HELP!!!

[AApple]

Hey ya'll...my home puter has taken a doo-doo this morning. I am just now being able to get on-line, but my freekin antivirus program has been disabled somehow. I am only gonna be online for a couple of minutes, then I gotta try to figure out why my AV is not runnin. I had to restore to earlier date, and that has taken my over 4 hours to finish...and thenall I got was a blank, teal coloered screen. Now my AV is "Off", and I can't turn it back on. I'm using Avast, if anyone can help. Gotta get off line now, but I'll get back later....thanks!

 

[dan filipi]

I just found out about avast av, seems to be pretty good. Been running it for a couple weeks now.

I would just uninstall and reinstall, easiest fix but the real question is why did the Puter go kocka in the first place?
Hardware problem, bad software, virus, all possibilities.

 

[dan filipi]

Joel, I wanted to give you a call to help out but I can't find your phone number.
I've PM'd my cell number to you.

 

[slabghost]

right click on the avast icon in your tray and open it. You should be able to reset it to active.

 

[mcgovern61]

This is from a false AV program (Trojan horse virus). It takes your Windows Explorer and turns all file attributes to "Hidden" You can get them back but since it is a trojan virus it is in your boot sector. (Had this happen twice on my work computer). The only way I could clear it was to reformat the hard drive and start from scratch.

 

[AApple]

Otay..I'm back! I un-installed Avast, and then re-installed...it's up and running now. Now I have to update the programs, but that's not a prollem.
Seems I got some kind of virus/infection from a disc someone gave me with pics on it yesterday, even tho I scanned it before I opened it.. When I tired to get on line this morn, I could not...it would never connect. I tried to restore to earlier time, but that gave me a blank, teal colored screen...not the dreaded blue "Fatal Error" screen, tho. I was finally able to get in an do a backup, before going full bore into a system restore....which I REALLY din't wanna do. Anywho...I'm back. I was afeered I wuz gonna hafta set-up my old puter for a while, and I actually did, just to see if the backup discs I made were good. Unfortunately, the other puter wouldn't read the discs...din't know what program created them... :rant:

Once I got this turd back up, I immediately copied ALL of my pics/docs, etc to DVD discs, just in case...

btw...I been usin Avast for several years, and it's great. I haven't gotten(downloaded) any kind of virus/malware on this computer since I've had it. Just my luck, I would get something from a disc...

Thanks for the info/tips, ya'll! :thanks:

 

[dan filipi]

This is from a false AV program (Trojan horse virus). It takes your Windows Explorer and turns all file attributes to "Hidden" You can get them back but since it is a trojan virus it is in your boot sector. (Had this happen twice on my work computer). The only way I could clear it was to reformat the hard drive and start from scratch.

That is real cute aint it, damn hackers! :rant: :head bang:

 

[MarkB]

There is no such thing as truly free porn. Just sayin'! :smilie_happy:

 

[AApple]

As funny as that is, this was not porno...it was bikes...which to some of us, I guess that could be considered porno... :cheeky:
:smilie_happy: :smilie_happy: :smilie_happy:

I still haven't gotten my Avast to completely update yet. I spend 4 hours last nite trying to get the newest version d-loaded(dial up SUX! :rant: ), and it got the last 40 mb or so, and stopped... :sensored:

 

[slabghost]

Know the issue. I've found that if it stops for any reason even dropped connection. I stop the download then restart.