Nasty Virus
There are some nasty viruses going around. Some of them infect humans, and others infect computers. I've spent all my spare time the last couple of days trying to get rid of a virus of the computer variety, while family members visiting from afar have been struggling with the other.
We caught a case of Look2Me on one of our computers, and it's hard to eliminate. When you mark its executing file for deletion on the next startup, it renames itself and escapes the executioner. I've found some tools on the Internet that are supposed to help. Wish me luck!
The irritating thing is that my security software, which shall for now go unnamed, doesn't offer any help. It attempts to delete the files, but when you visit their website for more information on this specific parasite they claim it isn't a parasite and so they won't help you get rid of it.
Hellooo! If it wasn't installed intentionally, downloads other parasites, and consumes 100% of your CPU, it's BAAD, and they ought to help out.
How do non-computer-geeks deal with this kind of stuff, anyway?
We caught a case of Look2Me on one of our computers, and it's hard to eliminate. When you mark its executing file for deletion on the next startup, it renames itself and escapes the executioner. I've found some tools on the Internet that are supposed to help. Wish me luck!
The irritating thing is that my security software, which shall for now go unnamed, doesn't offer any help. It attempts to delete the files, but when you visit their website for more information on this specific parasite they claim it isn't a parasite and so they won't help you get rid of it.
Hellooo! If it wasn't installed intentionally, downloads other parasites, and consumes 100% of your CPU, it's BAAD, and they ought to help out.
How do non-computer-geeks deal with this kind of stuff, anyway?
posted by Pops | 10:56 AM
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