Someone deserves a slap
Jul. 30th, 2004 03:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lostcarparkMi sister turned up last night with the laptop she bought from a friend (Sony Vaio - fairly old model, but definitely a bargain for €100). She said that it was giving some trouble and would randomly shut down if she went online for a while, and doing a few other quirky things.
As soon as we powered it up, it started wanting to go online, which made me even more suspicious than I already was.
I checked for a virus checker. There was one. When was it last run? Sometime in 2002! When was it last updated? Never! Not good.
Installed a new virus checker and reboot. Reports three different vituses/trojans/worms attempting to run before bootup even finished. Run virus checker. Finds five different viruses infecting 24 files. All heal successfully.
Install AdAware and get rid of a few more things.
Install wireless LAN card and connect to internet. Run Windows update to download and install 54 patches and security updates.
Install Firefox and recommend avoiding insecure built-in browser.
Machine seems much happier now.
As soon as we powered it up, it started wanting to go online, which made me even more suspicious than I already was.
I checked for a virus checker. There was one. When was it last run? Sometime in 2002! When was it last updated? Never! Not good.
Installed a new virus checker and reboot. Reports three different vituses/trojans/worms attempting to run before bootup even finished. Run virus checker. Finds five different viruses infecting 24 files. All heal successfully.
Install AdAware and get rid of a few more things.
Install wireless LAN card and connect to internet. Run Windows update to download and install 54 patches and security updates.
Install Firefox and recommend avoiding insecure built-in browser.
Machine seems much happier now.
