OpenEuphoria

RE: [OT] I think I have a virus

• Posted by ghaberek at wowway.com Aug 18, 2004
• 482 views

I'm just giving up on Windows for a while. I can't format my hard drive yet, I
 have way, way, way, waaaaaaaaaaay too much stuff on there to risk losing. I
have my whole C:\EUPHORIA\ directory. There must be thousands of files and
dozens of little projects that I need to back up. And not to mention a few
gigs of mp3s (all mine, thank you) and 3 years worth of e-mails from EUforum
and MMON.org (Michigan Merkur Owners Network - my car club).

<rant type=ethical>
It really is too bad that Windows is so aweful and full of holes that I have
to give up on it. I can only image what kind of viri or worms other, 'normal'
users get. I'm a programmer, a network admin, a penguin hugger, a windows user
since 3.0, an i-can-fix-anything-with-buttons guru, and a car mechanic (and
guru). So why do I, who uses anti-virus software, a *hardware* firewall and
regular spyware checks (S&D and Ad-Aware), get stuck with irreprible (sp?)
damage? Linux isn't to the point where I can develop applications that people
I know can use, which is my current development market. Heck, I've practically
memorized Win32Lib, I've been using it since David Cuny was developing it.
wxEuphoria and EuGTK are similar, but I wish Llama was still alive and kicking
    <thought> considering next big project </thought>.
</rant>

On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:06:37 -0700, irv mullins wrote
> 
> posted by: irv mullins <irvm at ellijay.com>
> 
> Greg Haberek wrote:
> > 
> > Ok, I totally foobar-ed my computer. I did what was mentioned above, and 
> > when I restarted and logged on, Windows logged me right off. I tried 
> > logging in as Administrator, same thing. So I booted into Safe Mode and 
> > removed all the settings, restarted, same problem. I'm posting this from 
> > my laptop. (mmmmm.... Fedora :) If it weren't for the homework I need to 
> > do in VB, and the programs people want me to write *in Windows* I'd 
> > strip down that hard drive and install Fedora Core 2.
> > 
> > Grrrr.... Stupid Spyware....
> 
> There's an article on Slashdot.org about that right now.
> Essentially, it says that after you format your disk and re-install 
> Windows, you have an average of 20 seconds online before you are hit 
> with some kind of exploit. Since it takes way longer than 20 seconds 
> to get and install all the Microsoft updates which are supposed to 
> protect you from such things, it seems like a lost cause. Maybe 
> order SP2 on CD from Microsoft?
> 
> Irv
> 
> 
> 


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