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Posted by Samjack on July 4, 2004, 11:23 am
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after you clean up....
change browsers. get off IE. try firefox. you can find it from
www.download.com and search for firefox.
If you are not behind a router and on high speed. get one. antivirus is
not enough.
> Last night I was hit with something nasty:
>
> 0. it altered my registry file, including scrambling the Product Key
> number (it would seem)
>
> 1. it turned my notepad application into an exe with attachments
> sitting inside of EXCEL files with nonsense names (3 of them) - sorry
> i killed them w/o checking to see what they would do.
>
> 2. it created a XLADDIN.chw file (it is supposed to be "chm"), which
> AdAware removed from the registry, but the file is still present.
>
> 3. it installed an application for "carnival casino".
>
> 4. the latest version of Norton did nothing (what a surprise).
>
> 5. with the speed that I naviagate the net, it's possible that I have
> two different events spaced by about six minutes. I've done what I
> can, but I'm afraid when I shut down, it'll need a fresh install to
> get me back. ugh.
>
> FYI
>
> w
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