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Re: msn virus
SEEMS OTHER FOLK HAVE HAD IT TOO. THIS IS FROM ANOTHER WEBSITE I VISIT .
Hi All
If you get a message saying
Check this out somecoolstuff BRB
somecoolstuff is a link DO NOT OPEN IT!!!
IT IS A VIRUS sorry I got sent i not knowing opened it now have a awful virus have wiped my pc twice in the last 2 weeks not knowing where it came from only found out today, cause a friend on my list got the message from me thankfully she didn't open it
AND ALSO.
my pc has been effectively terminated this week by a trojan downloader.
we had AVG antivirus running, also spybot, firewall was on, this virus was specifically written to get through AVG, it was transmitted to us via msn messenger. The pc is now unuseable. We can pay Tech Guys to try and recover the data - photos, documents etc, I cannot replace some of the photos, also I had around 40 gigs of music stored on the pc, all lost if Tech Guys cant salvage it. GRRRRR.
The virus could not be removed by AVG so if this is what you are using on your system please take care, especially if you use messenger.
We are now looking to buy a new pc which will cost us around £600, plus a bill to recover data from the old one.
The virus, once its on your computer, uses msn to transmit itself to all your online contacts without your knowledge, it downloads a host of malicious software that deletes vital files and leaves you unable to even log on to windows. We had some help from a friend who showed us how to make a boot cd and we did eventually manage to get into windows, but the virus has blocked access to every function so we cannot carry out system restore or access any data files, we cant even get in through BIOS or recovery console, in short, its totally wrecked.
I plan to stop using AVG and switch to Bitdefender, and we are aiming to use yahoo messenger in preference to msn. PLEASE EVERYONE KEEP YOUR COMPUTER PROTECTED
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