[lit-ideas] Re: Status Post Programoplasty

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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>
> 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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