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From: Fishface on 26 Nov 2009 12:33
Ray K wrote:
> AdAware, Spybot, AVG and Avast all give my system a clean bill of health.

Try this one:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
From: John Doe on 26 Nov 2009 16:18
Ray K <raykosXXX(a)optonline.net> wrote:

....

> FWIW, I recovered from the MaCatte virus without having to
> format c: or even do a reinstall or repair of XP.

For what it's worth... I can recover from any virus without having to
format or repair, by keeping a hidden copy of the Windows partition on
the hard drive (some keep it on another hard drive). Once you learn
that trick, personal computing is a whole new world. Knowing where
personal/important files are and keeping a backup copy of those files
to removable media is part of that process. ALWAYS KEEP A COPY OF ANY
IMPORTANT FILES TO REMOVABLE MEDIA.
From: Jef Roe on 27 Nov 2009 02:24

"Ray K" <raykosXXX(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
news:4b0e9110$0$22520$607ed4bc(a)cv.net...
> Dave C. wrote:
>
>>
>> You've still got a virus somewhere. Probably dozens of them. One of
>> them has most likely infected your spider solitaire game. The dead
>> giveaway on this one is the integrated video. The reason the screen is
>> blinking is that some virus (or several) have filled up the main system
>> RAM, leaving no room for processing video information. If you had a
>> dedicated video card, this wouldn't happen, as the virus wouldn't be
>> using the same RAM that is processing video to send to your monitor.
>>
>> That would be both good and bad. You'd have a more reliable display,
>> but then you might not have a symptom to show you that you still have
>> an infected computer.
>>
>> Start by uninstalling norton and mcafee and any other useless bloatware
>> that claims to be security software while totally ignoring most virus
>> infections. Then install something useful (and free) like avast! or
>> similar. -Dave
>
> Dave,
>
> Thanks for the comments.
>
> AdAware, Spybot, AVG and Avast all give my system a clean bill of health.
>
> I have never used Norton or McAfee. I've been using AVG as my virus
> program since my problem with the MaCatte virus.
>
> FWIW, I recovered from the MaCatte virus without having to format c: or
> even do a reinstall or repair of XP.
>
> Ray

oh dear Dave's feeling all embarrassed now....


From: Dave C. on 27 Nov 2009 11:55
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:24:31 -0000
"Jef Roe" <Me(a)btinternet.com> wrote:

>
> "Ray K" <raykosXXX(a)optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:4b0e9110$0$22520$607ed4bc(a)cv.net...
> > Dave C. wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> You've still got a virus somewhere. Probably dozens of them. One
> >> of them has most likely infected your spider solitaire game. The
> >> dead giveaway on this one is the integrated video. The reason the
> >> screen is blinking is that some virus (or several) have filled up
> >> the main system RAM, leaving no room for processing video
> >> information. If you had a dedicated video card, this wouldn't
> >> happen, as the virus wouldn't be using the same RAM that is
> >> processing video to send to your monitor.
> >>
> >> That would be both good and bad. You'd have a more reliable
> >> display, but then you might not have a symptom to show you that
> >> you still have an infected computer.
> >>
> >> Start by uninstalling norton and mcafee and any other useless
> >> bloatware that claims to be security software while totally
> >> ignoring most virus infections. Then install something useful
> >> (and free) like avast! or similar. -Dave
> >
> > Dave,
> >
> > Thanks for the comments.
> >
> > AdAware, Spybot, AVG and Avast all give my system a clean bill of
> > health.
> >
> > I have never used Norton or McAfee. I've been using AVG as my virus
> > program since my problem with the MaCatte virus.
> >
> > FWIW, I recovered from the MaCatte virus without having to format
> > c: or even do a reinstall or repair of XP.
> >
> > Ray
>
> oh dear Dave's feeling all embarrassed now....
>

Nawwww...just hesitant to give the OP the bad news. -Dave
From: Ray K on 28 Nov 2009 13:29
Fishface wrote:
> Ray K wrote:
>> AdAware, Spybot, AVG and Avast all give my system a clean bill of health.
>
> Try this one:
> http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

I just finished scanning with it. Upon completion, it also gave a clean
bill of health.

However, while it was scanning, AVG interrupted the scan three times.
The first time the message said WIN32: Patched LF [Trj]. Once I deleted
it, the malwarebytes scan resumed by itself until it next halted at
WIN32: Malware-gen. I deleted it and the scan resumed, halting a final
time at WIN32: Patched LF [Trj](yes, same message as the first time).

It's almost like AVG was detecting problems in malwarebytes program.

Ray

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