Computer Help!!!!

[saden1]

If you're looking for any other ideas maybe it's time to toss Windows and its anti-viruse software out of a proverbial window and go with Ubuntu?

Proud to be Windows free for 7 years.

[TheMalcolmConnection]

Originally Posted by saden1

If you're looking for any other ideas maybe it's time to toss Windows and its anti-viruse software out of a proverbial window and go with Ubuntu?

Proud to be Windows free for 7 years.

I feel the same way about Linux as I do about Mac, except I like it a little more. It's free and you can do "most" of the things that you can do on both PC or Apple. The reason I still stick with PC is the reason I said above: market leader.

As long as the majority of activities that I do are written with PCs in mind, that's the OS I want to stick with.


And Matty, I would say that's probably true. If you start seeing messages again, I would be a little concerned about a rootkit, but it sounds like it's all clear.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

I feel the same way about Linux as I do about Mac, except I like it a little more. It's free and you can do "most" of the things that you can do on both PC or Apple. The reason I still stick with PC is the reason I said above: market leader.

As long as the majority of activities that I do are written with PCs in mind, that's the OS I want to stick with.


And Matty, I would say that's probably true. If you start seeing messages again, I would be a little concerned about a rootkit, but it sounds like it's all clear.

Guess not here's the message I'm getting:

Virus or unwanted program 'BAT/Agent.148 [virus]'
detected in file 'C:\System Volume Information\_restore{202550A8-7A33-4BCA-9586-051D24DDBF8F}\RP957\A0084210.bat.
Action performed: Deny access

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Guess not here's the message I'm getting:

Virus or unwanted program 'BAT/Agent.148 [virus]'
detected in file 'C:\System Volume Information\_restore{202550A8-7A33-4BCA-9586-051D24DDBF8F}\RP957\A0084210.bat.
Action performed: Deny access

reminds me of smitfraud, though I won't say that it's that

BleepingComputer.com > Infected With....trojan.winreg.qoologic ...trojan.bat.agent.ak

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by saden1

If you're looking for any other ideas maybe it's time to toss Windows and its anti-viruse software out of a proverbial window and go with Ubuntu?

Proud to be Windows free for 7 years.

Ubuntu isn't a bad choice for someone breaking away from Windows. Software keeps me on Windows though; I'll run an alt OS for a few weeks and then once I have to boot back into Windows it's hard to go back to Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE or whatever I'm running at the time. Emulators are coming along well but not quite what I'd want. Eventually I'll build a comp just for VM purposes.