[lit-ideas] Re: Status Post Programoplasty
- From: "aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:18:43 -0500
That was not my experience. I had tried several things before Adaware,
including manually uninstalling Virtual Bouncer and many other malicious
programs from my C drive. At one point in the last week my system exploded
into a nonstop cascade of popups. Every few seconds I was getting a popup
that told me to clean my registry, that I needed their program to open up
such and such file, that I performed an illegal operation and would be shut
down. When I tried to log on, a popup came up telling me I had C++
Runtime and would be shut down. I assumed it was the redirect host program
that was bringing them in that wouldn't allow itself to be deleted. I was
all but ready to scrap this otherwise perfectly functioning workhorse, or
reinstall windows, effectively the same thing minus the expense. I use
McAfee antivirus, so I bought their antispyware and it was utterly useless.
Then I learned about lavasoft.com and, not convinced anything would solve
the problem, I tried their free trial. It came up with 61 critical
objects, 28 of which were in the registry. It then deleted all but the 7
redirect hosts, which I blocked thru the McAfee firewall by entering the IP
address. I bought the program, and it finished the job and they are all
gone now. Apart from a fair amount of annoyance, no real damage was done,
but it's not an experience I want to repeat. Regarding normal, if you mean
about computers, I define it as not having all this crap in my computer.
Andy Amago
> [Original Message]
> From: <JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2/20/05 10:10:04 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Status Post Programoplasty
>
> I tried Adaware a while back. It wanted me to pick and choose the files
to
> delete. I let it make my decisions for me, as I was unfamiliar with
some of
> them. My printer ceased completely and entirely to function.
>
> Also, please define "normal". I've always searched for it.
>
> Julie Krueger
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> Subj: [lit-ideas] Status Post Programoplasty Date: 2/20/05 6:04:29
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> First of all, thanks to everyone for your comment and suggestions. They
> were much appreciated. I have to say, my battle with this thing wasn't
pretty,
> but I came out on top.
> Briefly, computers are a huge part of my life, but I don't like the
> technical aspect of them. Like with a car, I turn the key, it runs, and
that's what
> I want to know about cars. Likewise with computers; I had a virus
program, I
> was protected, right? Hardly. Needless to say, it turns out my
computer
> was infected with malware, spyware, adware, and data miners. I had a
total of
> over 60 critical objects on my system and never even knew it, including 7
> redirect host files. Over the years they sneaked in until I had a
critical
> mass that all but shut me down. I was ready to scrap my otherwise
perfectly
> fine, if not perfectly new, computer (tipping my hat to Lance, something
I did
> *not* want to do, on principle as much as anything else) when a very
> computer-knowledgeable friend told me about a terrific program called
Adaware
> (lavasoft.com). Adaware is not a virus program but goes into the
registry and C
> drive and cleans out unwanted programs. It's also a world class firewa
> ll. I used it and my computer is now as clean as the day I bought it.
>
> Thanks again for all your suggestions and comments. It feels sooo good
to
> be back to normal.
>
>
> Andy Amago
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