Class Action Lawsuit, Anyone

Elspode · 02-15-2004, 12:43 AM

I have finally finished fixing the disaster...over 24 hours after I started, and I worked on it for (no exaggeration) 16 of those 24 hours.

We purchased a product called Pest Patrol, specifically because it stated it would remove the aforementioned Favoriteman, which it did...along with *88* other malware/spyware entries in various locations of her system.

After all that was done, we discovered that her Winsock was corrupted. Unfortunately, I didn't know what that was all about until I spent another slug of hours doing everything I could think of, including swapping CAT 5 cables, rebooting the router, uninstalling the network card, replacing the network card, and FINALLY...deleting her Winsock Registry entries and importing the ones off of my system, per a clue I found online.

Now, the damn thing needs a good scandisk and defrag...and I need a fifth of bourbon.

02-15-2004, 12:43 AM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I have finally finished fixing the disaster...over 24 hours after I started, and I worked on it for (no exaggeration) 16 of those 24 hours. We purchased a product called Pest Patrol, specifically because it stated it would remove the aforementioned Favoriteman, which it did...along with 88 other malware/spyware entries in various locations of her system. After all that was done, we discovered that her Winsock was corrupted. Unfortunately, I didn't know what that was all about until I spent another slug of hours doing everything I could think of, including swapping CAT 5 cables, rebooting the router, uninstalling the network card, replacing the network card, and FINALLY...deleting her Winsock Registry entries and importing the ones off of my system, per a clue I found online. Now, the damn thing needs a good scandisk and defrag...and I need a fifth of bourbon. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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