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Wednesday, July 06, 2011,
Major Computer Virus
I haven't posted for a few days because my computer was either infected with a major virus or decided to go all Anarchist on it. I'd been having trouble with it for a few days. I couldn't click Microsoft Essentials Security open, or delete and reinstall it, so I had virtually no protection. I tried system restore to turn back the clock all to no avail. System Restore was blocked with a red circle and X. Finally, the screen went black. I kept getting a message about prompt initiated interactive something or other not working due to an error and to consult the event log. Yet, the cursor was frozen so I couldn't click on anything.
Brainiac that I am, I just kept turning the computer on and off. Not logging off, just clicking the button to shut the whole thing down. Next, I kept getting the black screen and prompts to start the computer in safe mode. No use. Safe mode with networking. Nope. Safe mode with command prompts. Nothing. Finally, a notice that my computer would not start (duh) and I should run repair launch and that popped up. The repair launch wouldn't work. Again, it didn't work. I tried several of the "advanced" recovery methods. Nothing worked so at this point I tried the very last resort--wipe out my entire hard drive with the exception of one part (no idea which part that was). The hard drive would be wiped and re-written. This choice came with a black screen and an orange warning in large letter WARNING!
Long story short, with a couple of essentials my computer is in the same condition as it was when first shipped from Toshiba to Best Buy. B'H Windows 7 was still on the computer, and accepted my Cricket broadband. That's where I am now. Things are okay but now my computer is incredibly slow. Slower even than dial up, and that's really slow. How slow? I tried to download AOL Desktop and it would take 14 hours to install.
And now there's a conflict with the recently reinstalled iTunes and my iPod. A conflict between the computer recognizing the iPod as a new device and my previous iTunes library.
Still...I am grateful that when my hard rive was rewritten Windows 7 was still on it, and the computer recognized the the Cricket USB and ability to go online.
If you find it impossible to open or uninstall your security software and system restore won't work at all---you've got something pretty serious going on.
Scary stuff having to erase your hard rive and hope Windows will still be on it, and it recognizes the stuff to go line. But when all else fails...that's what you need to do. That's one hell of a virus to disable my security software and system repair, to disable all but the most serious method to get your computer to work again. To bring to out of box status.
First the security goes. Then the ability to restore and return to the past. Those where hit first.
Now hopefully with time my computer will speed up to broadband again.
LOL though. As the computer was being reconfigured and shutting on and off I kept getting message to keep my hands off the keyboard and mouse pad. You better believe I complied! YES SIR!
Brainiac that I am, I just kept turning the computer on and off. Not logging off, just clicking the button to shut the whole thing down. Next, I kept getting the black screen and prompts to start the computer in safe mode. No use. Safe mode with networking. Nope. Safe mode with command prompts. Nothing. Finally, a notice that my computer would not start (duh) and I should run repair launch and that popped up. The repair launch wouldn't work. Again, it didn't work. I tried several of the "advanced" recovery methods. Nothing worked so at this point I tried the very last resort--wipe out my entire hard drive with the exception of one part (no idea which part that was). The hard drive would be wiped and re-written. This choice came with a black screen and an orange warning in large letter WARNING!
Long story short, with a couple of essentials my computer is in the same condition as it was when first shipped from Toshiba to Best Buy. B'H Windows 7 was still on the computer, and accepted my Cricket broadband. That's where I am now. Things are okay but now my computer is incredibly slow. Slower even than dial up, and that's really slow. How slow? I tried to download AOL Desktop and it would take 14 hours to install.
And now there's a conflict with the recently reinstalled iTunes and my iPod. A conflict between the computer recognizing the iPod as a new device and my previous iTunes library.
Still...I am grateful that when my hard rive was rewritten Windows 7 was still on it, and the computer recognized the the Cricket USB and ability to go online.
If you find it impossible to open or uninstall your security software and system restore won't work at all---you've got something pretty serious going on.
Scary stuff having to erase your hard rive and hope Windows will still be on it, and it recognizes the stuff to go line. But when all else fails...that's what you need to do. That's one hell of a virus to disable my security software and system repair, to disable all but the most serious method to get your computer to work again. To bring to out of box status.
First the security goes. Then the ability to restore and return to the past. Those where hit first.
Now hopefully with time my computer will speed up to broadband again.
LOL though. As the computer was being reconfigured and shutting on and off I kept getting message to keep my hands off the keyboard and mouse pad. You better believe I complied! YES SIR!
