My computer has just been wiped out by a rather severe virus attack rendering the darn thing unusable. All documents, mail etc are gone.
It is my hope that I can reload the OS but it’s only a fifty-fifty chance at best. Because of this, I won’t be able to post to this blog for a bit. How long that bit is yet to be determined.
Such is life.
Good thing my wonderful lady has her own computer. It’s also a good thing she was kind enough to let me use it.
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November 19th, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Oh dear, that really is bad news and you prompted me to run a complete virus scan even though it’s scheduled three times a week anyway.
What anti virus system do you use and do you know where you got it from?
I do hope you get it sorted soon.
November 20th, 2007 at 1:50 am
Kirk,
Good luck in getting this resolved. And I’m also glad the lady was kind enough to let you use her computer. Do you know what caused it?
November 20th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Hey Cat and Rick,
I managed to get the computer back up temporarily by using the XP install disk to do a default OS installation. In this case it’s nice enough to just replace XP, not anything else and all the files and folders were left intact so I could back them up. I have no external drive to do regular backups so it’s always sneaker copies with my thumb drive to my wife’s computer. if I ever get back on my feet financially, that’s the first thing I intend to buy.
Anyway, dredging up some old memories from my computer R&D and beta testing days this looks like one of those “virus bombs” that lay in wait, hidden deep in some system file for sometimes up to a year before something triggers it and it releases a plethora of small virus’s throughout the system. It’s made to overwhelm any internet security suite just due to the sheer numbers of the little buggers it has to eradicate. Not many IS suites manage to cope at all.
I’ve bee using Windows Live Onecare version 2 for quite awhile now and it put up a valiant fight. It popped a dozen or so of these little ##$$!!’s within a few second before they overwhelmed the system. If I hadn’t set WLOC 2 to ask me what to do when a virus was detected, I probably would have been okay since it would have just automatically done the job in the background without having to wait for me to push the darn “Kill” button. My fault there so I really don’t blame OneCare any.
I’m backing up as we speak and then it’s a complete reformat and start form scratch.
I see haven’t lost my talent for long wordy replies any. Your well wishes are really appreciated guys…many thanks and I’ll see you when everything is up and running again (3452.56 windows updates later after install).