[pchelpers] Re: Zombies

Trudy Alatorre wrote:
> I have the same problem with my computer. It is a zombie on someone's 
> network. I did a clean re-install (wiped 3 x ) and I could not activate it. 
> So I called the Microsoft helpline for that, and they could not help me. 
> While I was online with them, Norton Internet Security started to install 
> "all by itself". I was not even on the Internet. 
>   I talked to a instructor here at the college, and he said my computer is 
> being used by some hacker. The problem is - people that work here are not 
> allowed to even touch my computer, something about liability. But I will try 
> to find a chance to talk to him about that and will let everybody know what 
> he said. 
>   Trudy
Sorry to hear about your problem. The treatment I would strongly 
recommend is to set up a "passive scan" of the computer for nasties. 
Scanning an infected machine using a clean one can be done so that the 
infection does not travel to the clean one, nor does it remain on the 
infected one.
The computer used must have a good anti virus (recommend Bitdefender 
version 10) as it can scan any designated drive.

Do you need to know how to hook the system up for scanning?
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