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180 Viruses!

from JoeUser Forums

That is no typo!  180 viruses! I am working on my cousin's daughter's computer and that is how many she had!  It is by far and away the record for me.  I have never had anyone even begin to approach that number of viruses on a single computer!  And it is still not right!

In addition, it had over 1200 items of spy/ad Ware on it (I have heard worst stories on that as I am on a Resnet list).  And why am I working on it?  She complained she was getting "out of memory errors".  No duh!  I am surprised it even booted (barely. It took about 45 minutes to see the desktop, and longer to get into any application).

I am in the process of finishing the installation, but I am going to call my cousin and ask for the restore CD.  I will recover files they have, but I would not feel right giving this back to him as Windows is severly cripled.

180 viruses!  Amazing!

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My wife used to work in an office where the policy was that nobody was allowed to put any software on the computers. The staff was supposed to handle all that, but they either didn't have any anti-virus protection at all or the signatures were ancient. As a result, their computers were always infected and my wife would bring home infected floppies to run on her computer, which caused problems here. Fortunately, she's now self-employed and working out of a home office where I've appointed myself the job of making sure things are protected. We use Avast and have never had a problem.
Off-topic, but one more horror story about her old job. I guess they had a hard drive failure on one of their machines once -- and of course they didn't back anything up -- so the official policy was that all their documents had to be saved to floppies instead of the hard drive. To this day, Brenda doesn't trust hard drives, but at least I've got her using a flash drive now...
Reply #27 from JoeUser Forums Top

Oh my gosh that is insane! 180 viruses... And the computer even works.. Amazing!

Works is a relative term with this computer.

Multiplicity - Control multiple PCs using one keyboard and mouse
Reply #28 from JoeUser Forums Top

Oh, and 'bloody nora' is an English colloquialism which is representative of one's shock/horror/surprise to something.....and when it's "BLOODY NORA!!!!" you can surmise it was due to a personal experience.

AH!  English lessons!  Thank you.

Reply #29 from JoeUser Forums Top

it took maybe a half hour to boot up and then it took another half hour to start up his antivirus he never ran it much but it still worked

It is amazing sometimes when Windows does run!

Reply #30 from JoeUser Forums Top

The funny part was I had been to this site a 100 times before with incident.

Some of these hackers are known to hijack web sites to spread their mischief.

Reply #31 from JoeUser Forums Top

Any suggestions on the best way for me to connect to her PC from mine, anything free is prefered?

If they have XP, you can use Remote Desktop.  If they have another version, get VNC (free).  They will have to open up their router to allow you access, but with the GUIs these things have, it is not a big deal.

Reply #32 from JoeUser Forums Top

Can you say...."Format C:"?....

I am going to as soon as I recover anything they have on it.  It is too crippled to leave as is.

Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top

so the official policy was that all their documents had to be saved to floppies instead of the hard drive.

Save to the HD, and copy to floppy!  That is what I told people in the old days.  I dont trust floppies!

Reply #35 from JoeUser Forums Top
AH! English lessons! Thank you


Or as our Aussie mates say "flamin Nora". I guess thats a Nora on fire.

The sad part is that most times you do a clean up like this for someone, it's back in the same shape in a few months.


Always a good idea to ghost a fresh install then you can roll it back in under an hour.

That is no typo! 180 viruses!


I hope you washed your hands and burnt your clothes before going home.   
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I hope you washed your hands and burnt your clothes before going home.


The EPA declared the house a toxic waste dump.
Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I hope you washed your hands and burnt your clothes before going home.


Actually, Dr Guy was detained and has been posting to this thread from the quarantine area of the CDC (Center for Disease Control). Apparently Homeland Security and the FBI heard about it and weren't risking him being released into the wild.

Hope they get you deloused real soon, matey....we be needin' ya back on deck ASAP.
Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I wonder how many people have their CC numbers and private details now?

There is bound to be a key logger on the within that 180.
Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Apparently Homeland Security and the FBI heard about it and weren't risking him being released into the wild.


They be a might testy about them bugs.
Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I wonder how many people have their CC numbers and private details now?

There is bound to be a key logger on the within that 180.


Fortunately it was the daughter's computer, so hopefully they got none of that. I think I saw a couple of keyloggers (I did not read all 180). I know there was at least one.
Reply #41 from JoeUser Forums Top
Reply #25
The only way to be safe online


very funny!  
Reply #42 from JoeUser Forums Top
Save to the HD, and copy to floppy!


These days that would be copy to a flash drive.
Reply #43 from WinCustomize Forums Top
P.S. 180? *scoff* Beat 562.

*scoff* to all. Beat 2148. It was on my Uncle's PC, they had it for about 3 years with no virus prtection. It did take about 2 days to clear everything off. And it took about 30 minutes to boot, but its running now.
Reply #44 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If you have a Windows CD and don't want to deal with the hassle of moving her to Linux or another OS, as with a new OS some problems are fixed but new problems do arise.

Use nLite Link in combination with MicroWinX Link and turn her computer into an Internet/Gaming Kiosk that is immune to Viruses, Spyware, uses little resources and is still Windows. Not only will she be protected from the nasty stuff out there on the internet but her computer will probably be more responsive.

Personally, why more people just give up in favor of more hardships is beyond me when with a little know-how you can deal with the problem.

Still its funny to have people think Linux and Mac OSX are virus-free. People like that make me happy and joyful to the point I am almost in tears.

Though, if you must continue with the changing the OS route ensure you teach what a good AV client is and why she shouldn't let the definitions go out of date.

- X
Reply #45 from WinCustomize Forums Top
well one of my friends computer crashed a few months ago & when we installed pc cilin on his computer it founded 10000 viruses(no typo error!!! & it was still scanning when we decided to format his hard disk) & my friend told us he was running his computer for almost 3 yrs. with no anti virus.
Reply #46 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've been running without any for six years. PC still works like new. (I take very good care of it to make sure Windows runs in top condition.)
Reply #47 from WinCustomize Forums Top
180 Viruses Dang!
It is amazig it did boot up.
I keep all my virus/firewall/spyware programs up-to-date so im protected
Reply #48 from JoeUser Forums Top
*scoff* to all. Beat 2148. It was on my Uncle's PC, they had it for about 3 years with no virus prtection. It did take about 2 days to clear everything off. And it took about 30 minutes to boot, but its running now.


You win! I am not going to compete in a contest like that one!
Reply #49 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i think #45 beat him...but a fair margin too
Reply #50 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i think #45 beat him...but a fair margin too


Missed that one! Youch!