I was busy looking for something online tonight; nothing new there.
I am usually very careful about what I download and run on my system, and I have an up to date virus scanner that stops things from being downloaded. My little safety net.
In my hast to get something going, I downloaded a file and just ran it. I didn't really look at where it came from. POO!!!
It was a browser highjack. Not just any hijack but one that loaded with windows and kept adding things to my Hosts file. Needless to say, I was not pleased ant myself or at my problem.
Deep breath....Getting on the web was a bit of a problem, but I was able to locate a fix for the problem, after using my own knowledge and tools. This has happened at work and we've successful dealt with it. No luck, nothing was working. This was something new.
I was fortunate that someone else has had this problem and wrote a small application to clean it. This was my chance!! I hopped.
Download, run, reboot, error message, reboot again...Success!!
I'm back safe and sound.
So what have we learned?
Don't download files you aren't completely sure of.
Don't run files you aren't completely sure of.
Make sure your virus scanner is up to date.
Be familiar with a good internet search engine.
OK...I'm done
On another somewhat unrelated note. I ordered my new computer on Friday. I should have it in about a week!
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