Mac!? LOL Macs are getting viruses now ('cause they've gotten more popular)
... and Linux has more vulnerabilities than Windows (and if you don't believe
me check the RedHat errata list - it's as long as your arm) .. maybe MS-DOS?
Security by obscurity doesn't cut it anymore. You need to adopt good
computing practices. It is possible to run Windows securely with little
chance of getting infected - I do and many of the guys here do - but it does
take learning the system a bit .. but if you are going to both do computing
AND go about on the Internet, you should learn these things anyway .. .. and
having learned, Windows is actually more secure than these other systems.
Moving forward:
Just my 2 cents .. Generally speaking, your system is hosed.
You will have to think about how you want to recover it. First consult the
manufacturer's recommendations, especially if the system in still under
warranty. You may have a recovery partition on the machine etc. etc. Find
out.
Some people think that the best is to wipe and reinstall. This is more
sure-fire than just attempting to delete infections, rootkits are quite
sneaky etc. etc. As well, depending of course, attempting to remove these
things can take more time than just wiping an reinstalling .. and they're
sneaky, you will wonder if it is really gone every time an explorer window
takes a little more time than expected to load.
But sometimes wipe and re-install is impossible. You might consider someone
in your town who has a good rep for removing these things. Otherwise it's
the big box store tech dept. or do-it-yourself.
With a complicated infections these days, what, with root-kits, trojans,
spyware and a viruses all on there at once, do-it-yourself can be quite a
journey - a quagmire of sorts - and in the end you have a dubious result. If
you do take the machine somewhere, you might note that someone with a good
rep and specializes in removal might be better than a big box store tech. If
they just want to wipe and reinstall, you might be able to do as much
yourself.
Best is if you can back up documents and wipe and re-do the system.
Preparedness helps in doing this. A little desire for confidence and some
curiosity are also required. Get the hardware drivers etc. etc. beforehand
burned to disc etc. (the manufacturer's website usually has the whole set
for your computer model), make sure you have ALL the product keys etc. and
application discs you need, plus any configuration info e.g. your phone
numbers if you do dial-up etc. etc. Read up on partitioning and formatting.
Take a Saturday, brew some java and by the end of the day you should be done
(and have learned some about your machine to boot - pardon the pun).
Once you have a working clean system set up and configured, consider
creating a SYSTEM IMAGE. Windows Ultimate and all versions of the coming
Windows 7 enable you to make a system image. If you don't have either, then
look into 3rd party imaging software. Should anything go wrong, you can
apply the image and be back up and running with all your apps etc. etc. all
ready - no configuration needed - in under an hour.
Saucy
"soulman1015" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Where do I begin?
>
> for some reason, the "User Account Control" keeps turning itself off. I
> then log on in the administrator account to turn it back on, restart,
> and everything is fine for about an hour, then it happens again. I have
> run my AV (I have Vipre) in the deepest scan it has, and removed any
> issues, but it keeps happening...
>
> I get this pop up that states that it's from microsoft, however the
> signature if I doubleclicked the .exe file is unknown, so it's
> cancelled... attached is a screen shot...
>
> Also, I have two 512 MB SD RAM cards (which I hope to change soon) but
> yet, the computer states that I only have 845 MB of RAM - not even
> enough to really run Vista...
>
> Spyware and adware don't get removed, and when it does, it's right
> back within an hour (Using VIPRE AV/AS)
>
> Registry errors, dll errors, more things than I can say right now...
>
> I'm ready to take a sledgehammer to this dang thing, and get a Mac.
>
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