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Posted by: messix Jul 25 2006, 07:57 PM

when i shut down the 'uter it says shutting down program ptahydra. i can't fing this in my programs and it doesn't show up any where that i can see.

what is,and how do i get rid of it?

Posted by: SirAndy Jul 25 2006, 08:01 PM

you got yourself a virus/backdoor/worm ...

good luck!
Andy

Posted by: effutuo101 Jul 25 2006, 08:02 PM

dunno. your puter might be . I suggest immediatly!

Posted by: messix Jul 25 2006, 08:07 PM

lotta help you genuises are

Posted by: fiid Jul 25 2006, 09:40 PM

You might want to get a spy/adware scanner. One of my favorites is Lavasoft AdAware - which you can download for free...

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Posted by: messix Jul 25 2006, 09:52 PM

just loaded and ran avg. we'll see how that worked

Posted by: ZZZZZ Jul 25 2006, 09:57 PM

Try Spysweeper by Webroot.

Posted by: Air_Cooled_Nut Jul 25 2006, 10:10 PM

I also use SpyBot (it's free as well):
http://www.spybot.info/

And http://www.avast.com/ for virus protection (recommended by someone here in Teener Land). Free, of course.