update: virus removal, old items

[Ken Poshedly <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net>]

To all,

First, thanks once more to all for the great suggestions on how to best get my 
daughter's laptop up and running after a major virus attack. After seriously 
considering all suggestions, I opted for physical removal of the hard drive from 
the laptop and scanning it using Norton Internet Security via usb cable from my 
desktop.

It turned out that drive removal was just too easy (loosen two screws, carefully 
lift away the protective plastic cover, slide the HD back about half an inch 
until it disengages from its connector port, then carefully lift the drive up 
and out). After running LiveUpdate on my desktop, I cabled the laptop HD to a 
usb port and set Norton to scan the drive. It took several hours, but the 
results were one instance of Trojan.FakeAV, an instance of Trojan.Pidief and two 
other instances of another "Malware . . " something or other.

I had Norton "fix" all threats, disconnected the HD from the desktop, 
reinstalled it in its laptop (cover and all) and powered up. Next to hearing my 
VW beetle engine start and run like new after completing various engine rebuilds 
so many years ago, there's almost nothing so satisfying as seeing the laptop 
boot successfully and cleanly with no more fake virus warnings and lockups.

I powered it down and there it stays until I install MacAfee on it tonight; as 
an AT&T customer, I can download and install the full version of MacAfee from 
AT&T for free that updates itself, etc.

15-year-old Yvette was really nice (and thankful) to me last night after she saw 
her terminal up and running cleanly before we shut it down pending the MacAfee 
installation tonight.

***********************************

Second, the FrameMaker package, the Win95 Operating System CD and the 
Win95 Office Suite CD's are now promised, but I still have those nice manuals 
described in my earlier e-mail.

Just let me know . . .

-- Kenpo in Atlanta
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