The Ghost in my computer....

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:19 pm

Ok this is pissing me off and I dont think its spyware, when ever I try to go forums when I stop typing for a few seconds it just starts typing by itself. Please help me! This was the last message.

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Anubis · Post by **Anubis** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:33 pm

I think you might have a Hacker, but i don't know. i'm not exactly an expert with computers.

But my mom is CONGRATULATIONS!! you have a virus. my mom had the same thing happen to her computer a while back. you really need to buy some anti-virus software. I got McAfee guarding my computer i recomend it. It also has some premo fire wall hacker protection.

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:40 pm

I have pandaware titanuim 06 which is the best in the market right now.
If it was a hacker, would they be trying to do more harmful stuff to my pc? all its doing is typing when I get on forums. I think someone is using my IP address or using my account.

Anubis · Post by **Anubis** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:14 am

dude it's a virus i asked my mom what it was and it's a virus. she knows computers she was a product manger at Novell (some software company) she knows what she's doing, if that pandaware titanuim 06 software has a virus scan you should use it immeadiatly.

Vuldari · Post by **Vuldari** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:52 am

Reminds me of the variation of the "Melissa" Virus my mothers PC got stuck with a few years back. Weird messages would plant themselves into any kind of text document.

I was so confused...

Some viruses are soo wierd.

Scott Gardener · Post by **Scott Gardener** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:12 pm

Actually, it sounds more like a Trojan horse program. Viruses work automatically, whereas this looks like there's someone actively interacting. Either way, you've got a serious security breech that needs to be patched now. You should stop reading, go to the nearest electronics store, and get a firewall and antivirus software by a reputable company--I'd recommend Zone Alarm Security Suite, but there's always Symantec, the industry favorite. Either way, shut down your computer now, to minimize its opportunity to do damage until the fix is done.

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:51 pm

It only does it like half the time. And I do have a firewall in place aswell as protection agients known and unknown attacks.

outwarddoodles · Post by **outwarddoodles** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:14 pm

Yes, I've had that happen to one of our computers a year or so back. I'm doubtful anyone has hacked into your computer, but that it's just some strange virus or spyware. I recomend just trying to flush your computer of all viruses, spyware, or defects with a special program. I'm sure some people here may know of some.

Searif · Post by **Searif** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 3:23 pm

I recently had a trojan activate in my computer so we went to get it fixed, 5 unknown viruses 300 spy-wear

good thing we got it when we did

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 5:07 pm

Whatever it is, it's time to flatten, and re-install.

white · Post by **white** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:22 am

Lupin wrote:Whatever it is, it's time to flatten, and re-install.

Agreed. If you can't fix it, and it's so demonstrably significant a thing, back up any data (DATA, not programs) you can't live without and reformat, reinstalling from scratch. Windows users should do this every year or two anyway.

Terastas · Post by **Terastas** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:03 pm

The problem with antivirus programs of any kind is that they need to be frequently updated as the hackers themselves update their viruses to counteract the new updates. If it's been a while since you've updated your protection, this would be a good indicator that it's time to do so.

Norton and McAfee are usually pretty good about preventing viruses from entering your system in the first place, but if you want to get rid of a virus quickly, I recommend CCleaner.