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I have learned a lesson- the hard way

by Jeremy Gatica
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currently, I just got finished fightin a battle with some nasty viruses and keyloggers. I use AVG internet security and whatever it was that I had took me a total of 4 days to get rid of.

the hardest part for me was to back up my files, of which i normally do at least twice a month. this time though I had limited storage to back everythin gup and in the process, I lost 75% percent of everything I had on my pc.

the good thing? I saved my clients files and will hopefully be back online and ready to continue by the end of the week.

I have ABSOLUTELY no idea where these viruses and keyloggers etc. came from.

but please be certain that you have eveything backedup in case of something happening to your pc. I have had to do a lot of password changing and tracking down of registration info for various programs that I use fairly regularly.

For anyone that has been waiting on me for projects, I am doing the best I can to be back online by the end of the week.

My time is up at this library so hopefully I can be back to normal soon!

Jeremy
#hard #learned #lesson
  • Profile picture of the author sparrow
    Wow does this sound familiar I just when through the whole process myself

    I had to reformat my whole C drive in order to clean my operating system and start from scratch

    I had to use several virus packages to find the vilian, if your still having problems run some of the other packages out there, I am finally rid of what took over

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    • Profile picture of the author Sean A McAlister
      Same thing happened here a few weeks back. One of the downfalls of this business
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  • Profile picture of the author Bob Monie
    I had some nasty viruses but system restore has always saved the day. Did you try that? Takes your computer back in time when it last had a safe configuration, 2 days, 2 weeks, how ever long.

    Its in Start, accessories, system tools, system recovery.

    Everyone else should make sure its turned on and enabled. You will be very thankfull if you ever need it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Scott Ames
    Agreed.. what a mess.

    I used to have an external drive that I would backup everything on. The problem was I had to either automate it or remember to do it.

    Recently I started using an online backup service ( Carbonite ) and I love it. There are others as well, but this one allows me "set it and forget it" for $50 a year. It automatically backs up new files and you get tell it what you wish backed up and what you don't want backed up. I have a 400 gig hard drive and I could back up everything on it if I wanted. There is no limit.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jesus Perez
    As a designer, I use Mozy to keep everything backed up. So far it's been great.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Gatica
      Well I feel Safe enough now to update my pc, the funny thing is (at least to me) is windows update I have 127 updates to install, but at least I have a semi working internet connection now. thanks to my neighbor letting me use his wireless network connection.

      I do have avg internet security, and will be using other measures form now on to protect my pc. (of course getting a new pc may be more useful if I can talk the missus into it!)

      I can't seem to get my sound working though. I think I need drivers for multmedia devices? any suggestions?


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