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i caught a virus

milemile
edited May 2007 in Chit chat
no this isn't another sad tale of my social life, its a bonafide IT question.

so anyway my computer detected a virus. (i have Shopos) it was some malware. i couldn't clean it, as i don't have admin rights to. and id rather not tell the IT dept where i caught it from or at least them find out. so i found out where the thing had been downloaded to (temp internet file) so i deleted the folder it was living it, and sophos told me it wasn't there anymore.

will this have killed it?
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  • SkarpoSkarpo
    edited May 2007
    Until your computer crashes and the IT department finds out ... yes.
  • dekhdekh
    edited May 2007
    Depends...

    ...and it is hard to give a more definite answer.

    To be sure it is best to run a combination of anti virus/anti malware on it.

    Without admin rights you may not be able to.

    You could try Trend Housecall it's an online scanner. But it does need to install a kernal but there are two different technologies to try.

    http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

    You might get away with one or the other of the kernals. Have patience with the downloads/initialisations.
  • milemile
    edited May 2007
    im doing another check as we speak, if if comes up clean i think i will just pretend it never happened.
    or mash up my PC so they buy me a new one.
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited May 2007
    I'd start looking in the Situations Vacant section if I were you...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • milemile
    edited May 2007
    karingal wrote: »
    I'd start looking in the Situations Vacant section if I were you...

    yeah best get on the net :p
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited May 2007
    I caught a virus yesterday, now I feel shivery and lethargic, my nose is constantly dripping and I'm dosed up on paracetamol. Damn I hate feeling like shit...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • Steve(spt)Steve(spt)
    edited May 2007
    PCTool's Spyware Doctor one of the best program for this kind of thing will sort it out.
  • ADJBADJB
    edited May 2007
    Steve Parry-Thomas wrote: »
    PCTool's Spyware Doctor one of the best program for this kind of thing will sort it out.


    Strangly everybody I talk to says ignore this like the plague. Massive resouce hog apparently. Worse than Norton.

    ADJB
  • AndyCAndyC
    edited May 2007
    ADJB wrote: »
    Strangly everybody I talk to says ignore this like the plague. Massive resouce hog apparently. Worse than Norton.

    It also blue screens your PC on a regular basis (which I verified by running under the Driver Verifier and the Kernel Debugger on a fresh install), I sent them a bug report and was told I "probably had a virus"


    As to the virus, fess up and let your IT department know. The results of not doing so can be much, much worse....
  • milemile
    edited May 2007
    AndyC wrote: »

    As to the virus, fess up and let your IT department know. The results of not doing so can be much, much worse....

    not a chance. we're always getting infected. and if it hurts my machine i'd just get a new one. its 7 years old.
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited May 2007
    You did it on purpose so you'd get one without a crank in the back didn't you? :-P
    Oh, no. Every time you turn up something monumental and terrible happens.
    I don’t think I have the stomach for it.
    --Raziel (Legend of Kain: Soul Reaver 2)

    https://www.youtube.com/user/VincentTSFP
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited May 2007
    I caught the *wanks cock* virus years ago
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited May 2007
    mel the bell wrote: »
    I caught the *wanks cock* virus years ago
    Difference being mile wants to get rid of his virus...
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • Jumping StackJumping Stack
    edited May 2007
    karingal wrote: »
    Difference being mile wants to get rid of his virus...

    but mile probably only caught his current virus whilst treating the *wanks cock* virus...
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited May 2007
    Jumping Stack wrote: »
    but mile probably only caught his current virus whilst treating the *wanks cock* virus...

    No doubt if so the solution is hand cream....and a copy o' Club International :D
    Every night is curry night!
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