Computer problems

[danalwyn]

Having some problems with my desktop, which seems to have caught a fairly nasty virus. It's disabled TaskManager, RegEdit, all scanning programs, all anti-virus software, and safe mode. I've retaliated by manually re-enabling TaskManager, restoring RedEdit, cleaning my registry by hand, and then manually cleaning out all the infected .dll, .exe, and .sys files from the Windows folder. Right now we're in a staring match; the program that disables my anti-virus software is still functioning, safe mode is still disabled, but none of the other viruses are still there, and the current one is impotent, besides setting an amusing warning as my desktop background (it loads an .html file, which I've already found and altered). So right now we're at an impasse.

Unfortunately, in the process, the two of us together have managed to damage and disable my TCPIP.sys file, which means that the internet is temporarily down. So now there is no internet gaming for me (not that I actually do it anyway), and all my internet access at home has to be done through the auspices of Ubuntu.

I'm going to have to get a bigger nuke for this I fear.

Comments

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

But...but...You're all smart and shit, I didn't think things like this happened to people like you.

(Good luck.)

[danalwyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, it happens all the time. It's just that when it does happen, I just sigh and pull out the hard drive and start working on it. It downloaded a package of about twenty viruses, of which most of them I've removed by hand without the aid of actual software.

It's sort of like cars, people who are good at cars still have them break down, but they fix them with a wrench and a hammer as opposed to having to pay the mechanic.

(I suck at cars, and I'll probably need all the luck I can get for this particular problem. I hate doing registry key races).