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    AVG SHOULD have been ok'ed...it was probably updating! Anti-virus programs update all the time. You are infected because you DON'T have an active anti-virus program. Yes, WinPatrol would ask you...it is supposed to but AVG is SUPPOSED to have access, it cannot protect you unless it does.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jholland1964 View Post
    AVG SHOULD have been ok'ed...it was probably updating! Anti-virus programs update all the time. You are infected because you DON'T have an active anti-virus program. Yes, WinPatrol would ask you...it is supposed to but AVG is SUPPOSED to have access, it cannot protect you unless it does.


    Yeah, I realize I should have OK'd AVG... I KNOW they update quite frequently. Please calm down I'm not a noob. I've dealt with quite a few on my own before. Like I said though...I've read other posts (not on this site, but others) that this virus can add fake files that add the suffix of a currently-installed virus scanner on your computer (i.e. "sbsd/dsfgddgfdgdfg.dll" or whatever) so that you choose to allow them and/or ignore them when you're trying to fix the problem. And like I said...it was the ".dll" ending that scared me...usually when scotty asks if a certain program is OK, it's a clear-cut ".exe" that I'm fully familiar with.

    I know why I got infected. Like I said though, with 512 RAM, and other programs in use = sloooooow computer, 24/7 if I have an active scanner on (to the point where it's more of a nuissance than a suuuuper rare, once-every-3-or-4-years, super slow virus problem). Winpatrol has proven efficient for the minimal browsing I do, given it's minimal resource usage. And my brother usually never uses this computer, except for homework....(which, under the circumstances is also coincadentally why this happened, but shouldn't have, if he'd just listen to my advice and have a liiiittle patience).

    Anywho, I'm sorry. I just don't want you to think I know nothing about how to protect myself. I am the primary user of this computer. I use it 90% of the time, I'd say. My brother, the other 10%. And he raaaarely ever uses it for ANYTHING other than homework. It was just an assanine move by him - one unforeseeable by me. If I were doing what he was doing at the time he got it on here, I would have had a dozen defense programs running.

    Again, sorry to sound snippy. I just want you to know that I'm not a stupid idiot about this stuff.
    Thanks, hope you understand.

    Anywho... Alright, so what's my next course of action?

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