Symptoms like a Trojan slow freeze
Hi Guys,
My PC had the most perculiar symptoms today, as if a Trojan had gained entry and glued the thing good style........... the mouse slowed up, became erratic, and pointed 20 seconds behind the movement.
C+A+D would not obey. Programmes would not open up and the PC had to be given a "hard" shut down.
Started in Safe Mode hours later. Forced a run on my AV software (NOD32 - best there is in my opinion) and it found nothing. Shut down, restart - the PC behaved as if nothing had happened.
Did a "Housecall" AV + Trojan check - clean
Did a "Microsoft" check - clean
Have ZA latest (free) edition running. Likewise ADAWARE.
I can only assume the PC had been having a bad day due overheating of CPU - two days of 29 centigrade type heat-soak and I must admit the "box" is not exactly well ventillated and I run it for hours and hours............. can anybody offer another explantion please?
I know I will probably get blasted, but I am not too keen to download every MS Security patch they offer - can the experts tell me please what ones I really should have?
System Information
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Time of this report: 7/12/2005, 22:46:45
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.40GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1024MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
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Very many thanks
TG