Finally up and running!

Whew! I was up till 2:00am fixing that darn PC! I finally went to sleep around 2:30, then I woke up at 8:00 to get the Router configured. The whole problem of it all was, the setup CD was defective! So I called Netgear customer support; the lady was very helpful and was able to have me set up and ready to go in 10 minutes! Now I'm back to blogging on my laptop in my bedroom. WOO HOO!

I am however kind of glad that I didn't know that it was the CD right away. I ended up purchasing Norton Anti-Virus with Internet security protection. I'm glad I did! I had 6 bugs on my PC! One of them that continually bugged or interrupted daily PC usage was the Vundo Virus. That lil sucker was a horrible mess! It wouldn't allow me to access the task manager, registry and gave continuous pop ups among a myriad of other problems!

I was happy that Norton was able to remove it without my help at all. Couldn't do that with McAfee. I guess my co-worker knew what he was talking about! :D I wanted to post some information on the Vundo Virus here incase there are others who are experiencing the same difficulties. Read what I've found below;

Discovered: November 20, 2004
Updated: February 13, 2007 12:30:10 PM
Also Known As: Vundo [McAfee], Vundo.dldr [McAfee]
Type: Trojan Horse
Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
Trojan.Vundo is a component of an adware program that downloads and displays pop-up advertisements. It is known to be installed by visiting a Web site link contained in a spammed email. Note: Virus definitions released prior to November 20, 2004 may detect this threat as Adware.VirtuMonde.

Threat Assessment
Wild
Wild Level: Medium
Number of Infections: 50 - 999
Number of Sites: More than 10
Geographical Distribution: Medium
Threat Containment: Easy
Removal: Difficult
Damage
Damage Level: Medium
Distribution
Distribution Level: Low
Writeup By: John Park and Sergei Shevchenk

That little bug is pain in the butt! Constant pop ups made it unpleaseant to just check email on my PC. I even resorted to installing Firefox just so I wouldn't deal with those pop-ups. I'm just glad its fixed now. Watch out for this bug, it infects so easily if you don't have your firewall up and ready! I guess thats what I get for going a few months without virus protection software :).

- Nita


sources:
http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2004-112111-3912-99&tabid=1
http://www.norton.com