Trevor (& Sphinx)

This is the very first time I am going to be on the opposing side to Sphinx and, as she guessed, I totally disagree with her assessment.

First of all, to get rid of this virus try starting your PC in “safe mode”, this will stop the virus from loading into your PC’s memory, where it hides, and re-infecting your PC when you reboot. Then you should be able to delete it with your AV app or Spybot.

As for Sphinx’s “less is more” policy it is only effective if your protective apps clash or if you try to use two or more of the same types, i.e. anti-virus or firewalls, the exception to this rule is anti-spyware apps, you can quite happily run two or more of these without problems, I run three. However, since I use more protective apps than you do, eight at my last count, I can quite honestly say that they co-exist quite happily together without me having to constantly make adjustments.




UK Bob

PS: I will be looking into "Malwarewipe" in the new year.