It's Always Something

The following is a review I wrote at CNET's Download.com chronicling my recent troubles with computer viruses:

I got a "PC Performance & Stability Analysis Report" virus a couple of days ago. It was extremely troublesome in that most desktop icons were hidden and start -> all programs showed empty. Had some help from Malwarebytes, but Combofix got me going.

Although Combofix was able to restore about 90% of my desktop startup icons, Quicken was still missing and my desktop background was black. It makes me wonder what else might be missing that I don't know about yet.

I've had viruses on three computers in the last month rendering them unusable. Malwarebytes worked on the first two, but this one was a tougher nut to crack. The first two instances I had to download the Malwarebytes on another computer via USB storage and open it as administrator (right click) to get it to run. Then had to do an update.

Combofix appears to be a powerful program as it cracked this 3rd tougher virus that Malwarebytes didn't fix completely. Someone claims Combofix is a virus (maybe a competitor). I hope they're wrong or lying, because I'm tired of this.

Labels: Computer, virus