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Stratmando
Jul 28, 2007, 06:11 AM
I received a greeting card from "American Greeting Card" I suspected it was bull, but like an idiot, I opened it.

Should have seen the signs, Any Ideas how to get rid of or get speed back. Thanks.
Don't go to this link, Any Ideas how to deal with this:
76.182.214.230/?6019a1823497b969c2b1c85d. Is there anything I can do?

NeedKarma
Aug 2, 2007, 05:39 AM
Get a good anti-virus program, make sure it's updated, run it in safe Mode.

retsoksirhc
Aug 8, 2007, 09:02 PM
I actually read about this one this afternoon...

It's a rapidly spreading worm
Storm Worm's virulence may change tactics - Network World (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/080207-black-hat-storm-worms-virulence.html)

Most likely a biproduct of the Storm Worm

"Known as Friends Greeting or worm_friendgrt.B", according to PC World

PC World - Friendly Greeting Hides Worm (http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,106815-page,1/article.html) has instructions on removal, but I don't know if that will help... seems to me that a worm wouldn't uninstall that easily.

I do agree with NeedKarma. A good antivirus with updates, run a full system scan in safe mode, should take care of it. If you don't have an antivirus, I'd recommend AVG, by Grisoft. It's free.

Stratmando
Aug 9, 2007, 06:57 AM
Retsoksirhc, I miss named it as Virus, Have done virus scans, bots, different things, none worked. Thinking root or registry problem. Not A Computer Expert. Will check those Links.
Thanks, Take Care