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Re: [Roadsters] OT Re: SPAM on roadster list

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Subject: Re: [Roadsters] OT Re: SPAM on roadster list
From: Pete Peters <ppeters914@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 21:54:09 +0000 (UTC)
Mitch, 

Great info. I know what you're saying, but I'll bet the majority on the list 
don't (this would be a nice bet to lose). 

FWIW, while I found SuperAntiSpyware to be effective, I also found it to be a 
resource hog and removed it. 

Pete 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mitchell Planck" <mitch@brooks-planck.org> 
To: "Pamela" <ntrlclr@earthlink.net> 
Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net 
Sent: Friday, March 6, 2009 1:28:32 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] OT Re: SPAM on roadster list 


I just cleaned a computer infected by an e-card earlier this week. Start with 
Avast, free edition, and download their program update for that. Install Avast, 
schedule a boot time scan but don't reboot. Install the program update then 
reboot and let it scan. You can register this later if you want to keep it. 

After that get cwshredder. exe from TrendMicro, smitfraudfix. exe, & 
Malware-Bytes AntiMalware. (Find these with google) 

Reboot into safe mode with networking (reboot and hit F8 until the screen pops 
allowing you to pick this). Run cwshredder, smitfraudfix (select clean), then 
antimalware (let it update from the Internet). 

This combination can clean out most anything. You can also use 
superantispyware. exe to further scan. 

Check c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts - this file can be read by notepad 
and should have only one line that doesn't start with a # sign. It should be 
127.0.0.1 localhost. If there is anything else delete it. This won't hurt 
anything. 

Try going to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com in Internet Explorer and 
installing the latest updates and patches. If the site won't come up (I've had 
this happen) it can be caused by a virus. You can also download and run Windows 
Defender from Microsoft. 

More dangerous (for your computer): Go into c:\windows\system32, sort by date 
so most recent is on top. You will also need to go to the Tools-Folder 
Options-View and select Show hidden & system files, and uncheck hide extensions 
& hide protected operating system files This will show new files in this 
directory. Many bad programs will hide here with random filenames that end in 
.exe or .dll but if you delete or rename the wrong file you can make your 
computer completely broken so you have to reinstall windows. BE VERY AWARE OF 
WHAT YOU DO! These are usually cleaned out by the other programs so this is a 
last resort. 

Good luck, 
Mitch Planck 
'69 1600 
'70 1600 
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