgrade the "Documents To Go: application, or thought I did, and unfortunately the more powerful version was so painfully slow I mostly stopped using it.

[daharyn.livejournal.com]

I have (legal) access to most Microsoft OSes for free/cheap, and I'm not making use of this for my own stuff (I'm all Mac, all the time). If you'd like to use this to get Windows 7 (it looks like an upgrade from an XP install (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/buy/default.aspx), to either Professional or Ultimate, would cost $15?), let me know via e-mail.

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

*thinking of you in your travails*

[catelynn.livejournal.com]

Try http://download.cnet.com/windows/ for reliable and sometime free downloads.

If antivirus did not catch try Malwarebytes Anti-Malware It gets stuff that anti virus does not always like trojans.

If you are the only one who used your PC and therefore have only7 one ID defined, then define another (like emergency) so that if main ID gets locked out you have another possible way in.

Good Luck