Sound card Disabled after instaling Drizzle

[Karkadann]

I tried updating them and still nothing, when I mentioned the problem over at the Pelishard they told me to reload Uru TPotS and the Pelipatch. unfortunately I was not aware of the extend of the damage at the time

I have avoided their forums ever since this happend as a precaution nothing personal toward the Pelishard mind you Cuz I still am not sure where it came and besides the Exe file used to uninstall Uru TPots was also disabled after installing the Patch from the Pelishard at least in my case.

I just hope the Pelishard can fix the bug causing this, if indeed its from them and since I have not yet been able to locate the source of the problem and have not been able to fix it completely so I do not feel I have the right to go back because I may reinfect the shard.

Good luck Pelican Shard and thanks I may not have been in your Uru Live for long but it was fun being their once again

[Karkadann]

Now My music folder is corrupted and unreadable and it was empty to begin with, firefox is crashing several time per minute

Im running out of hair to pull out

[kaelisebonrai]

My Suggestion: Use your antivirus?

I'd say Drizzle is not the cause, and nor is the Pelishard/Pelipatch.

But, its possible you picked up a virus from something else.

Failing that, your hardware could be failing for whatever reason.

[GregW11]

Here, try using this too:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html
It's a program called Spybot S&D (search and destroy) and does a good job of finding those cookies or bits of malware antivirus software sometimes misses. The download page is on the product's page (click the picture next to Spybot S&D after selecting the language you're using, and then the download button).

And as said before, I think an antivirus check may be in order, just in case you picked up something while browsing the internet.

[ddb174]

Another good choice would be mbam.

Everyone knows I don't trust Pelishard in the slightest, but I really think this is just coincidence. I've experienced a lot of malware that seems to lay dorment, then act up when some programs are run, perhaps because a network connection is made and it's trying to hide itself or something. If anything, I would expect a backdoor to come from Pelishard, not adware. It's possible that they included some utility that has been accidentally infected, but again, I really think this is just coincidence, and you got this virus elsewhere.

[Karkadann]

well now I get a blue screen again,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and my antivirus is disabled.

something laying dormant hmm I suspected something like a virus with a time delay but was not sure/

Is their any way I can find out the origins of such things

[GregW11]

I don't know how to find the origin of a virus, but if you have a flash drive or portable hard drive, you may be able to get an antivirus program to work and possibly remove whatever is causing the problem (if it's a virus or other malware. You can find a free and open source antivirus program at http://portableapps.com, (and that one won't write anything to the registry) and run it off of the portable drive on your main computer. Just make sure you install it from a different computer so if it IS a virus the installation doesn't get corrupted.

[Karkadann]

unfortunate I don't have access to another PC another interesting thing.....I can not get into safe mode, what ever is doing this...I never thought a program can be so much of a problem, im actually rather fasinating by the whole thing, I think I have learned more about PC's in the last couple of days then I have since I got one. definitely an educational opportunity

[semplerfi]

unfortunate I don't have access to another PC another interesting thing.....I can not get into safe mode, what ever is doing this...I never thought a program can be so much of a problem, im actually rather fasinating by the whole thing, I think I have learned more about PC's in the last couple of days then I have since I got one. definitely an educational opportunity

If this thing is trashing your computer this bad it's time for a clean wipe, reformat and reinstall. Just hope this thing has not laid it self into your boot sector or some other place that requires replacing the infected hardware. Been there done that a few times...

And yes, it is interesting and very educational to watch one of these things take over your puter. I love trying to wound it and watch it try to repair themselves.


"Is it MORE yet?"

[Karkadann]

I had a boot sector virus associated with a similar download last year, but I aint saying what it was cuz the Guild of writers are gonna start throwing there Drek at me.