[thelist] [ot] I think I got a virus...

[Norman Bunn]

Mark,

I find a one-two punch of Ad-Aware (www.lavasoft.de) and Spy Bot S&D 
clears up most of these issues.  I would also run a full system scan 
with an anti-virus program (latest definitions, of course) as a 
precaution.  Also, make sure you have a firewall in place; I use 
ZoneAlarm (www.zonelabs.com).

Norman

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Mark Mandel wrote:

>Hey guys - 
>
>I want to see if I can identify this virus before I totally wipe this
>machine, and start it again... which is going to be more than painful.
>
>Happened when i logged into the hotel internet network, and a strange
>homepage came up in firefox...
>
>Ever since then - my keyboard won't react (unless I hit the tab key,
>and it spits out gibberish) the ctrl key seems locked, and then once
>in a while it will just repeat characters.
>
>I ran Search and Destroy, and that cleared up a couple of small things
>(although one was a trojan) but it seems to have not fixed the
>problem.
>
>Anyone at least able to identify for me which virus it is, so I can
>identify the problem?
>
>Mark
>  
>