Ironworks Gaming Forum - View Single Post - Shoot myself in the face...virus troubles

Ilander · 02-02-2005, 10:52 PM

Well, I'm a victim of blindly trusting my friends. Damnit.

Regardless, it seems that the MSN virus I obtained is not quite the same as the one in the earlier thread...it has done a few particularly malicious things, like killing Norton Antivirus.

This, of course, upsets me a bit. I DID uninstall MSN Messenger to keep my friends a bit safer, but what do I do now? I would REALLY like to have Norton back, as I have a paid subscription to it for the next year...and it would very much frustrate me to have to pay said price again.

So, how do I get rid of it?

NOTE: When I say that it "killed" Norton Antivirus, I mean that NA will not open. The shortcuts do not work, and neither do the actual .exe files in the program files directory. My computer simply does nothing when I click on them.

02-02-2005, 10:52 PM	#1
Ilander 20th Level Warrior Join Date: December 28, 2003 Location: Kentucky Age: 38 Posts: 2,820	Well, I'm a victim of blindly trusting my friends. Damnit. Regardless, it seems that the MSN virus I obtained is not quite the same as the one in the earlier thread...it has done a few particularly malicious things, like killing Norton Antivirus. This, of course, upsets me a bit. I DID uninstall MSN Messenger to keep my friends a bit safer, but what do I do now? I would REALLY like to have Norton back, as I have a paid subscription to it for the next year...and it would very much frustrate me to have to pay said price again. So, how do I get rid of it? NOTE: When I say that it "killed" Norton Antivirus, I mean that NA will not open. The shortcuts do not work, and neither do the actual .exe files in the program files directory. My computer simply does nothing when I click on them. __________________ Is that what you really want to say?