Hi, everyone...
I ran into a strange experience the other day on my computer.
It's been a few days, so I'm having a bit of trouble remembering the details!
The computer had been sitting idle for a while; logged in. I tried to use it, but nothing happened.
Tried to shut it down; but it did not complete the shut down (Windows XP SP3)
Came back to the sign-in screen, but my user name appeared missing. Not a good feeling, since mine was admin, and rest were users!
Tried to shut down again, then
Computer started making a noise, like laughter, or clucking; then a screen appeared briefly saying 'This computer is infected'
Then the computer shut down.
After this, it powered up normally, with my ID intact. Ran NIS 9, which found nothing.
Downloaded a virus checker from AVG technologies, and ran it, it found nothing.
I've just upgraded to NIS 10, and run a full system scan, which found nothing but a few tracking cookies.
Any ideas? I don't know if I can trust this computer!
Thanks,
Gerald