man people have nothing better to do than create these things....
took me a few days to get rid of everything
thought I lost all my pics and work stuff this time ...thankfully got rid of it

lesson learned back your crap up!!!!!

 

oh and one other thing this place is getting busy 10 pages of new posts WTH!!!!!

 

lesson learned back your crap up!!!!![/QUOTE]

hey man you don't want to up back up your crap, that's called constipation Sorry man you left it wide open

 

Ranzan - stick to the car sites...........those **** sites are treacherous

 

Get Firefox and the Ad-block Addon. All free and much more secure and safe then internet explorer

 

That's EXACTLY what I thought, haw haw!

Though when I posted a for sale ad on another car site recently, It was deleted because of a spyware issue related to my hyperlinking to photos on imageshack (at least, that's my story and I'm sticking to it)

 

yup, done that twice, lost everything twice, all pics of the kids as babies and videos. still dont back up regularly.got a computer guy now keeps me current and so far virus free. also dont surf like i used too- if you know what i mean

 

Lol

 

The problem with backing up is that the virus's also get backed up. You just need to backup the important stuff!!!

 

If it was wide open, it would have not got backed up, thus no constipation!
Laxatives are the human version of Draino...

So how did you get the attack? Bad web site? Email attachment?
I found that entering a mispelled site name can initiate all sorts of havoc. When that happens I make sure I click nothing - just CTRL ALT DEL and force the browser closed. Then clear cache and cookies and go on. If i remember the mispelled site i add that to the "restricted sites" list so that if I type it wrong again, no bad scripts can be done.

Typically i surf sites in unknown waters with java off, just in case I come across a bad site.

Yep keep antivirus updated, back stuff up and watch where you tread!

 

Most computers have a system to be able to roll back your computer too. So you can wipe out everything that is less then a week old or whatever.

 

I've been in IT since 1999. Rules to follow.

#1. Firewall - You wouldn't believe how many people don't have one.
#2. Don't click on suspicious email links or website links.
#3. Don't open suspicious email attachments.
#4. Keep ONLY your OS and supporting software on the C: drive.
Everything else should be saved on another partition.

Why?? Because if you have to whack the C: drive you don't lose your stored data.
Follow those rules and 99.9% of the time you won't get a virus and data.

FYI too,
I haven't had a virus in well over 6-7 years I believe.
When my system gets bogged down, I do a whack and reload.
That's the corporate method. NO time for chasing do hickeys.
Fastest way to a fresh and not bogged down system is a Format C: Reinstall.
OR Acronis True Image fresh load backup reloads. < Best one IMO.

 

No trouble here since I moved to Firefox. I have a great firewall and anti-virus
software that updates daily.