Great New Virus Tool!
I have spent many an hour trying to rid computers of viruses and always thought that my friend/agent/family member must really not pay attention to what they are doing to get these really bad viruses that require registry edits and long file searches.
The other day I found one of my computers had the same type of virus and I figured out that those that create this nemesis are even more insidious than I had figured. I got a windows message about installing a downloaded update. As I don't let Microsoft instal ANYTHING w/o my ok, I get these messages all the time. To make a long story short, I clicked ok and have now spent hours trying to rid my notebook of this virus. Luckily I have a MacBook that at this point is still impervious to these sick peoples creations.
An aside, i hope there is a special place in Hell for these people that create these malicious viruses.
The tool I found is a disk that you create that boots a computer to a Linux kernel and runs a virus scan. You either need to make a new disk each time or have a hard wired internet connection to update the virus definition. This system has not fixed my computers of my nephew, broker and now my computer.
It isn't that easy to find on the Avira site so here is the link to the download. Download the exe file and it creates the rescue disk. Works like a charm.
http://www.avira.com/en/support-download-avira-antivir-rescue-system
I am not sure there is anyway on a PC to avoid visuses any more. Our defense is in programs like this and to keep giving the developers of these tools the kudos they deserve.
All that said, I love my MacBook Pro even more! I know it is only time before we have the same issues, but I am loving it while it lasts.
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