Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Off topic but appreciated non Linux advice

Thanks for the advice.

I have several Linux rescue CDs. I will try those first. If they get me
nowhere then I will try to install a distro and work from it. I don't think
that I want to work from Windows due to problems in the past. I remember
going through the headache of a full installation only to have it repeat
itself afterwards. I am not sure how it did that, but these things can be
very hard to get rid of. This is my wife's second infection and she just
wants things to be back to normal afterwards and does not realise the
problems with a full installation in getting everything back to the way they
were. Ouch! The truth is that she knows little about how computers work and
likes the familiar. My idea of installing Linux is a bit of a ploy
(dangerous I know). I hope to convince her to use Linux for banking and
online orders and use Windows for the rest thereby turning a bad situation
into something constructive. Shh! Don't tell!

Cross your fingers.

Roy

My

On 2 May 2010 13:25, chi_joan_pc <jleach728@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com <LINUX_Newbies%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
> >
> > I am not part of a Windows community as I don't use Windows. However, my
> wife does. :( Her computer removes any anti-virus programme that I try to
> install. I think that this is a sign it has a trojan. Other than this it
> seems to be working properly. I don't really want to spend a lot of time
> fixing it, especially if it is not infected. Any suggestions on what is
> going wrong and how can I fix it easily. I know from fast experience that
> re-installing Windows will eat up a day of my time and even then she will be
> unhappy because she will complain about missing settings and cookies.
> >
> > This is off topic I realise, but I don't travel in any Windows circles
> any more.
> >
> > Roy
> >
> >
> Hello Roy,
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> Try to go to Safe Mode on that Windows box to use the anti-spyware
> programs. If F8 doesn't bring it up, try Win Key + F8 key. Here's those I
> use:
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> http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=contentMain;contentAux
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> http://download.cnet.com/SuperAntiSpyware-Free-Edition/3000-8022_4-10523889.html?tag=mncol
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> http://download.cnet.com/Advanced-SystemCare-Free/3000-2086_4-10407614.html?tag=contentMain;contentAux
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> http://download.cnet.com/ccleaner/?tag=mncol
>
> If she can't download them, I'd boot a Puppy Linux Live CD and either
> download them to USB or mount the Windows Folder where you want them to be.
> Sometimes the latter is a 2-step process where you move them from where
> Puppy puts it with ROX files system manager.
>
> I'd say her anti-virus isn't that great, so I'd think about one of the free
> ones here:
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> http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10019223.html?tag=contentMain;contentAux
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> http://download.cnet.com/Avira-AntiVir-Personal-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10322935.html?tag=contentMain;contentAux
>
> Maybe this Firewall:
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> http://download.cnet.com/Online-Armor-Free/3000-10435_4-10426782.html?tag=mncol
>
> Just in case you have to re-install remember the Firefox add-on extension,
> I think they have the same the IE and Chrome, too:
>
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> http://download.cnet.com/Xmarks-for-Firefox/3000-11745_4-10725455.html?tag=mncol
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> http://www.xmarks.com/about/features
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> http://download.cnet.com/Xmarks-for-Internet-Explorer/3000-12512_4-10914490.html?tag=mncol;lst
>
> As for her cookies and settings, clone her sick hard drive just in case,
> then you can scan it from a fresh updated and protected install before she
> uses it again. Well you know what I mean...Windows upkeep and house-cleaning
> is time-consuming, to say the least. At least it makes us appreciate Linux
> more.
>
> Have fun re-learning,
> Joan in Reno
>
>
>

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