conficker eye chart

Discussion in 'Software' started by horselady1964, Apr 13, 2009.

  1. horselady1964

    horselady1964 Private E-2

    I saw on the morning show about a conficker eye chart. Does anyone know a safe one to look at. They say u can look at it and tell if ur computer might be infected. All help is appreciated.
     
    horselady1964, Apr 13, 2009
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi


    This link http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/infection_test/cfeyechart.html and all the top boxes should look like this and your deemed as ok, but still would keep your antivirus applications upto date as well as Windows, if your windows is upto date then last October Microsoft did issue an update to curb this http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx

    http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/8623/49948116.jpg


    also a thread here on this http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=186374
     
    DavidGP, Apr 13, 2009
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  3. horselady1964

    horselady1964 Private E-2

    thank very much, whew, not infected. Do u know a good registry cleanup thats free? the one I got with pctools only repairs a portion then wants me to buy it. I have alot needs repairing according to it.
     
    horselady1964, Apr 13, 2009
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  4. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    Yes CCleaner and its quite safe one too, but registry cleaning is not always advisable, depends on the reason your wanting to clean the registry.
     
    DavidGP, Apr 13, 2009
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  5. sikvik

    sikvik Corporal Karma

    sikvik, Apr 13, 2009
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  6. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    No worries sikvik, its double the recomendation for this app now :)
     
    DavidGP, Apr 13, 2009
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  7. horselady1964

    horselady1964 Private E-2

    thanks. Well, the registry mechanic that came with my pctools antivirus program said i had like over 300 that needed immediate attention, it repaired or whatevr a few but then said i needed to purchase to finish it. Is that one safe to trust what it says? I don't want to screw anything up on my computer, (poor person hard to take to repair store).
     
    horselady1964, Apr 13, 2009
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  8. Kestrel13!

    Kestrel13! Super Malware Fighter - Major Dilemma Staff Member

    Don't bother with Registry Mechanic ;) Yet another vote for Ccleaner here too
     
    Kestrel13!, Apr 13, 2009
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  9. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member


    Yes its very safe on as it is not as aggressive as many registry cleaners, its also one I have used for years in cleaning up PCs and it does offer you the option of backing up what it deletes. Also when running the registry cleaner, it will find many things, but once cleaned run the tool again as it will then find the orphaned links to the ones just deleted, then run again until nothing shows.
     
    DavidGP, Apr 13, 2009
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  10. augiedoggie

    augiedoggie The Canadian Loon - LocoAugie (R.I.P. 2012)

    I hardly ever use a registry cleaner unless I'm having problems with remnants after an uninstall and a consequent reinstall of same said software keeps finding info that I don't want it to see. I don't try too many betas these days so it's pretty clean. Otherwise I don't care too much.
     
    augiedoggie, Apr 13, 2009
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  11. jconstan

    jconstan MajorGeek

    Totally agree. Folks can get into way more trouble removing things from the registry that they shouldn't.
     
    jconstan, Apr 13, 2009
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  12. horselady1964

    horselady1964 Private E-2

    thanks, are intel graphics controller and Realtek RTL 8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC BIOS. did a driver scan from this site and it said those need updated. Can I do that free? I think that realtek is my supply to my msn explorer and msnlivemessenger and why they won't work.
     
    horselady1964, Apr 13, 2009
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  13. Aimee Wilbury

    Aimee Wilbury Staff Sergeant

    You can find the drivers on the manufacturer's website. A quick google should bring it up for you. I'd only go with the manufacturer's sites, other ones might be dodgy.
     
    Aimee Wilbury, Apr 13, 2009
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