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Can Updates be transfered from computer to computer. ladybird 06-14-2007
Posted by ladybird on June 14, 2007, 5:43 am
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Hope someone here can enlighten me, I will state the problem.

I was given a computer last week, the owner bought a new one and I
believe I now know why.
After playing with the computer(offline, no internet connection) I realised
that it was full of malaware etc. The usual Newdot.net was there among
many others.
The computer doesnt have usb or similar, and I was wondering how I
could rid it of its infections.
I took an old c/d disk I have with all sorts of stuff on it and proceeded to
get an old version of 'Adaware' & 'Spybot' onto it. After running these
two proggies, they found 137 nasties between them.
I removed all of the obvious, rebooted, then did it again, then rebooted and
did it again.
Problem is, (as was when I was first checking out the computer) Defrag
and Scandisk send the computer directly in a bsod.......

It seems obvious that there are more virus's/trojans etc still on the comp.
My question is this:
"my computer is fully updated with Definitions from Adaware and Spybot,
is there any way I can transfer the updates to the other computer??"
or "is it a registry issue" that wont allow that.

Thank you in advance for replies and help.



Posted by SingaporeWebDesign on June 14, 2007, 6:56 am
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Hello,

You can download the updates manually from their respective sites and
install them in the other PC.

The Spybot updates come in a EXE file allowing for easy updating and the ad
aware updates can be downloaded here
http://www.lavasoft.com/support/securitycenter/blog/ and placed in the ad
aware folder.

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Singapore Web Hosting
http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html
Windows XP FAQ

> Hope someone here can enlighten me, I will state the problem.
>
> I was given a computer last week, the owner bought a new one and I
> believe I now know why.
> After playing with the computer(offline, no internet connection) I
> realised
> that it was full of malaware etc. The usual Newdot.net was there among
> many others.
> The computer doesnt have usb or similar, and I was wondering how I
> could rid it of its infections.
> I took an old c/d disk I have with all sorts of stuff on it and proceeded
> to
> get an old version of 'Adaware' & 'Spybot' onto it. After running these
> two proggies, they found 137 nasties between them.
> I removed all of the obvious, rebooted, then did it again, then rebooted
> and
> did it again.
> Problem is, (as was when I was first checking out the computer) Defrag
> and Scandisk send the computer directly in a bsod.......
>
> It seems obvious that there are more virus's/trojans etc still on the
> comp.
> My question is this:
> "my computer is fully updated with Definitions from Adaware and Spybot,
> is there any way I can transfer the updates to the other computer??"
> or "is it a registry issue" that wont allow that.
>
> Thank you in advance for replies and help.
>
>



Posted by ladybird on June 14, 2007, 7:52 am
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Thanks Singapore.....
Just a quick question before I do this,,
Will the Updates from each fit onto a floppy? I have run out of
blank c/d's til tomorrow, so I am hoping the updates fit a floppy.
(I meant, a floppy for each, not fitting them both onto one.)



> Hello,
>
> You can download the updates manually from their respective sites and
> install them in the other PC.
>
> The Spybot updates come in a EXE file allowing for easy updating and the
ad
> aware updates can be downloaded here
> http://www.lavasoft.com/support/securitycenter/blog/ and placed in the ad
> aware folder.
>
> --
> Singapore Website Design
> http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
> Singapore Web Hosting
> http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html
> Windows XP FAQ
>
> > Hope someone here can enlighten me, I will state the problem.
> >
> > I was given a computer last week, the owner bought a new one and I
> > believe I now know why.
> > After playing with the computer(offline, no internet connection) I
> > realised
> > that it was full of malaware etc. The usual Newdot.net was there among
> > many others.
> > The computer doesnt have usb or similar, and I was wondering how I
> > could rid it of its infections.
> > I took an old c/d disk I have with all sorts of stuff on it and
proceeded
> > to
> > get an old version of 'Adaware' & 'Spybot' onto it. After running
these
> > two proggies, they found 137 nasties between them.
> > I removed all of the obvious, rebooted, then did it again, then rebooted
> > and
> > did it again.
> > Problem is, (as was when I was first checking out the computer) Defrag
> > and Scandisk send the computer directly in a bsod.......
> >
> > It seems obvious that there are more virus's/trojans etc still on the
> > comp.
> > My question is this:
> > "my computer is fully updated with Definitions from Adaware and Spybot,
> > is there any way I can transfer the updates to the other computer??"
> > or "is it a registry issue" that wont allow that.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for replies and help.
> >
> >
>
>



Posted by SingaporeWebDesign on June 14, 2007, 1:43 pm
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Hello,

The Ad-aware updates do fit in one floppy, but the spybot updates are over
by a 600kb.

Why not use a USB thumb drive?

--
Singapore Website Design
http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
Singapore Web Hosting
http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html
Windows XP FAQ

> Thanks Singapore.....
> Just a quick question before I do this,,
> Will the Updates from each fit onto a floppy? I have run out of
> blank c/d's til tomorrow, so I am hoping the updates fit a floppy.
> (I meant, a floppy for each, not fitting them both onto one.)
>
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> You can download the updates manually from their respective sites and
>> install them in the other PC.
>>
>> The Spybot updates come in a EXE file allowing for easy updating and the
> ad
>> aware updates can be downloaded here
>> http://www.lavasoft.com/support/securitycenter/blog/ and placed in the ad
>> aware folder.
>>
>> --
>> Singapore Website Design
>> http://www.bootstrike.com/Webdesign/
>> Singapore Web Hosting
>> http://www.bootstrike.com/WinXP/faq.html
>> Windows XP FAQ
>>
>> > Hope someone here can enlighten me, I will state the problem.
>> >
>> > I was given a computer last week, the owner bought a new one and I
>> > believe I now know why.
>> > After playing with the computer(offline, no internet connection) I
>> > realised
>> > that it was full of malaware etc. The usual Newdot.net was there among
>> > many others.
>> > The computer doesnt have usb or similar, and I was wondering how I
>> > could rid it of its infections.
>> > I took an old c/d disk I have with all sorts of stuff on it and
> proceeded
>> > to
>> > get an old version of 'Adaware' & 'Spybot' onto it. After running
> these
>> > two proggies, they found 137 nasties between them.
>> > I removed all of the obvious, rebooted, then did it again, then
>> > rebooted
>> > and
>> > did it again.
>> > Problem is, (as was when I was first checking out the computer) Defrag
>> > and Scandisk send the computer directly in a bsod.......
>> >
>> > It seems obvious that there are more virus's/trojans etc still on the
>> > comp.
>> > My question is this:
>> > "my computer is fully updated with Definitions from Adaware and Spybot,
>> > is there any way I can transfer the updates to the other computer??"
>> > or "is it a registry issue" that wont allow that.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance for replies and help.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>



Posted by ladybird on June 15, 2007, 3:10 am
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> The Ad-aware updates do fit in one floppy, but the spybot updates are over
> by a 600kb.
>
> Why not use a USB thumb drive?

Hi Singapore,
thanks for help so far, just need a little more if you could.
I took the Adaware Updates over to the comp in question (after d/l-ing
them on this comp) and some more virus/trojans were found; after
deleting them and rebooting, I can finally now use Defrag.

I then loaded Ccleaner (from a c/d I have) onto the comp, but Ccleaner
says it needs the VB6 Runtimes and wouldnt instal.
I have now downloaded the VB6 file but it is in an .exe form.
Question, where do I put the .exe in order to run it? (fortunately, it too
fits
on a floppy so I can take it over to the comp in question.)
Also, the comp' we are talking about is:::
1)windows 98 (not SE)
2)poor thing only has 32meg of Edo Ram; four slots of 8meg

Lastly, the VB6 file I d/l'ed is actually called "vbrun60sp6.exe", does this
mean the computer it is going to be loaded onto must have sp1 or sp2?
(service pack 1 or service pack 2)

Thank you Singapore, I will check replies in about 4 hours.



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