Over the Weekend i had to fix a client’s web problem as it seemed to be Hacked. Little did i realise that the Browser based thing i was handle , was pumping viruses into my Laptop. Somehow my Symantec Corporate Ed. Didnt notice it. The next thing i realised is …
- My Laptop is dead slow
- I cant send any email
- My FTP connections are stuck
So i ran an online check at www.eset.com . it caught some immediate trojans… while my Symantec AV .. just stood at the corner. So friday i spent trying to see if i could clean up the laptop. My Laptop is my main core of work, business, communication with my companies in Goa, and my clients around the world. So causing a downtime on it , would bring me down totally ! … So i wasted loads of valuable time to fix it. ….
Saturday… Symantec woke up and started catching viruses like Bloodhound etc … Then i had realised , somehow the previous trojan opened a backdoor, to let in more viruses. So i tried to uninstall Symantec… but XP wouldnt allow me. So i had to face it….. i had to do the inevitable…. FORMAT THE WHOLE THING!!!
Now formating means, rebacking it up, reinstalling , restoring ,, and so on!!! … i got like loads of stuff, Documents, clients data, personal stuff, emails dated 1995 …. and so on!!! so i started the whole thing on saturday afternoon and its almost up now …. basically a 2 day downtime with no work …! sad…!!!!
The only good thing i got out of this is, i managed to upgrade the laptop hard drive to 250 GB … from 160…! and also i changed my AV to Eset NOD32 business.
Hmmm, I can imagine your case. Do is this new AV which you have installed is good ?
Symantec is a joke. The only way to uninstall it is to go to their website and download a removal tool. I recommend you stick to Nod32.
Prasad : Yes its great ,,, extremely Light on the CPU and Memory … i noticed it seems to update many times in the day … feels good, to be protected with latest viruses.
3baid : Trust me , i learnt my lesson!
oh I hate it when it happens, then I have to spend a few days remembering all the plugins i had installed for my programs ! I switched from Symantec to AVG but thinking of shifting to Nod.
I allways hate to reformat. It takes too much time to watch and babysit. It fails to keep me entertained. But, it does feel good to have a new, clean, fresh slate to work with.