Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Switch to a mac? Sorry Graham, I couldn't resist that, I'll ask my partner if he's got any more constructive ideas when he gets back this evening (He'll start off the same, but might have other suggestions too) Sally > > Hi All > > OT means 'Off Topic' BTW. > > I am abusing my owners privileges, and posting off topic to see if > anyone on > list can help me. > > Recently I was hit by a mailer virus. I ran Trend Micro Housecall and > cleared up the virus, but ever since I have suffered from an > intermittent > fault. > > When I run the computer as normal I can open programmes as normal and > do > anything that can be done using the mouse, however any key stroke > causes > problems - if it's a Microsoft programme I get an error message and the > programme shuts down, and if it's a non-Microsoft programme it just > shuts > down. > > This means that I can't deal with list problems as I can't log in to > Yahoo > groups. > > If I start the computer in Safe Mode I can use the keyboard but not the > printer or modem or anything with fancy graphics. > > So at the moment I am having to start up in safe mode to write e-mails > like > this, then restart in normal mode to post the messages, then restart > back in > safe mode to reply to anything. > > As you can imagine this is a pain in the posterior. > > Anyone got any ideas???????? > > Cheers > > Graham White B.Sc. (Herb. Med.), MNIMH. > Medical Herbalist > Bishop's Stortford > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > www.gcwhite.co.uk > gcwhite@... > > > > > List Owner > > > > Graham White, MNIMH > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Have you tried restoring to a previous point using Windows XP? Often this works for me and running the virus software again. Lorraine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 OK Graham, I've asked my so (significant other) (he says he's my " IT people " ) and his advice is to go to www.grisoft.com and download AVG (which is free) and run it to get rid of the virus which has eluded your previous virus checker. He says it's the best available except for sophos which is designed for company servers and is horribly expensive best wishes Sally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 The suggestion to switch to the apple mac platform is not disingenuous. The additional initial expense of hardware is recouped easily by the lack of hours lost messing around with virus disinfection and endless system patching with Microsoft garbage. I did have a virus once on an SE30 in the late 80's, which came not from the internet but a commercial games disc. After years of religiously downloading and updating virus defs from Symantec every month i now do not even bother anymore - Panther is brilliant, and if you are on the network server side, apples's X-serve is a plug n play breeze compared to Novell. Alternatively, move to Linux. But The very least you should do is remove ALL Microsoft apps, especially IE/Entourage/Office and use sensible alternatives - but it still leaves your OS exposed. Virus software is like conventional medicine - it addresses symptoms not causes. In that world, as would say, your shampoo is only as good as your creme rinse. jonathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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