Gord: Do you have trend Micro on your computer dedicated to audio? Does it slow up any functions? John Fioravanti ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Kent <dbmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:12 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: OT? Virus help needed > I think you should spring for a commercial AV program. I personally use > trend micro and it has been good for me for several years now. They have a > 5 site license which is what I have. > Gord > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phil Halton" <philhalt@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "ddots-l" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:43 PM > Subject: [ddots-l] OT? Virus help needed > > > > hello list, > > > > I believe my daw has a virus and would like to hear any and all > > suggestions as to how to proceed. > > > > I have AVG free edition installed on the DAW, and in response to some > > screwy computer behavior lately, I ran a scan.tonight--the results are as > > follows: > > > > AVG immediately reports that my Partition table, Boot sector, > > DosKernal.exe, and User32.dll have all changed--not good! > > > > The scan continues, and when finished, AVG says "no problems found" Huh? > > No problems? what ddoes it consider a problem if not those things? > > > > Finally, after reading the test results report, I close out AVG , and it > > crashes telling me that something bad happened and it has to go bye bye > > now. > > > > So, In your collective informed opinions is this as bad as it sounds? I > > don't think AVG can actually detect any specific problem beyond the fact > > that these vital areas have changed--but that's enough to flag a serious > > problem in my book. Should I ignore AVG's report of no problems and > > assume the worst here? > > > > How would suggest I proceed from here? > > > > All help appreciated > > > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** and in the Subject line type > > ** unsubscribe > > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > > ** immediately-following link:- > > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > > ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the > > Subject:- faq > > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq