Huh? That is a new one to me, How do you infect memory?
Let me see if I can clear this up.
ZA started saying my IP was being hit by a 'remote IP'. I kept clicking block. After about 20 of these in 2 or 3 minutes it stopped. I closed FF. Avast popped up over the taskbar that there was a virus. As soon as I hit 'send to vault' I got hit with more than I could count. I would hit send to vault and 3 more would pop up. There were all different names and types but it all came so fast, I couldn't keep track. After about a minute of this, the taskbar vanished and my wallpaper was replaced by a blue screen that said something like 'Your computer is unprotected. Please install an anti-virus and spyware program. Then the taskbar came back. For about 20 seconds and vanished. Then came back a minute later...and vanished. Anything 'Windows' that I tried to open would do the same, but would not come back like the taskbar. I weould have to reopen it, which was futile.
I ran Avast on boot. It said I was clean. I ran it in safe mode..again it said I was clean. SO did spybot. I ran Trends Coolshredder thingy..it said I was clean. I ran hijack this and posted the log to the online parser. Where I should have gotten results, it just said 'fatal error' in the little window. I went to do a system restore and all the restore points were erased, replaced by a new day and time that coincided with the virus attack. I can't run the Trend House call, because the PC will not allow the necessary download to do it. It just hangs.
I told all of this to the IT guy. He said to take out the HD and attach it to another PC and run AVG to get it clean. Then, put it back in the original PC and run AVG again to clean the memory...BUT..he felt that really would not work, because the memory and/or system restore would just infect the HD again and I would be back where I started. That's when he said to get a new PC.
I have a years worth of baby pictures, etc, that I don't wanna lose and emails, etc. I have booted the computer about 10 times to try and work all this out and each time it gets buggier. I'm afraid to keep booting because I'm afraid if there is any way to save any of the HD stuff, this virus will slowly get to it before I ever figure out how to stop it.
It's a little Compaq SR1303WM i got at Wally-World for 475. My upgrades were 2GB of RAM, an Nvidia5500 video card and my new monitor. It has served me well, with the upgrades. If I truly haver to replace it, I would like to (I actually thought I could) do better since I was just shooting for the CPU. After this, it looks like I may be going back to WallyWorld or bestBuy. I don't understand ATI, dual core and all. I guess I'm lost and thought it would be easy to get some bang for the buck since I was going for a whole new set up as it were.
I'm looking at BestBuy's site and Circuit City right now. I don't know what to get. I don't do gaming at all, though I have been toying with checking out a SD RPG. I do my graphics in PSP, I like to make animations. I like making little video clips. I love my musioc and like to mess with Audacity. And of course, all my Object Desktop stuff.
You all have been really helpful and I greatly appreciate the time you all are taking to offer your input. I need it. I never used to look at all the variables and options when I bought a computer (as my Comapq will attest to) and I want to get the most/best I can under the circumstances. I miss my PSP!!!
