reporting in...

[lagilman]

Seen In NYC...

A man, probably late 20's or early 30's, with a multicolored, spiked mohawk, wearing torn jeans and leather... pushing a baby carriage with an adorable little girl in a very traditional pink babysuit. I was totally charmed. :-)


Windowshopped with my mom at ABC Furniture, which is sheer indulgent overload of the decorating kind, and thence to the Books of Wonder signing, which went very well, although I misspoke the ages of my protags, much to my later embarassment. Ooops. And after the folk who were there got their books signrd, the store brought out a stack of stock for us to sign. And then another stack. And another. I lost track after twenty-five. Dear god. I hope they all find good homes!

Then a mass of us went off for bison-burgers and beer, before I hied myself home to get ready for the movers at oh god early tomorrow.


And now I discover that McAfee is claiming to have found a trojan in a file it can neither clean nor quarantine nor delete. I searched, and I can't find the named file in the directory they claim it's in. I suspect McAfee has lost its small electronic mind. Anyone have suggestions for a decent, not wildly expensive virus protection that doesn't periodically go insane?

Comments

[las.livejournal.com]

Some trojans may have to be removed manually, unfortunately. Are you having other symptoms like unexpected ad popups?

[lagilman]

yeah, but my spyware software cleans those. The problem with this is, even searching manually I can't find the alleged infected file. Tough to clean it when you can't find it!

I hate mcafee. Deep, abiding hate.

[deire.livejournal.com]

Norton or AVP.

[las.livejournal.com]

If you're getting persistent popups despite using antispyware problems, that's a sign your computer may be infected with the CoolWebSearch trojan. I would suggest using HijackThis (http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial42.html) to get at the root of the problem.

[patchwork-prose.livejournal.com]

I've been using EZ Antivirus(my-etrust.com) practically forever, and it works really great for me. I just get the AV, and not the security suite.

[las.livejournal.com]

Norton can occasionally cause (http://8help.osu.edu/1552.html) problems (http://8help.osu.edu/1336.html).

[azang.livejournal.com]

AVG Free Edition (http://www.grisoft.com/doc/40/lng/ww)

[christymarx.livejournal.com]

F-prot.com

Iceland company, inexpensive, constantly updated, works great.

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

Do you have a name for the alleged trojan?

[lagilman]

oh, the trogan is real, I've run a check on that (Vundo). The problem is finding the FILE it claims is infected! I'd be more than willing to hand-clean it if I could find it...

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

...hmmm sometimes the problem with trojans is that they attach themselves to windows internal files that if erased make windows inoperable. If you're hand searching try Search, Search for files/folders, then click on the advanced options arrow and check the hidden and archive files/folder box.

[going-not-gone.livejournal.com]

There is nothing cuter than a macho guy, decked out in all the signfiers of Manly Manhood or Much Too Cool For You, going all soft and squishy over a baby. Makes me melt every time.

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

Great seeing you last night. It was much fun. I hope all goes well with the movers!