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| Thread ID: 25380 | 2002-10-02 09:48:00 | BugBear - Virus/Trojan | Vince (406) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 85419 | 2002-10-03 07:27:00 | Graham, Thought your info was a little screwy. Nortons caught the bugbear twice in the last couple of days (and quarantined it for me). |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 85420 | 2002-10-03 07:40:00 | Well, I downloaded the symantec removal tool and ran it on my wifes computer as she had received what I think was a bugbear email but she had deleted it. That system is Win95, and the tool said there was no bugbear. My system is win98se, I ran it too just to see how it went, it just examines all files, and it reported no bugbear. I cant see that it would cause any problems with XP. I use an email program called Foxmail, and it allows the message headers on the ISPs server to be read, and with options to delete without downloading, or download and delete on server. So these days I always try to remember to see whats on the server first before deciding whether to download. Its a good way to check on spam too. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 85421 | 2002-10-03 09:27:00 | well i warned some people and promptly got an email back saying that NAV was catching "it" at my friends work.. I have to conclude that this is a virus that is devoloping and mutating faster than AV technology can keep up with.... Update people, and stay on yer toes! |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 85422 | 2002-10-03 09:45:00 | Hi Terry - hey i like the sound of foxmail, i may have to look into it - I do like O.Exp though and have become rather used to it!! The main reason i was thinking of not running the Removal Tool was as i am pretty sure i haven't got it yet - i was abit worried about loosing my restore points cause you have to disable system restore in win. ME and XP to use the Removal Tool (according to the instructions). If i thought i had definately been infected, it would be the least of my worries as in loosing my restore points!! But don't want to loose them if i haven't got it if you know what i mean. However i am still unsure if "disabling system restore" will cause loss of my restore points - which is what i would like to know. Thanks Terry your feedback is most appreciated!!!:-) |
J ZEP (336) | ||
| 85423 | 2002-10-03 10:55:00 | J ZEP, If you disable System Restore then you WILL lose all the System restore points - they will be deleted. So I guess there you have it! Cheers, Babe. |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 85424 | 2002-10-03 11:41:00 | > If you disable System Restore then you WILL lose all > the System restore points - they will be deleted. > > So I guess there you have it! Thanks Babe - just what i wanted to know!!!;-) Cheers a bunch, as i don't feel its worth loosing them unless totally necessary and thats why i was hesitant to run the "Removal Tool". |
J ZEP (336) | ||
| 85425 | 2002-10-03 13:07:00 | what are system restore points? | tones_malones (611) | ||
| 85426 | 2002-10-03 14:03:00 | System Restore, available on ME and probably XP? enables you to roll your computer back to an earlier configuration if anything goes wrong with it after downloading something or settings get changed somehow and things not working right. A snapshot (restore points) of your configuration is taken automatically every 10 hours I think it is of computer operating time. Also, you can create your own restore points before changing things. I have found this invaluble for a newbie, otherwise I would have been hopelessly lost with all the fooling around I do with my PC:) | Danger (287) | ||
| 85427 | 2002-10-03 14:34:00 | I had a wee look at system restore in XP. From what I could see it looked more confusing that manually fixing a problem. I spose I should have a wee play with it at some stage :D |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 85428 | 2002-10-03 22:22:00 | JM, I find system resotre very simple and handy. For example, if I have a friend come around to play quake over the network, we often find that due to the weird configuration of their NIC (Usually from hooking into the Uni network damn them!) that we need to set up the network from scratch rather than try to get their PC to plug into the existing network. I find setting a restore point (all of 10 seconds) a really good way to save the previous config so that afterwards, we all do a system restore and the friends PC is back to the old config, and the same on our PCs and our network is back up and running how it was. Setting a restore point is as simple as creating a new point with a description, and hitting the OKk button. 5 or so seconds later it is done. Restoring requires a restart, but is also automated. I also find them handy to set before installing new software in case things go wrong. G P |
Graham Petrie (449) | ||
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