Fresh OS Install Suggestion

HoseB · SirTweaksabit Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 260

I was doing a fresh install of Win2000 last night, and I kept getting popups from Windows Messenger. At one point, the popup even said, "You've got a virus!. Go to such-and-such website and we'll help you get rid of it". (The install was ratty... had to do the video drivers a 3rd time. Other things didn't work just right either... thought I'd have to redo the install from scratch. When I finally got around to installing the AntiVirus program and cleaned out the virus, it appears to all be working well now.)

Considering I hadn't been online with anybody except Dell for a driver and MS for updates, I got the feeling the sender of that message also fouled my system. Pretty neat, eh? Send you a virus to hose your rig, then tell you, "for a fee, we'll tell you how to unhose it". What a crock!

So, my suggestion.... If you're doing a fresh install, make it a point to disable Windows Messenger Service before you first go online.

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JayDubya · Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 7:35 pm Post subject:

sounds like that messenger popup was a scam at the start and that someone may have wanted you to download a virus or even a trojan from them. never trust IM popups
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[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

did you format first?
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HoseB · SirTweaksabit Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 260

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

be sure to disable remote registry tools as well
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