Computer says its is infected

[splitshift]

as an aside i would also check your e-mail out box ! I had a very similar virus thingy whch iwas sending mails to nearly all my contacts, while i was logged of and the computer was switched off ! They mostly contained links to sales sites, visit wherever etc. most were caught by recipients scans but some got through !I used malware, norton, spybot et all , but had to kill the computer and restart at factory settings to get rid.
best of british !

[PaulPJ]

Recently had a nasty virus. It appeared that it got infected via an email in my wifes hotmail account. All the icons disappeared from the desktop apart from the HP printer and RAVE. It said that RAM was critical and that 95% of the hard drive was corrupt. I ran Rkill to remove all 39 viruses and then installed Spybot. All fine now.

[Dragrad]

Originally Posted by splitshift

as an aside i would also check your e-mail out box ! I had a very similar virus thingy whch iwas sending mails to nearly all my contacts, while i was logged of and the computer was switched off ! They mostly contained links to sales sites, visit wherever etc. most were caught by recipients scans but some got through !I used malware, norton, spybot et all , but had to kill the computer and restart at factory settings to get rid.
best of british !

Quick fix on the outbox..... create a new e-mail account and list the e-mail address as "0000000000" (zeroes - no quotes and add no other information) When the bugs search your contacts, it tends to stop them dead, as they cannot get past the first entry