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Sorry about title of posting. It was relevant.
A very invasive program, became embedded on system.
I knew it was a rogue application.
Definitely not legitimate.
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The culprit titled itself, as " System security ver 5.49". Or something like that.
I am not the only one.
Lots of people have been inconvenienced.
It's a thorough menace. :wall:
Tried all the usual procedures. Reconfigure registry, plus a few other tactics.
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But no success.
It eventually takes over system. :shock:
Keeps on popping up, with an audible beep.
Where is my fly swat? :lol:
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I can usually format drive C:, with dos command of FORMAT C:
Have done this in the past.
Then i insert recovery disk, plus shut down.
Upon re-boot, i install system with recovery disk.
Not this time, because of rogue software.
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Could not do my usual " command line " format.
This rogue application interfered with that.
I was getting up a sweat. :censor: :cuss: :wall:
Had to reformat, with my system recovery disk.
Insert disk and power off.
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Power up lappy and enter, the " Boot menu sequence".
I did not select ' hard drive ' boot up.
The ' Lan' choice was ignored.
" FDD" for floppy drive also.
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I selected boot up from " CD/DVD". But i had ,external floppy drive connected.
This is because, just in case system files ,need to be initially transferred.
Upon powering up, my floppy diskette ,XP system files loaded first.
Some people possibly dont do this.
It is just, a procedure i am comfy with.
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Then my restore disk DVD/CD , was in operational mode.
I usully do a quick format, plus re-install if there are no glitches.
But this time i chose the, "Long cruise Format".
Yes, it's like going for a long distance drive.
That rogue application interfering, had me severely paranoid.
_**_________________
On < Erase the hard disk>, i chose the longer option.
It had a message, that depending on size of drive, the process will take several hours. :shock: :lol: :lol:
I should have driven to Melbourne and back.
So i chose the long duty format.
_________________________#
That is the one which, includes " Overwriting all sectors".
My hard drive is 93.1Gb.
So overall it took, 9 Hours and 11 Minutes to format my drive.
:lol: :lol: :hyst: :beer: :shock: :hyst: :hyst:
In that time i consumed supper.
_#_____________________
Watched a bit of T.V.
Then i had a sleep for a while. :lol:
9 Hours 11 Minutes to format drive. SENSATIONAL! :lol: :hyst: :shock:
Then i powered off.
_____________________________*
Upon reboot the recovery disk, began install of XP system.
At least the install is a lot quicker.
**
A very invasive program, became embedded on system.
I knew it was a rogue application.
Definitely not legitimate.
______________________________________________________*
The culprit titled itself, as " System security ver 5.49". Or something like that.
I am not the only one.
Lots of people have been inconvenienced.
It's a thorough menace. :wall:
Tried all the usual procedures. Reconfigure registry, plus a few other tactics.
__*________________________
But no success.
It eventually takes over system. :shock:
Keeps on popping up, with an audible beep.
Where is my fly swat? :lol:
_________________*
I can usually format drive C:, with dos command of FORMAT C:
Have done this in the past.
Then i insert recovery disk, plus shut down.
Upon re-boot, i install system with recovery disk.
Not this time, because of rogue software.
__*
Could not do my usual " command line " format.
This rogue application interfered with that.
I was getting up a sweat. :censor: :cuss: :wall:
Had to reformat, with my system recovery disk.
Insert disk and power off.
_______________________*
Power up lappy and enter, the " Boot menu sequence".
I did not select ' hard drive ' boot up.
The ' Lan' choice was ignored.
" FDD" for floppy drive also.
_*__________________
I selected boot up from " CD/DVD". But i had ,external floppy drive connected.
This is because, just in case system files ,need to be initially transferred.
Upon powering up, my floppy diskette ,XP system files loaded first.
Some people possibly dont do this.
It is just, a procedure i am comfy with.
______________#
Then my restore disk DVD/CD , was in operational mode.
I usully do a quick format, plus re-install if there are no glitches.
But this time i chose the, "Long cruise Format".
Yes, it's like going for a long distance drive.
That rogue application interfering, had me severely paranoid.
_**_________________
On < Erase the hard disk>, i chose the longer option.
It had a message, that depending on size of drive, the process will take several hours. :shock: :lol: :lol:
I should have driven to Melbourne and back.
So i chose the long duty format.
_________________________#
That is the one which, includes " Overwriting all sectors".
My hard drive is 93.1Gb.
So overall it took, 9 Hours and 11 Minutes to format my drive.
In that time i consumed supper.
_#_____________________
Watched a bit of T.V.
Then i had a sleep for a while. :lol:
9 Hours 11 Minutes to format drive. SENSATIONAL! :lol: :hyst: :shock:
Then i powered off.
_____________________________*
Upon reboot the recovery disk, began install of XP system.
At least the install is a lot quicker.
**