On 1/23/2011 6:32 AM, David wrote:
> With that fix, Jim, it tells me my 'virus' analysis was likely closer than anyone else's guesses. I got hit by almost the exact same symptoms when the virus first came out and my guess is that it either hid in your machine as a 'time bomb' or came in through an email or website you visited. Of course, it may also have just been a corruption of Windows itself over time, but I find that the least likely of all the help you were offered.
We're seeing something polymorphic in the works lately that is causing a
mess and not a single one of the served droppers is being detected by
anybody at all. Always make sure your updates are 100% up to date for
Windows, Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash Player, and Java, as well as whatever
browser you use, as that will help. Beyond that, just cross your
fingers and pray
> One thing I do remember an MSCE ones told me. If you use your computer a lot, you should reinstall it at least once a year simply to keep it running smoothly; twice a year is better. Over time, it simply gets too cluttered with unused registry items that start interfering with active ones along with other files a registry cleaner never sees.
Can't do that with Win7... Activation limits. :( Even the 10 Win7
Ultimate Keys with the MSDN sub have a limit of 10 activations each for
example. I've seen a VM kill a key by somebody forgetting to activate
it -BEFORE- saving the initial state.
"I'll just keep using XP forever then!" Just like people are having
great luck with Win 95 right now. ;) XP is going end of life far too
soon for my comfort, but I do like Win7, which is a shocker to some people.
Received on Sun Jan 23 2011 - 07:38:44 CST