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H_TeXMeX_H · « **Reply #16 on:** 1 June 2006, 17:46 »

Format HDD and install Linux or BSD ... that's the ONLY way to solve this problem.

WMD · « **Reply #17 on:** 1 June 2006, 20:18 »

Housecall is by Trend Micro, a company that I usually have good things to say about. I'm guessing there's a bug in the software, or these files are hiding themselves in the directories used for the "hidden temporary files" (see the Operating Systems forum about that).

sean · « **Reply #18 on:** 3 June 2006, 18:48 »

I have a suggestion for the original poster. Rather than play around re-installing windows or linux, why don't you mothball your m$ porn machine and buy a Mac?
You will have a superior computer and you won't have to worry about viruses anymore.

Anyway w/ that many viruses on your machine, I'm guessing a re-format may be a little over your head technically!

piratePenguin · « **Reply #19 on:** 3 June 2006, 20:07 »

Or, if he doesn't want to shell out for a mac, he could install a GNU/Linux distribution like Ubuntu.

H_TeXMeX_H · « **Reply #20 on:** 4 June 2006, 06:26 »

Why throw away a perfectly good computer cuz it's got shit on it ... install Linux or BSD or whatever ... Macs suck anyway

Maybe try a live CD ... Ubuntu or something like that, here's a big list, I use it to look for new distros to try:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LiveCDs

Note that some of those BSD live CDs are rather worthless ... and if you don't like any of them, then shut up and take those viruses like a man !

pofnlice · « **Reply #21 on:** 4 June 2006, 10:57 »

I don't know how long ago you did this, but housecall is much better now. It's one of the top 3 online activex scans there is. It's made by trend micro and the website is;

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

It's also the only one I know of which allows anything other than IE5. Being as I use firefox, it's prefered by me.

I used it just a couple a days ago and did something stupid while it was running and had to reset everything to get it right.

If you really have problems I suggest http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/
they have sections for macs, linux and windows products. they helped me clean and disinfect my computer and bathroom floor!

there ya go. There forum is more like a chat room with topic turnaround times.

7031 · « **Reply #22 on:** 5 June 2006, 22:17 »

Quote from: piratePenguin

Some people just don't know the difference between "suck" and "soft". They confuse "software" for "suckware", and that's why they use Windows to power their machines.

Everybody knows that :p

I think that they confused it because they don't have halve a brain. Though, it is pretty funny having people come on these forums thinking that this is microsoft of something.

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