Barry, thank you for the advice! Questions (you knew you wouldn't get off scott free, didn't you? :) 1. When you say "erase Windows and start again from scratch", does this affect anything else? Do I have to backup all my files, documents, anything? 2. Louise suggested turning off the Systems Restore and then rebooting--does that work, should I do that also? (BTW, does this list have a webpage with all of these things that probably drive you nuts repeating are located? I thought there was, but darned if I can find where I stashed that info). McAfee told my husband that this trojan would only be acquired by clicking on something and allowing a registry change. However, the only things that I can think of that were out of the ordinary were that I tried www.bing.com (microsoft's search); www.pandora.com (a music /radio site, which I believe is very popular--anyone know if this is bad? I couldn't find anything bad about it on the net, but I do recall something that seemed to be downloading as soon as I went there???); and I got one of those emails that said, "click here for pictures of me" -- I did Not click on anything, I did not open the letter, but I did click on it in the preview screen, which according to the McAfee guy would not be enough to set it off. We use McAfee virus scan and firewall; Spybot; and the Microsoft security stuff is also installed. Not so good? Thanks for your help! Nancy

I say again... There is a cleaner for this called gmer.exe. You can read about it, see what to expect and download it from here. Give it a try. Let us know if it cleaned it. PLEASE. http://www.gmer.net/#faq Scroll just a bit down to the Download EXE button. Barry wrote: > Hello Nancy, > > Monday, June 8, 2009, 7:20:04 PM, you wrote: > > NT> My husband talked a McAfee guy who says it must be removed by a > NT> professional. Does anyone know of a way to this on our own, or is > NT> this true that we have to hire someone? > > There are free root kit removal programs you can download and > hopefully one of these will do the trick but if not then the best way > forward would be to erase Windows and start again from scratch - when > a root kit gets its hooks into a PC then it can be impossible to be > 100% sure you've got it all cleaned out. The nature of a root kit is > that it's very good at hiding itself :-( > > BTW - if you've been hit with one of these then whatever protection > you were using has let you down badly so I'd also be looking for > something a lot better !!! > >

Go on over to http://www.geekstogo.com/ You can get all kinds of help there for free Courtney sitnah@cox.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy & Ted" <hootmon2@earthlink.net> > My computer was acting up, so hubby did all the scans and it found a > trojan > virus in two files. It is: > Generic RootKit.f!rootkit > > The two files are: > C:\windows\system32\drivers\e1776fcb.sys > and > SSDT-HOOK > > They have been quarantined, but not removed, and each time we reboot, we > have to quarantine them again after going through all of the scans. > > My husband talked a McAfee guy who says it must be removed by a > professional. Does anyone know of a way to this on our own, or is this > true > that we have to hire someone? > > Nancy > > >

My computer was acting up, so hubby did all the scans and it found a trojan virus in two files. It is: Generic RootKit.f!rootkit The two files are: C:\windows\system32\drivers\e1776fcb.sys and SSDT-HOOK They have been quarantined, but not removed, and each time we reboot, we have to quarantine them again after going through all of the scans. My husband talked a McAfee guy who says it must be removed by a professional. Does anyone know of a way to this on our own, or is this true that we have to hire someone? Nancy

The last time I had this happen, I had a rootkit virus. There is a cleaner for this called gmer.exe. You can read about it, see what to expect and download it from here http://www.gmer.net/#faq Scroll just a bit down to the Download EXE button. Nancy & Ted wrote: > My computer was acting up, so hubby did all the scans and it found a trojan > virus in two files. It is: > Generic RootKit.f!rootkit > > The two files are: > C:\windows\system32\drivers\e1776fcb.sys > and > SSDT-HOOK > > They have been quarantined, but not removed, and each time we reboot, we > have to quarantine them again after going through all of the scans. > > My husband talked a McAfee guy who says it must be removed by a > professional. Does anyone know of a way to this on our own, or is this true > that we have to hire someone? > > Nancy > > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

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On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Barry <barry@yobunny.co.uk> wrote: > Hello RickandRana, Usually clicking on an e-mail link will open up the default e-mail program, which appears to be G-Mail on your system so have you signed up for a G-Mail account ? If you sign in you should find a new e-mail with that address already input for you to create the request. Reply: Barry, just recently I did set up a gmail account for my granddaughter. I will today follow this procedure to see how it will work for me. You can always Right Click on an e-mail link and then select 'Copy Address' then start your normal e-mail program and paste the address into the address bar on a new mail. Little more convoluted but easy enough once you get used to it :-) Reply: Thanks again, Barry. I did not (obviously) know of this method. I will try it, too, today, to familiarize myself with the way it will work. I am appreciative of your time and help. Rana > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello RickandRana, Saturday, June 6, 2009, 3:31:08 PM, you wrote: R> When I am on a web site, any web site, and there is posted an email R> address for further information; to order an item, etc., I am R> immediately sent to gmail. The gmail site I am referred to has no R> address on it, just the normal log-in information. Usually clicking on an e-mail link will open up the default e-mail program, which appears to be G-Mail on your system so have you signed up for a G-Mail account ? If you sign in you should find a new e-mail with that address already input for you to create the request. You can always Right Click on an e-mail link and then select 'Copy Address' then start your normal e-mail program and paste the address into the address bar on a new mail. Little more convoluted but easy enough once you get used to it :-) -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty'

Thanks to those out there for your information re above, I have found it will transfer perfectly direct from the camcorder to the TV, no shudder, so I am in busines. Thanks again. Ron C. West Oz

I hope my subject line adequately expresses my problem. When I am on a web site, any web site, and there is posted an email address for further information; to order an item, etc., I am immediately sent to gmail. The gmail site I am referred to has no address on it, just the normal log-in information. How do I get back to the place I used to be whereby I could click on the web page's posted email address and arrive at the sought destination? I use Mozilla most of the time with IE tabs; rarely do I use IE excepting the tabs on Mozilla. I use those tabs only because some research sites require IE. Windows XPpro. SP2 I sincerely hope some knowledgeable person will be able to help with this problem. TIA Rana

G'Day Ron I'm certainly no expert in this matter, but I too have had the same problem with home movies my son gave me mainly with .AVI extensions. (I see you live in Australia) I get the pcuser magazine where Darren Yates wrote an excellent piece of software PCUser DVD HD 2009 that converts all these movie into movies usable on the DVD player. I spent many hours converting all my movies successfully. That until until my son told me to go out and buy the cheapest DVD player I could find out of China and it will play all the movies he gave me. I went to Tandies\Dick Smiths & got a PALSONIC DVD2040 for $52 & bingo no more converting movies, I don't no how long this DVD play will last but it dose come with a years warranty so what the heck. Hope this helps Arthur South Oz 2009/5/28 Ron Chandler <maron@bigpond.net.au> > Hi to you all out there, can somebody help me, I have just bought a small > HD-DV camcorder which records and plays back OK on the camera itself but > when I transfer the film to the computer the playback on the computer is not > smooth flowing, the sound is OK but the film flows in a series of small > jumps. Any idears? With Thanks, Ron C. West Oz > > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

All DVD players are not created equal, especially if it's an older one. We have 3 of them, two will play .jpg pictures, one will not. But it will pay a disk that has a .dvd file on it. Check the owners manual to see what it will play (sometimes it's shown on the front of the DVD player also) So it depends on what format the files on the disk are in. For instance, we have a back up disk that just has the actual .jpg files on it. That will play on two of our DVD machines. The other one won't play pictures unless the pictures were made into a slide show type of thing, meaning a xxx.dvd file on the disk What program are you using to make them ? Courtney sitnah@cox.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bette" <bettedeal123@btinternet.com> I manage to transfer photographs to the discs and I can play them on my computer BUT they will not play on my DVD Recorder/TV. I know that if it is a CD I have to Finalize the disc bujt on DVD`s I do not have to. But either way - they will not play on TV. I am on Wndows Vista. Help please. Bette

Hello Bette, Friday, May 29, 2009, 3:14:58 PM, you wrote: B> I manage to transfer photographs to the discs and I can play them B> on my computer BUT they will not play on my DVD Recorder/TV. You have to record in a format that the TV will understand and that means reading the manual for the TV to find out what it will accept. Also some TV drives will not work well with some makes of DVD disc, and the old 'dust on the lens' issue can prevent it from reading a home recorded DVD so it's worth getting a lens cleaner disc and running it on the TV drive. -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 4.0 Home Edition Premium

Hello Ron, Thursday, May 28, 2009, 8:38:39 AM, you wrote: RC> I have just bought a small HD-DV camcorder which records and plays RC> back OK on the camera itself but when I transfer the film to the RC> computer the playback on the computer is not smooth flowing, the RC> sound is OK but the film flows in a series of small jumps. Stuttering like this can be due to the PC not having enough 'Oomph' to play movies or a sign that the Hard Drive is badly fragmented so it cannot refill the playback buffer fast enough. Also some Anti-Virus programs can be a bit over-zealous and take too long scanning the movie file as it's been accessed. Turning off real time scanning will verify this but it's not a good idea to leave it off so treat this as only a 'test' to see if that's the issue. Some specifications of your PC might help, i.e. CPU speed, RAM, HD free space etc. I went through the posts from you but apart from picking up that you use WinXP there doesn't seem to be that other information. BTW - when you say playback on the PC have you copied the movie to the PC from the camcorder or does it use a DVD for saving and you are playing from that on the PC ? -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 4.0 Home Edition Premium

I manage to transfer photographs to the discs and I can play them on my computer BUT they will not play on my DVD Recorder/TV.  I know that if it is a CD I have to Finalize the disc bujt on DVD`s I do not have to.  But either way - they will not play on TV.  I am on Wndows Vista.   Help please.   Bette    

Please answer to the list. I would very much like the answer also. I try to send DVDs to my brother (he has no computer but his TV plays DVDs). He cannot play the ones I send him on the TV. Floreda -----Original Message----- From: senior-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:senior-newbie-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bette Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 10:15 AM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE@rootsweb.com Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] Photographs on to CD/DVD`s I manage to transfer photographs to the discs and I can play them on my computer BUT they will not play on my DVD Recorder/TV. I know that if it is a CD I have to Finalize the disc bujt on DVD`s I do not have to. But either way - they will not play on TV. I am on Wndows Vista. Help please. Bette ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi to you all out there, can somebody help me, I have just bought a small HD-DV camcorder which records and plays back OK on the camera itself but when I transfer the film to the computer the playback on the computer is not smooth flowing, the sound is OK but the film flows in a series of small jumps. Any idears? With Thanks, Ron C. West Oz

In a message dated 5/25/2009 7:29:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mullinsj@mailbag.com writes: > Many of us use a free program called CCleaner...works great > and I have never, not ever, had a virus, worm or other > related problem. Jayne-- I have the CCleaner program but apparently I don't know how to use it. It just looks like a list of things on my computer, most of which I have no idea of what they are. Then I have to delete the ones I THINK may be bad? That is very scary to me. Thanks for any insight in how to use this.

Nancy, Many of us use a free program called CCleaner...works great and I have never, not ever, had a virus, worm or other related problem. In fact, recently at work we had a new 'server' installed and when they were going around to each person's computer setting it up the IT person told me I had the 'cleanest' computer in the company. I looked at him and said one word: "CCleaner". He got a big smile and said - "Smart". Depending on what you are already using, if you haven't had trouble you don't necessarily have to install anything else. But an antivirus program is a must - I use AVAST which is also free and runs in the 'tray' at the bottom of the monitor screen. It is very handy and is working all the time defending my computer from any nastiness out there in cyberspace. Links for both are http://www.ccleaner.com/download (choose the free download route) and also http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html Good luck - and for those in the US....have a safe and good holiday. Buckle up. Jayne Madison, WI ----- Original Message ----- From: Doris Nancy, if that radio show was The Steve & Johnny show on WGN Talk Radio Chicago, then you can trust it. Doris in NW IL ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy & Ted Hi All, Does anyone know about it? www.mycleanpc.com Nancy

Nancy, if that radio show was The Steve & Johnny show on WGN Talk Radio Chicago, then you can trust it. Doris in NW IL ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy & Ted To: senior-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 2:56 PM Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] My Clean PC .com Hi All, I checked the archives to see if this has ever been mentioned before, and didn't find anything. A radio show in my area recommended this site, says it finds things beyond what your spam detectors, virus programs, etc., can do. McAfee advisor says it is okay, but I am leery of it without more advice. Does anyone know about it? www.mycleanpc.com Nancy ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message