Lovegate is gone, Hoooray! It was a long and difficult struggle, but I finally won. Not without a bit of help though. Did that help come from Norton, or McAfee, or any of those many other software companies who sell their antivirus programs for exhorbanent fees? Hell, no. Did it come from my free version of AVG anti virus? Once again, a resounding no! The lovely Lovegate virus has special ways of avoiding detection by these programs. So, how did I manage to get rid of the virus which I have affectionately dubbed, "that nasty little fucker"? (Pardon my French, people, but if you were on the receiving end of this virus, you would understand why I gave it that name.) To remove it, I used a little something of my own creation, Raymond antivirus! "What's that?" you ask. "I've never heard of it!" Well, of course you haven't, because it is my oldest son, Raymond. (OK, I did have a little bit of help in the creation!) Armed with three pages of instructions and much more courage than I could muster, he went into my system and removed all of the offending files. There were plenty of them too! When they say that this virus drops files in your system , they are in no way joking. There were SUCHOST.exe files everywhere, all masquerading as something important. In one folder, it had the nerve to call itself Windows Updater. You'd never think to delete a file calling itself that, would you? The main file buried itself within the confines of my system 32 folder. Cleaver of it, really! That is not a place where the faint of heart, such as myself, want to go and start deleting things! I fear reformatting my hard drive more than I fear the apocolypse! So, Woot! to you, Raymond, for having the courage to do what your mother feared. I must say that anyone who picks up this little nasty has my deepest sympathy, unless it is the Moody Bitch. She deserves it!
The strange conclusion of this matter is that when all was said and done, I chose to spend tonight in front of my laptop! What can I say? We really bonded these past few months!
