Comments | stackcl: I win!!!

stackcl

I win!!!

Nov 10, 2008 01:43

Sweat, anger, perseverance, and the stubborn mentality of a bull made all my efforts possible today. I managed with no prior knowledge to defeat the TDSS Trojan. This one is particularly nasty. It isolates background programs and reroutes requests for info to empty space. Background programs are usually things like your anti-virus or your ( Read more... )

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slicking stackcl November 11 2008, 01:16:34 UTC

Unfortunately, I don't have a convienient way to back up my harddrive. I suppose I could go through and individually select the files I wish to actually perserve. That would take forever, but would leave me with a more manageable set of data. My 300 gig external is full from media.

8bitnintendo November 10 2008, 23:50:22 UTC

Yeah, I'm currently halfheartedly thinking about how to resolve the issue that Vista is the devil. It's got some... interesting... driver issues, which on my computer are currently manageable but irritating as all get out.

resolution... stackcl November 11 2008, 01:30:30 UTC

The solution is easy. Get rid of Vista or use a free scan on one of the top anti's and manually go through the registries to rid yourself of the known issues. I finally got a fresh install of XoftSpySE and McAfee and salvaged my computer files.

Re: resolution... 8bitnintendo November 11 2008, 01:32:49 UTC

Oh, I don't have a virus issue. I have a "Vista is hopelessly busted and a patch has pissed off my drivers" issue.

Reverting to XP is becoming more appealing... I'll have to see if I have the disks from my old computer around somewhere.