Saturday one of my kids managed to get to a website that severely infected our computer with some sort of malware or virus. It quickly became almost completely unusable. Trying start Firefox results in an error message; when starting IE, it flashs for a split-second like it's going to load, but then nothing happens. Anti-spyware and antivrus programs run *extremely* slow, even in safe mode. It's also impossible to save or move any files. No dragging and dropping, no cutting and pasting, no burning to CD; nothing works, not even in safe mode.
Now, since I only paid about $250 for this thing about three years ago, I wasn't interested in paying hundreds to get it fixed. Best Buy had an "18 months same as cahs" special going on, and I bought a new HP Sunday afternoon; an excellent package deal that included an Epson printer/scanner. It's awesome, and will hopefully last us many years.
However, there are still some files and pics on the old unit that I hadn't yet backed up. It's pretty frustrating to
see all of that stuff, yet not be able to copy it to a disc or flash drive, etc. Any tech-savvy people have any suggestions, or should we just start planning the funeral?
). Then copy the stuff off you want to keep, and dump the old drive and old PC. It's not likely that your new PC could become infected by this method, but I still suggest updating the AV and spyware stuff anyway just to be safe. It's good to do that anyway.
