Very Slow PC

[Rick Merrill]

Apologies for the jump in, but how can a *.txt, or a *.bmp or a *.doc
or a *.xls etc be infected? I thought they were just data files and
as long as the doc and xls don't have macros there can't be any
potential for a virus. Have these files always had the potential to
carry malwares and virii?

Isn't it still possible to ctrl-alt-del and look at what is running
and 'see' if something took over?

Or, do the new forms 'say' they're legitmate applications when they're
not?

Files can be given different file extensions, so you cannot Totally
judge just by the fine file extension.

You know that .doc files can carry word-viruses...

ctrl-alt-del launches the "task manager" and you can see Almost All of
what is running (except root kits) BUT do can you recognize the baddies?

Many of the infections run "as" some normal programs!

So don't be too paranoid, but let the AV programs scan everything once
in a while.

 

[Searcher7]

Forgot the links:

Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware
detection programs:

Malwarebytes (MBAM):  http://malwarebytes.org/
SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS):  http://www.superantispyware.com/

They can be uninstalled later if desired.

I actually had SUPERAntiSpyware downloaded already. So I just
downloaded Malwarebytes.

I ran everything. Then connected the "D" drive and ran everything
again.

My biggest problem off the bat is that I can no longer open certain
text files I previously transferred to the "D" drive, and copied back
to the "C" drive. OpenOffice which I used to create them will not
install, and IBM Lotus Symphony doesn't work. Neither will a couple
other text editors I tried.

At best I get them open only to see a lot of gibberish.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

 

[Rick Merrill]

I actually had SUPERAntiSpyware downloaded already. So I just
downloaded Malwarebytes.

I ran everything. Then connected the "D" drive and ran everything
again.

My biggest problem off the bat is that I can no longer open certain
text files I previously transferred to the "D" drive, and copied back
to the "C" drive. OpenOffice which I used to create them will not
install, and IBM Lotus Symphony doesn't work. Neither will a couple
other text editors I tried.

At best I get them open only to see a lot of gibberish.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.

Office does create some aux files - this is a problem if the original
files were not saved correctly. What are the file names?

 

[Searcher7]

Searcher7wrote:






Office does create some aux files - this is a problem if the original
files were not saved correctly.  What are the file names?

Thanks.

I reinstalled the files for the third time and now it is working.

Darren Harris.
Staten Island, New York.