I think I am good, AVG has an anti-root kit feature, I just checked it; and it warned me that it blocked it(well, I hope it did block it since it did warned me :|).
I am also using Opera browser. If I had using MS IE, I think my chances of getting the root kit would go up, for reasons explained on my previous post.
> LHF is now clear of that virus .
> John , the details of the fix are within this thread .
> Ann Cantelow is the person who has fixed the problem ( cleaned out the bad code ) .
> FWIW, I do use IE8 ( along with Norton ), therefore I'll be monitoring my own computer for a while, to see if it's picked up this malware .
cheers <. EarlK
Cool, the problem is fixed. I no longer get that malware message.
BTW: I did make a backup of my registry and generated a new check point just in case I got infected.
...that's just yet another reason I bought my Mac.![]()

[QUOTE=Earl K;1826817]> LHF is now clear of that virus .
> John , the details of the fix are within this thread .
> Ann Cantelow is the person who has fixed the problem ( cleaned out the bad code ) .
> FWIW, I do use IE8 ( along with Norton ), therefore I'll be monitoring my own computer for a while, to see if it's picked up this malware .
cheers <. EarlK[/QUOTE
Thank You Earl !
FWIW I'm still using IE7 with McAfee Security Suite.I tried to update to IE 8,9,Firefox,Safari,Chrome, and none of them seem to run right all except IE7 my original browser that came with my HP Vista laptop .The one that worked the best and longest before issues arise was Firefox.But IE7 just seems to run with the least amount of problems by far on my Vista Home Premium SP2 machine.I'll be looking for a serious upgrade in the near future though as it is almost 5 years old.An eternity in the computing world.The Mac laptop is looking very nice !!!!
OK, I do an Avast! full scan every night that includes rootkits with nothing found, use up-to-date Firefox and yet to notice any odd behavior even though I still have the one tab open to the Altec library, but still haven't re-booted; so is it something I need to worry about when I do a re-boot and if so, then what? Or must I do something before I re-boot?
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