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    Angry computer nearly broken!!!!

    whats happened??? got a warning that my computer had been attacked then it slowed up for an hour now all the the windows tools such as defrag and most importantly, system restore have dissapeared from the start menu any thoughts on how to get it back bearing in mind i wasnt issued with a windows disk when i bought my pc many thanx

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    Do you have any anti-virus programs installed?


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    computer nearly broken!!!!
    Finish it off then come back for help. We do best when there's nothing to lose.

    edit - I think you're screwed but if you want to try system restore...

    http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips780.html

    ccc1005 is right though. While I imagine you do have an AV installed, try running this before system restore:
    http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

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    Talking re brokenness

    i have got av avg free edition it always seems to work well until now obviously just finished scan and it says there nothing wrong strangely gonna restore now thanx probably saved me bacon!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by liveforever
    i have got av avg free edition it always seems to work well until now obviously just finished scan and it says there nothing wrong strangely gonna restore now thanx probably saved me bacon!!
    Hence, one reason I strongly reccomend *other* scanners than AVG.... AVG is a last resort scanner, imho.
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    it fixed itself?

    i would feel better if you found the offending devil and removed it, system restore is a two edge sword, it can create more problems during a virus/spyware issue by re-installing the threat,

    still, i would d/l spybot and adaware (both free) and run them in safe mode, curious to see what pops up,

    good luck
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    I would try running a hard drive diagnostic program, you might be having hardware issues if the virus scan comes up clean. Do you notice any weird errors when trying to read files?

    Active Smart: http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/

    I would run that and see what the SMART diagnosis of the drive is. Might show some problems there...

    Also for virus scanners, Kaspersky is a very good program, if this was a virus I would give Kaspersky a try.


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    Download the free version of BitDefender and scan your computer with it for viruses. This sounds like a virus.

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    I wonder what the 3 finger salute would show?
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Hunter
    I wonder what the 3 finger salute would show?
    are you talking about "two in the pink, one in the sink"?
    if it's gots tits or wheels, it's gonna give you problems. bigwilly949

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