Virus on Windows ME

Hi guys,

Any help to get rid of the "actualice" virus on my Windows ME is appreciated. It slows down my computer, closes my IE as soon as it is open, and has disabled the save function on my computer (like I cannot save anything on floppy and CD)

I installed the Norton AV 2004, but it would not open after installation. I had to restart the computer (with the NAV disc in the drive) to let Norton perform an emergency test and scan.

Amazingly, the scan found no infected files. The only good it did was it turned all the desktop icons (which had looked blurred and incomplete) back to norma looking icons. And the computer was a little faster too.

Any help? I'm pretty damn sure that my compuer is still virused.

Thanks,
Steve

g-w
Thu Jun 10 16:34:48 CDT 2004

SY wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Any help to get rid of the "actualice" virus on my Windows ME is appreciated. It slows down my computer, closes my IE as soon as it is open, and has disabled the save function on my computer (like I cannot save anything on floppy and CD)
>
> I installed the Norton AV 2004, but it would not open after installation. I had to restart the computer (with the NAV disc in the drive) to let Norton perform an emergency test and scan.
>
> Amazingly, the scan found no infected files. The only good it did was it turned all the desktop icons (which had looked blurred and incomplete) back to norma looking icons. And the computer was a little faster too.
>
> Any help? I'm pretty damn sure that my compuer is still virused.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>

And you updated the AV definitions and reran the scan? Or if the
slowness is when you are on the Internet it indicates spyware/adware
using so many CPU cycles it slows the computer. AV products do not work
on spyware/adware, you need the free Sbybot or the free Adaware.

g-w

SY
Thu Jun 10 16:58:02 CDT 2004

Thank you for the reminder. I will do the live update tonight and run the scan again. Hopefully, it will catch something ...

"g-w" wrote:

> SY wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > Any help to get rid of the "actualice" virus on my Windows ME is appreciated. It slows down my computer, closes my IE as soon as it is open, and has disabled the save function on my computer (like I cannot save anything on floppy and CD)
> >
> > I installed the Norton AV 2004, but it would not open after installation. I had to restart the computer (with the NAV disc in the drive) to let Norton perform an emergency test and scan.
> >
> > Amazingly, the scan found no infected files. The only good it did was it turned all the desktop icons (which had looked blurred and incomplete) back to norma looking icons. And the computer was a little faster too.
> >
> > Any help? I'm pretty damn sure that my compuer is still virused.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> >
>
> And you updated the AV definitions and reran the scan? Or if the
> slowness is when you are on the Internet it indicates spyware/adware
> using so many CPU cycles it slows the computer. AV products do not work
> on spyware/adware, you need the free Sbybot or the free Adaware.
>
> g-w
>