Me Against The Virus Army Of XP

Virus attack on windows xp erases and destroys everything

from JoeUser Forums
I am the unfortunate victim of a serious virus attack. During the past 3 weeks I noticed my win xp slowing down and eventually hanging, although I was running virus software which destroyed most attacks ONE did get past and corrupted my hard drive. I downloaded software to correct and delete this virus but all I got was virus unknown or unable to delete and next thing the hard drive is damaged.

All I can say is thank God for backups, because of this most of my files were saved but recent work has been deleted. All my website pages under construction were wiped out, photos, documents, e-mails, programs and passwords all lost.

As of yet I still don't have a name for this virus but I'm sure someone will mention it in one of the forums or blogs.
I spent all day yesterday formatting my drive and installing my software (the one I still have on disc) transfering files from my laptop the only thing not infected yet and inserting cd backups. You wonder why people create these viruses as they only stab the backs of users in the internet world and give microsoft and all those virus protection companies excuses to charge for virus protection software. Bill Gates has earned more than enough in his lifetime and now it's time to give something back to us the people who depend on computers to maintain some form of communication.

The thing I lost most was family photos of my daughters 4th birthday, which I took 2 days before and did not backup yet. These are some of the things you cannot replace and this is a lesson for everyone,

If you are reading this than stop and think what if you lose everything right now can it be replaced and if not consider backing it up now you never know when they strike.

At lease now after checking the hard drive using some software I got the all clear and I'm virus free until I connect to the internet after that the battle begins again, me against the virus army.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Was this your personal computer? Hooked up to the internet via cable modem or DSL? And now the most important question... Did you have a firewall? A hardware one? In this day it is imperative to have a firewall (preferably a hardware one, IMHO). This will keep out 99.99% of the bad things that attack your computer uninvited. A hardware firewall is $50-$75 at the local Best Buy (comes as part of a router). Maybe $25.00 for the local computer geek to set it up for you.

The other way that your computer can be hacked is via bad programming in Windows Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. These programs are chock full of bugs that can be exploited to hack your computer. Switch to Mozilla, or Firefox/Thunderbird for your browsing and e-mail reading. This will make all the difference in the world - no popup's, few to no security issues.

Good job with the backups. Keep up the good work.

I check my firewall logs. I receive at least 25 to 30 attempts to hack my home computer each day. Sometimes upwards of 100, depending on who or what is currently active on the internet. I have never been hacked - but merely because it's more difficult to hack me than it is for most computers. I'm not immune to hacking, but it's been a good 3 years now that I've been on broadband and I'm clean so far.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Bill Gates has earned more than enough in his lifetime and now it's time to give something back to us the people who depend on computers to maintain some form of communication.


Bill Gates have donated biillions of money so far, and you still say he haven't given enough money to causes?
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Bill Gates have donated biillions of money so far, and you still say he haven't given enough money to causes?


Bill Gates has caused much more than billions of dollars in damage through lost produtivity, data loss, and psychiatric bills by continuing to push his Office and Windows softwares with security bugs large enough to park a Volkswagen in. In polite society he would be stoned to death or at least forced to make his programming code open so that others could fix his errors. In our society, however, we promote him as a paragon of industry. Go figure. I refuse to promote him or to allow sensible people to be deceived unknowingly.