7||0|0 0|0|Rut roh|moonbaby||16:56:44|06/14/2009|I am at the end of my rope-I have tried everything%2C and I mean EVERYTHING %28ok%2C I did not hire an exorcist%29 and this bleepin computer is still not right. %0D%0A%0D%0APosting in safe mode is weird but at least I can post%21 How hard is it to wipe out the hard drive and reinstall everything%3F%0D%0A%0D%0AI%27m scared I%27ll do this and nothing will work anymore%21 I guess I have to back up all my pics%2C docs and music. Ugh. And find all those disks%21%0D%0A%0D%0AAnyone done this and come out the other side OK%3F Tell me it%27s gonna be juuuuust fine %3A%28%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.realitytvworld.com%2Fboards%2FUser_files%2F490dcddc0c9ae516.jpg%0D%0A 1|1|RE%3A Rut roh|grit||17:03:18|06/14/2009|It%27s doable as long as you have all your original disks for the operating system and any programs you regularly use.%0D%0A%0D%0AI backed everything up to an external hard drive before doing a full hard drive wipe. It%27s easier to use that than backing everything up to CDs. Do you have an external hard drive%3F If you don%27t have one%2C they%27re not too expensive and really worth the money.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was a time-consuming process but in the end it worked.%0D%0A%0D%0AGood luck%2C moonie. 4|2|RE%3A Rut roh|CTgirl||21:58:56|06/14/2009|I got a virus%2Ftrojan of the pornographic kind last Christmas %28believe it or not I really think I got it from surfing the gossip pages from AOL%21%29 Fortunately my son and his friend were able to help me back everything up to a hard drive and then wiped it clean and reinstalled everything. It is very doable%2C just time-consuming. Like grit suggested%2C put everything on a hard drive. My portable hard drive cost around %24100 and I use it now once a month to back up all my files %22just in case.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AThe time-consuming part is reinstalling everything and finding things like all my playlists from itunes were gone or my six most recent weeks of Quicken were missing. Not life threatening but extremely annoying%21%0D%0A%0D%0AI feel your pain moonie%21 %3A-%28%0D%0A%0D%0AGood Luck. 2|1|One more piece of rope|IceCat||19:41:54|06/14/2009|A review on %5Bi%5DSafeCentral%5B%2Fi%5D by Authentium%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.esecurityplanet.com%2Ftrends%2Farticle.php%2F3783846%2FNew-Tools-to-Battle-the-Sinowal-Trojan.htm%0D%0A%0D%0A%5Bi%5D%22Essentially%2C Authentium%27s product%2C SafeCentral%2C uses%0D%0A reverse sandboxing to render the Sinowal Trojan blind and %0D%0Ahelpless%2C not letting it see or log keystrokes%2C track Web sites %0D%0Avisited or access a user%27s files. It also provides a secure %0D%0Ahidden domain name system %28DNS%29 that is invisible to %0D%0ASinowal.%22%5B%2Fi%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AHere%27s Authentium%27s website link%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.authentium.com%2Fmainv2%2Findex.htm%0D%0A%0D%0AGood luck%21%0D%0A%0D%0A 3|2|thanks%21|moonbaby||20:27:46|06/14/2009|I%27ll check that out. I kinda got sidetracked today when I was backing up pictures. There%27s so much%2C it%27s overwhelming%21 Going to check out the hard drive idea grit mentioned%2C too.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe bug keeps coming back when the system boots up. I can%27t for the life of me find the program that%27s regenerating it after I delete it.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AThanks again%2C guys. Worst case I%27ll bring it to the computer place near here after I render it totally inoperable %3AD 5|1|RE%3A Rut roh|Snidget||07:06:13|06/15/2009|Make sure you check the manual for which color goat you need to sacrifice and if it should be at the new or full moon.%0D%0A%0D%0APeople are always getting that step wrong.%0D%0A%0D%0AGood luck with your restorations%21 6|1|A possible solution%21|moonbaby||12:43:02|06/16/2009|http%3A%2F%2Fforum.drweb.com%2Flofiversion%2Findex.php%2Ft197837.html%0D%0A%0D%0AI ran this last night and it caught the little booger %3A7 I think it killed it%2C too.%0D%0A%0D%0ADoing an in depth scan later.%0D%0A%0D%0A%2Afingers crossed%2A 7|2|RE%3A A possible solution%21|dabo||18:20:54|06/16/2009|Thanks for the update%2C %22fingers crossed.%22%0D%0A