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From: "BJ. B." <>
Subject: RE: [KYMCCREA] No Scott Co, TN Update for Mar 2004
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 09:07:55 -0600


Tim and All,

So sorry for you Tim..Been there done that !

As some of you know, I just went a go-around with Virii myself and in the
process I discovered some things I didnt know.
You can sometimes remove of of those Nasty's using Safe Mode when you
bootup. Because your PC has only loaded essential drivers in that mode, the
Virii isnt running, and you can zap it from there !
Another trick is to check your MSConfig...type it into your "find" feature,
click it when it comes up..look in the Start up tab for suspicious programs
and uncheck it...be careful here ..you have to know the programs name so you
dont screw things up. If you do get the wrong thing unchecked its
reversable..just go back and recheck it. Reboot and the Nasty is isolated
and cant run till you can figure out how to get rid of it.
The one I got tangeled with was" Popmonster"...and a couple of Adwares at
the same time..what a mess ! Running Spybot..a free download from
Tucows...got rid of the adware..and Trendmicro's Housecall found the
Trojan..but it took a Techy friend to rid my machine !
I wouldnt wish this problem on my worst enemy..so please be careful My
Friends !

BJ

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