possible virus? and how get rid of it...

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Richard Urban said:
There was a discussion here a few weeks ago regarding constantly renewing
a subscription for an older version of an antivirus software product vs.
paying a few bucks more and getting the latest version (with the newest
bells and whistles) with a one year subscription.

I mentioned the same thing you just did. From the response I received I
guess that many people just don't get the concept that newer antivirus
versions have the newest, and therefore most thorough, scan engine.

I finally just bailed out of the discussion.


About a year or so ago a friend of mine had a virus that he could not seem
to get rid of, and his Norton AntiVirus was version 2002. He had all of it
completely up to date, but still had problems. I had him go out and get
2004 (the newest at the time). He installed it, and it found and cleaned
the virus immediately! Some people just don't get that no matter how much
you update, the core engine is still OLD! You need the new version (engine)
to get the newer worms/viruses/trojans!!
 
How odd that I had to reinstall due to a "lsass.exe - System Error - Object
not found," ...and was completeley unable to boot into any mode - just a few
days ago.
I'm pretty sure that mine was due to a dmaaged system file i.e. a corrupted
lsass.exe. I'm pretty sure it wasn't Sasser - it happened just after I'd
been swapping between V92 modems (an Intel 537EP half duplex and a Diamond
Supraexpress 56i VCC V92 full Duplex), and uninstalling and installing
drivers for them etc.

I spent over an hour Googling on Dads PC and found nothing similar - i.e.
the Sasser variants that cause reboots were different to my lsass.exe
problem.

I STRONGLY suspect that the lsass.exe MS authentication service is somhow
related to XP Homes' causal copying prevention and that my XP platform
collapsed beacause I was fiddling with hardware ! Either that or Diamond
modem software, (collected from Diamond's web site), or "CallCorder"
telephone call recording software (15 day trial) was responsible. ...I did
scan a/v scan it before installing it - it was clean.

....there you go ! The moral of my tale is, Don't let you Norton Ghost image
of your Windows boot drive get too old !

regards, Richard
 

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