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Guys. Its been sorted out. Iv reinstalled windows with better partitions and a tighter security. Im definately gonna be more careful with removable media now days and browsing(Thanx G).
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Mike_J.M wrote:Guys. Its been sorted out. Iv reinstalled windows with better partitions
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browsing
Would this entail it being legal.....
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I bet a quarter of the users on this forum have some variation of the autorun.inf infection without even knowing it, I wouldn't be surprised if you do Jamin...then again I've been told you carry many A infection so I guess I should just assume it from the very beginning :wink:

Nah seriously, most decent AV's pickup the autorun worms pretty quickly and I cant say I've ever seen or heard of any malicious damage its caused, so for me personally, I don't consider it to be the biggest train smash to hit Windows...especially for a home user.

Lastly, if you're going to suggest formatting every time a minor infection like that is picked up on a system, you may as well suggest installing Linux afterwards
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ADV4NCED wrote:I bet a quarter of the users on this forum have some variation of the autorun.inf infection without even knowing it, I wouldn't be surprised if you do Jamin...then again I've been told you carry many A infection so I guess I should just assume it from the very beginning :wink:

Nah seriously, most decent AV's pickup the autorun worms pretty quickly and I cant say I've ever seen or heard of any malicious damage its caused, so for me personally, I don't consider it to be the biggest train smash to hit Windows...especially for a home user.

Lastly, if you're going to suggest formatting every time a minor infection like that is picked up on a system, you may as well suggest installing Linux afterwards
Actually the odds of jamin having hepatitis: autorun.inf..... :shock: I can safely say if he did OZ's porn surfing will increase ten fold when he formats....

Sigh....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm

Oh dear we have a case of hepatitis: Noob....
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ADV4NCED wrote:Lastly, if you're going to suggest formatting every time a minor infection like that is picked up on a system, you may as well suggest installing Linux afterwards
Please format your machine and install Linux.

It's attitudes like yours which annoy me with rear-end users

Hi can I copy derp.exe off your machine onto my flash drive?
*INSERT FLASH DRIVE*
!!!!!VIRUS!!!!!!
Oh that - it's nothing, I've had it on my PC forever and it hasn't hurt my machine.
Also, I am huge douche bag, so now you have it too.
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What once was a serious topic is now a agrument/debate
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Lol...

Your ability to solve problems and think intelligently is obviously ZERO if everything you comes across means one should format.

Grow up Jamin, read my post again, I never once said leave the worm where it is, I was just re-emphasizing that formatting for an AUTORUN infection is ridiculous...especially in his case where it wasn't causing any major corruption or destruction of any sorts

Haha time for a reality check big guy - its not me with the attitude, I was just stating my opinion which you obviously can't handle considering it differs from yours

Cry me a river, just do it elsewhere please
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Mike_J.M wrote:Guys. Its been sorted out. Iv reinstalled windows with better partitions and a tighter security. Im definately gonna be more careful with removable media now days and browsing(Thanx G).
And there we have it.

The end.
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The OP did format his machine thus ridding himself of the virus.

I do believe that means he values my opinion higher than yours, making me the winner of this thread.

And winners don't cry :P

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