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Other => Viruses and worms => Topic started by: pranaysharma94 on January 24, 2009, 01:39:42 PM

Title: bad Memories!
Post by: pranaysharma94 on January 24, 2009, 01:39:42 PM

My pc had been earlier infected with a win 32 bravix [drp]....and some win 32 pakes.......... after that my pc became wacky and strange popups started appearing.... i had my pc reformatted pls tell me how to avoid such viruses!!!!! :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ :'( :'(

Title: Re: bad Memories!
Post by: FreewheelinFrank on January 24, 2009, 01:48:06 PM

Check for out-of-date and insecure software and update, first and foremost:

Secunia Online Software Inspector (OSI) (http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/)
Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) (http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/)

Title: Re: bad Memories!
Post by: graveash on January 25, 2009, 09:46:36 PM

Are you currently running an active Firewall that provides outbound protection? If not there are a few decent free ones available.