Neodude1123201
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So i was 'sampling' some programs off the interwebz,when i extract a ZIP Archive,and it was simply just DOS Style Exe's,I Though to myself "What the hell" And Double Click it.
All of the sudden,my computer goes very slow,i get a million and one popup's from Comodo and Spyware terminator,and my computer shutdown.So I reboot,it comes up to the XP Boot screen,and the restarts.So i held down F8 and booted up in safe mode,i check the logs,and it tells me the computer failed to start because some drivers didnt start.So i restart,but use the option "Dont restart on error",And it BSOD's,FAULT IN NON PAGED AREA.
Based off these 2 errors,It all seems clear,The Virus Corrupted my driver files.Luckily i had a backup of my windows install,so i restore my SYSTEM And SYSTEM32 Folders,Windows Booted!
So i did virus scans,reg scans,check msconfig,check the task manager,and i though i had gotten rid of it.So i plugged in my ethernet again,within 5 minutes my anti virus and anti spyware programs went mad! And a few icons in the task bar appeared,i hovered over one of them and it said "Spam defender installing" or something along those lines,so i unplugged the net,backed up what i needed,restored my backup (From my orignal install) and restored everything i needed.Im Glad my backup software actually worked,this happend in 1 hour,if i didnt have backups,it would have taken me atleast 3 hours.Now that i think about,i forgot to backup my email accounts and my mozilla plugins and skins.dammit.
So,Any of you had any virus experiences lately
All of the sudden,my computer goes very slow,i get a million and one popup's from Comodo and Spyware terminator,and my computer shutdown.So I reboot,it comes up to the XP Boot screen,and the restarts.So i held down F8 and booted up in safe mode,i check the logs,and it tells me the computer failed to start because some drivers didnt start.So i restart,but use the option "Dont restart on error",And it BSOD's,FAULT IN NON PAGED AREA.
Based off these 2 errors,It all seems clear,The Virus Corrupted my driver files.Luckily i had a backup of my windows install,so i restore my SYSTEM And SYSTEM32 Folders,Windows Booted!
So i did virus scans,reg scans,check msconfig,check the task manager,and i though i had gotten rid of it.So i plugged in my ethernet again,within 5 minutes my anti virus and anti spyware programs went mad! And a few icons in the task bar appeared,i hovered over one of them and it said "Spam defender installing" or something along those lines,so i unplugged the net,backed up what i needed,restored my backup (From my orignal install) and restored everything i needed.Im Glad my backup software actually worked,this happend in 1 hour,if i didnt have backups,it would have taken me atleast 3 hours.Now that i think about,i forgot to backup my email accounts and my mozilla plugins and skins.dammit.
So,Any of you had any virus experiences lately