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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?d2lsbGlhbWVyaWM=?= on March 27, 2007, 7:09 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options I know this may sound obvious but have you syncronised your clock, this can
be done by going into control paner and selecting and clicking on the time
icon when it opens try and syncronise with windows clock, just a thought if
the time is not syncronised it cannot run in the right timeframe
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good xping and best regards
williameric
"Nascar-Fanatic" wrote:
> Hello Suzanne. Def does sound like spam or trojanite has been inserted on ur
> pc via email or application.. I read you ran previous spyware and virus apps
> .. 1 good one that does though in retrospect identify alot of false positives
> but might be able to give ya insight on that sql issues..
> www.trendmicro.com.. bottom left just run free spyware scan and if ya do find
> one the system restore NEEDS to be disabled in order to be fixed.. Good luck
> and hope this helps..
>
> The #8 Is Great and #3 WILL always BE
>
> "suzanne.boyle@gmail.com" wrote:
>
> > > Hi SuzyB, I was thinking "why would SQL server and the date change" if the
> > > PC was compromised. One reason might be that your PC was taken over to be
> > > used as a spam email server. A trojan program could have got on your
> > > computer from a cute program that you downloaded and ran on your system. I
> > > would check your SQL Server database to see if there are any entries in the
> > > log that show recent activity. Check for new tables or data, etc. As a
> > > safe measure disable SQL on startup and run a couple different
virus/spyware
> > > scanners (such as Bitdefender, LavsaSoft Adaware, Symantec). This
shareware
> > > program, Security Task Manager, could be especially useful in your
case:http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >I have a firewall (router and Windows XP) and anti virus software
> > > > running however I think my PC may still have been compromised. It
> > > > restarted itself about an hour ago and when I investigated a shortcut
> > > > to SQL Server configuration managament (a program I've not used yet)
> > > > appeared in the start menu recently used list and the date/time for
> > > > the PC appears to have been set to 12/12/2008 (according to the event
> > > > log time for certain events).
> > >
> > > > Nothing else appears to be different. Could this be a simple software
> > > > malfunction or does it point to someone having accessed my PC. And is
> > > > there any way I can check, even to see if someone was using my
> > > > internet connection which I would assume they would have to to gain
> > > > access to the computer.
> > >
> > > > Thanks
> > >
> > > > SuzyB
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > I've run a couple of spyware apps (Windows Defender and Ad Aware) and
> > a full virus scan and nothing was found. I've also disabled SQL
> > server and scheduled a daily virus scan and spyware check.
> >
> > I was just worried that someone had taken control of my PC and had a
> > look around and wondered if there was any way to check whether files
> > had been accessed or transferred.
> >
> >
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