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Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

03/06/2005 07:09:13 PM · #1

oh crap oh crap oh crap! I just got this little thing that poped up and said "system has detected a virus" but our virus protection ended yesterday! I went to google to get look for a free virus scan download, but everytime I try to search, internet explorer closes. My parents are going to KILL me, I have got to find it fast. does anyone know where I can get a free virus scan?

deapee

Kodak V803

03/06/2005 07:10:18 PM · #2

go to //www.download.com and search for adaware and download/run that. That should fix it.

Neil

Fujifilm X-T20

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

03/06/2005 07:12:58 PM · #3

You need a virus scanner not a spyware scanner. There are some online. I just found this one for ya:

//housecall.trendmicro.com/

TooCool

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

03/06/2005 07:14:19 PM · #4

You may have just gotten a stupid ad through windows messaging. There's a way to turn that off, but I don't remember just now. How was the top of the window that said that labeled?

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

03/06/2005 07:14:32 PM · #5

If you have a virus download this file from McAfee

Stinger

Works great and is a small stand alone file...save it to your desktop and run it.

Andy

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

03/06/2005 07:19:12 PM · #6

everytime I click anything virus related it closes the window. My parents are going to kill me.

I don't remember what the window was labled:/, panic atack...

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

03/06/2005 07:19:24 PM · #7

Originally posted by TooCool:

You may have just gotten a stupid ad through windows messaging. There's a way to turn that off, but I don't remember just now. How was the top of the window that said that labeled?

This is for reference (PricessBeth don't do this one)

Control Panel > Add Remove Programs > Windows Components > (Uncheck Windows Messenger)

jab119

Canon EOS-70D

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

03/06/2005 07:20:49 PM · #8

try these also, online scanners, these are good ones and well trusted

//housecall.trendmicro.com/

Pandasoft Scan

also run the stinger one that andy mentioned

the panda scan one found stuff on my PC that was years old that Norton missed

James

awpollard

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

03/06/2005 07:22:57 PM · #9

PrincessBeth check your email I sent you the Stand alone virus scanner...

Save it to your desktop and run the file.

BTW: It is a good idea to hide you email address in your profile...

TooCool

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

03/06/2005 07:23:43 PM · #10

What were you doing before you got this message? Did you download something? Did you check e-mail?

jab119

Canon EOS-70D

03/06/2005 07:24:03 PM · #11

also I highly recommend visiting this web site and signing up, its free and they will help you rid your PC of all the junk

READ THE DIRECTIONS / INSTRUCTIONS in RED before yo pot anything, they are great guys and will help you, but you need to do a few things to your PC first

Short Media forums

James

NathanWert

Canon EOS-90D

Sigma 18-250 f/3.5 - 6.3 DC OS HSM

03/06/2005 08:10:17 PM · #12

Originally posted by jab119:

You can also download the free version of Grisoft - AVG It actually finds things faster than my PAID Antivirus program.

Node

Nikon D300

Tamron SP AF 17-35mm f/2.8-4 Di LD Aspherical IF for Nikon

03/06/2005 08:17:16 PM · #13

Originally posted by NathanW:

Originally posted by jab119:
try these also, online scanners, these are good ones and well trusted

//housecall.trendmicro.com/

Pandasoft Scan

also run the stinger one that andy mentioned

the panda scan one found stuff on my PC that was years old that Norton missed

James

You can also download the free version of Grisoft - AVG It actually finds things faster than my PAID Antivirus program.

Yeah AGV for me too. Its been great to me for 18 months or so.

Pug-H

Pentax K10D

Sigma 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical HF for Pentax

03/06/2005 08:28:02 PM · #14

I'll be using Grisoft AVG again once my current antivirus utility expires.

sher

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

03/06/2005 08:29:38 PM · #15

download the trial version of Avast. it's the best anti-virus i've found. takes care of viruses that Norton and McAfee won't touch.

dwoolridge

03/06/2005 10:10:10 PM · #16

//www.clamwin.com/

Message edited by author 2005-03-07 03:10:22.

DDYJR

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

03/07/2005 12:13:15 AM · #17

It's been awhile since we herd back from her I hope she didn't end up on a milkcarton, hopefully she fixed the problem.

Message edited by author 2005-03-07 05:13:50.

David.C

03/07/2005 12:40:31 AM · #18

Originally posted by DDYJR:

It's been awhile since we herd back from her I hope she didn't end up on a milkcarton, hopefully she fixed the problem.

At her age and this hour of the night -- I hope she shut it down and went to bed.

David

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Nikon

03/07/2005 11:20:11 AM · #19

It is not completly fixed, but I had to let my brother work on it and I went to bed. We have differant user acounts on our computer, so we got on his user acount and ran a cleaner (it would not let me run a cleaner on my user acount, this is a smart virus). it said that it fixed the problem but my user acount is still acting wierd, so I don't think we caught it yet. It is looking like we are going to have to wipe the hard drive.

Apple iPhone

03/07/2005 11:25:14 AM · #20

AVG anti-virus is excellent! Plus since its still free, and they want more to use it they seem to update the virus definitions faster than the paid anti-virus programs! //free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/

Message edited by author 2005-03-07 16:29:39.

BeingClever

03/07/2005 12:33:00 PM · #21

You might want to also think about getting yourself a firewall to help prevent future issues. If you need a free one ZoneAlarm is pretty good and easy to use.

Message edited by author 2005-03-07 17:33:31.

maxj

Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

03/07/2005 12:41:41 PM · #22

Originally posted by TooCool:

You may have just gotten a stupid ad through windows messaging. There's a way to turn that off, but I don't remember just now. How was the top of the window that said that labeled?

...if it was that kind of pop-up, you have not been running windows updates routinly, microsoft fixed that a while ago

www.windowsupdate.com

Message edited by author 2005-03-07 17:42:23.

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

03/07/2005 02:23:32 PM · #23

AVG

Oops. Someone beat me to it.

Message edited by author 2005-03-07 19:24:10.

aronya1

Nikon D70

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

03/07/2005 02:28:55 PM · #24

Originally posted by princessbeth:

It is looking like we are going to have to wipe the hard drive.

Before you go to that drastic a measure, you might try deleting your profile & creating a new one. Sometimes, profile info gets messed up & things start acting funny. Try this if you don't find any viruses, or even if you do find & clean a virus, but things still don't work right under your profile.