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Just Me
I've never seen anything so dirty and diabolical.
1. Pop-ups started to appear warning of a virus attack.
2. I clicked "okay" to open my protection software.
3. What loaded was NOT my program! The graphics were way CRUDE, the
English grammar was defective. Mine is the free Microsoft virus and
spyware scan--forget the name, and can't find it now because it's
GONE, replaced with this fake job.
4. Meanwhile, every program on the desktop I tried to load, every
website was refused with an "error" message, declaring that the
program was "infected". I could not so much as get Vista Help to load.
Worst of all, the notepad file containing my passwords, though it
would start to open, WHACK, down it goes with another "error" message.
5. In desperation, I finally clicked okay to "my" virus protection
program, offering to remove the virus.
6. A webpage loads! No other pages would load, but this one does,
offering to sell me one of three virus protection programs.
7. I refuse that, close the program.
8. A porno site loads to replace the "virus software" page!!!
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That's my Toshiba laptop. So I put the RESTORE disk into the DVD slot
and what do I find? There's no "restore point" feature! Two options
are offered: a complete restore, deleting all files, with a return to
the default condition of the computer, OR an option to reload certain
default program files.
Still desperate, I almost clicked the full restore. Since most of my
text work is saved on-line, like in the Drafts folder of my Gmail
account, I'm not sweating that stuff. It's that Notepad password file
I don't want to lose, let alone a vast collection of Favorites. So
here's what I need to know . . .
Is there a program in this, my Desktop Sony VAIO with XP that will
allow me SAFE access to my infected laptop hard-drive with Vista, via
USB cable? A computer to computer file transfer program is what I'm
after. The desktop is running McAfee virus protection which I will
make sure is totally up to date before I attempt any such transfer.
Your help will be sooo greatly appreciated.
1. Pop-ups started to appear warning of a virus attack.
2. I clicked "okay" to open my protection software.
3. What loaded was NOT my program! The graphics were way CRUDE, the
English grammar was defective. Mine is the free Microsoft virus and
spyware scan--forget the name, and can't find it now because it's
GONE, replaced with this fake job.
4. Meanwhile, every program on the desktop I tried to load, every
website was refused with an "error" message, declaring that the
program was "infected". I could not so much as get Vista Help to load.
Worst of all, the notepad file containing my passwords, though it
would start to open, WHACK, down it goes with another "error" message.
5. In desperation, I finally clicked okay to "my" virus protection
program, offering to remove the virus.
6. A webpage loads! No other pages would load, but this one does,
offering to sell me one of three virus protection programs.
7. I refuse that, close the program.
8. A porno site loads to replace the "virus software" page!!!
--
That's my Toshiba laptop. So I put the RESTORE disk into the DVD slot
and what do I find? There's no "restore point" feature! Two options
are offered: a complete restore, deleting all files, with a return to
the default condition of the computer, OR an option to reload certain
default program files.
Still desperate, I almost clicked the full restore. Since most of my
text work is saved on-line, like in the Drafts folder of my Gmail
account, I'm not sweating that stuff. It's that Notepad password file
I don't want to lose, let alone a vast collection of Favorites. So
here's what I need to know . . .
Is there a program in this, my Desktop Sony VAIO with XP that will
allow me SAFE access to my infected laptop hard-drive with Vista, via
USB cable? A computer to computer file transfer program is what I'm
after. The desktop is running McAfee virus protection which I will
make sure is totally up to date before I attempt any such transfer.
Your help will be sooo greatly appreciated.