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lverna
August 29, 2009, 1:29 AM UTC
went through what you said, things seem to working much faster!! :cheers:

a few other questions
1) should i uninstall superantispyware, malwarebytes, hijack this?
2) I stay away from IE, I use chrome, opera, and safari and I might go back to firefox...I like firefox the best but it was acting weird...maybe because of the malware.

3) about 1 month ago I backed up (made an image using acronis 10) my 2 HDrives to a removable drive should I reformat that drive and do a clean backup?

thanks !!!
Blade81 Admin/Teacher
August 29, 2009, 9:27 AM UTC
1) You may uninstall HijackThis. However, I'd leave either Superantispyware or Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware installed. Both are good antispyware tools.
2) Firefox is good browser. If you go back to it I recommend to install Adblock Plus and NoScript addons.
3) If you think that things have changed during the last month and you need a fresher backup then why not :)
lverna
August 29, 2009, 12:53 PM UTC
I didn't know how to uninstall dds - so I just dragged it to the recycle bin.

I'm not sure exactly when i got infected. I was worried I copied/backed-up the virus to the removable disk last month. I didn't want to bring it back to the main HDrives if i needed to use anything from the image.


thanks so much!!! I'll be making a donation ASAP
Blade81 Admin/Teacher
August 29, 2009, 2:04 PM UTC
Since the issue appears to be resolved

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