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Nope. Doesn't work. I'll take it to the shop tomorrow. Thanks anyway.
Sheri
Thu Jul 9 17:38:29 2009

Thanks for the trouble, Nigel. It seems that there is some progress now. McAfee succeeds in sending them to quarantine. From there I can delete them. Fingers crossed. (But why the hell Spybot wouldn't work?! I uninstalled it twice and replaced it with the new version. Same problem. Wouldn't boot up (if that's the right term).
Sheri
Thu Jul 9 15:58:57 2009

Sheri - Or maybe _ http://www.pcthreat.com/parasitebyid-6533en.html

Both links seem to offer hope. The second one a specific removal route. However there seems to be several versions of FakeAlert.*

I don't recommend dowloading just any removal tool - a Norton or McAfee or AVG one would be best and most trusted. I like the manual file-removal route using an external boot drive etc.
Nigel
Thu Jul 9 15:37:44 2009

Sheri - http://forums.mcafeehelp.com/showthread.php?t=214335
Nigel
Thu Jul 9 15:13:22 2009

A boot CD? Errr. It's already too complicated for me. Christelle should be back soon. She's smarter than I am for those things. I'll tell you more about it.
Sheri
Thu Jul 9 15:00:40 2009

What if I threaten my computer with a baseball bat? D'think it'be be more cooperative? Woudn't even allow me to "restore" it to an earlier date.
Sheri
Thu Jul 9 14:56:35 2009

Sheri - Can your laptop burn a boot CD? Did you make a boot disk restore disk when you installed the virus checker? If so boot from that (change BIOS setting if necessary) If memory serves me correctly you can scan from the boot disk to remove any infections. Also you can build a boot disk with SpyBot or AdAware on it too...
Nigel
Thu Jul 9 14:52:52 2009

Using my laptop for the time being.
Sheri
Thu Jul 9 14:47:20 2009

Hi Nigel. I've got Mc Affee: it detects 4 Fakealert spywares but cannot delete them. As for spybot, it won't start for some reason. Both have been updated yesterday though. Apparently I infected my pc via my memory stick. Used a non protected (or not fully protected) computer at work.
Sheri
Thu Jul 9 14:45:56 2009

Sheri - update virus checker if it allows. If not run it anyway - also try SpyBot. They should clean it. As you can get to the Maison web-site, try Norton/AVG etc web-sites, if they're not blocked, for specifics...
Nigel
Thu Jul 9 14:37:37 2009

'Lo everyone. Fakealert - I suppose it rings a bell to most of you. My system got infected. How do I get rid of this shit?
Sheri
Thu Jul 9 13:40:54 2009

Well say hi to Tim and do not bring him to eat Quorn (you know it has been banned by the "save the animals" associations now), I suggest the libanese restaurant where we went together, or if everything fails, MacDonalds...
lox
Thu Jul 9 12:49:32 2009

Thanks for the offer, but it would probably smell of Quorn.
Dsp
Thu Jul 9 08:54:37 2009

I can bring in a spare if you can manage without until lunchtime... :)
John
Thu Jul 9 08:28:13 2009

I can confirm that rumour. Just trying to find the finishing pieces of my suit. i.e. a black sock.
dsp
Thu Jul 9 08:23:02 2009

Tim is apparently in London today, and hopefully going to come to my office for lunch...
John
Thu Jul 9 08:20:26 2009

Now in Munich waiting for the next flight to Florence.... I am knackered!
Lox
Sat Jul 4 16:37:15 2009

would YOU mind...
Sheri
Fri Jul 3 15:05:12 2009

Say, Nigel, would mind correcting my English as I write my stuff on Roman and Greek ancients ? Would you be able to devote some of your time to it. Doesn't require much. Just need to know if the syntax is correct.
Sheri
Fri Jul 3 14:44:11 2009

Kev: Excellent find!! :-D As it happens I also own the book from the site http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/

Marvellous!!! :-D
Nigel
Wed Jul 1 19:11:59 2009

Toast - http://www.toastfun.com/ - for those of you in twitter-land
Kev
Wed Jul 1 17:24:34 2009

toast
Kev
Wed Jul 1 17:22:29 2009

I think it's better. People waffle all the time. Best not to.
Rob Lang
Wed Jul 1 15:59:49 2009

Sheri - there's no committment or cost, it's just a more modern way to communicate. I was skeptical at first having tried a few "social networking" sites. You can choose who you talk to and who follows your chat. It's reachable through a lot more devices and there's free pic hosting and vid hosting through twitpic and twitvid.
Nigel
Wed Jul 1 15:54:54 2009

Sheri: I do not like Twitter, it's a sort of real time sms thingy that has a meaning if you also have a connection with you all the time... Unfortunately I do not have it so I do not use it all that much... The limit to the characters that you can use is 140, so it's really to communicate very short sentences and states of mind.
Lox
Wed Jul 1 15:12:05 2009

like Brookes' cartoon about Irak: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/cartoon/
Sheri
Wed Jul 1 11:23:12 2009

Pleaaaaase, what's so special about Twitter?! What does it make? And use simple words for a simple mind!
Sheri
Wed Jul 1 11:21:45 2009