Cursor prob & Stinger

Hi
I had a problem where the mouse on my pc went wayward & all over the
place, out of control. My taskbar went up the side & all the taskbar popups
'popped up' & there was a constant ping sound & a croaking from the back of
the pc.
I don't know wether its mechanical or viral.

Has anyone had this prob & knows of a cure?

In the past i had a bleep & ran 'stinger' & that worked. Can anyone tell me
about stinger & when it's running, it doesn't show viruses it finds & why at
the end, it doesn't ask if you want them removed, or does it just do it as
it's going along!
Cheers
Gaz

gary

Stinger is an emergency tool only; it only removes certain
well-known viruses, so I hope you are not relying on it
exclusively.

Online Antivirus scanners:
================
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hous...start_corp.asp
http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virusscan.aspx
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/activescan.asp
http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
http://commandondemand.com/eval/index.cfm
http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/ [See **** below.]
http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
http://www.drweb-online.com/en/online_check.asp
http://www.pcpitstop.com/antivirus/default.asp
http://scan.sygatetech.com/prestealthscan.html
http://www.virusoffice.com/clinic/index.cfm

**** Caveat:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archiv...3-07/0240.html


Anti-virus programs:
--------------------
KAV (Kaspersky)
http://www.kaspersky.com/

Sophos
http://www.sophos.com/products/sav/

eZ Antivirus (Computer Associates)
http://www.my-etrust.com/products/Antivirus.cfm


eScan antivirus toolkit
Free scanner tool from Microworld Systems based
on the Kaspersky (KAV) scanning engine.
Extract the downloaded "mwav.exe" to
"C:\Downloads" with WinZIP or a similar archiver.
You MUST use this directory because this is where
the updater downloads new definitions to.
Once extracted, run "kavupd.exe" to update
the definitions. Run "mwavscan.com" to run
the scanner. Note that this ONLY an "on demand"
scanner, and offers NO resident protection, but
is an invaluable tool; there is NO better freeware
"scanner".
http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp



On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:59:33 +0100, in
<ckjn7j$hf4$>
gary scrawled:

>Hi
> I had a problem where the mouse on my pc went wayward & all over the
>place, out of control. My taskbar went up the side & all the taskbar popups
>'popped up' & there was a constant ping sound & a croaking from the back of
>the pc.
>I don't know wether its mechanical or viral.
>
>Has anyone had this prob & knows of a cure?
>
>In the past i had a bleep & ran 'stinger' & that worked. Can anyone tell me
>about stinger & when it's running, it doesn't show viruses it finds & why at
>the end, it doesn't ask if you want them removed, or does it just do it as
>it's going along!
>Cheers
>Gaz
>

--
Basic computer maintenance
http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html

°Mike°

Hi & thanks
Up to now (touch wood) it seems to have removed my
problem with what i said! I don't run it as a regular anti virus programme,
as i have AVG, which didn't detect my prob, but i hear people say AVG is
crap! I don't know. Are there any other better virus detectors i can run
regularly & have on my desktop!?
Cheers Gaz
°Mike° <> wrote in message
news:...
> Stinger is an emergency tool only; it only removes certain
> well-known viruses, so I hope you are not relying on it
> exclusively.
>
> Online Antivirus scanners:
> ================
> http://housecall.trendmicro.com/hous...start_corp.asp
> http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
> http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virusscan.aspx
> http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp
> http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/activescan.asp
> http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs/default.asp
> http://commandondemand.com/eval/index.cfm
> http://www.ravantivirus.com/scan/ [See **** below.]
> http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php
> http://www.drweb-online.com/en/online_check.asp
> http://www.pcpitstop.com/antivirus/default.asp
> http://scan.sygatetech.com/prestealthscan.html
> http://www.virusoffice.com/clinic/index.cfm
>
> **** Caveat:
> http://archives.neohapsis.com/archiv...3-07/0240.html
>
>
> Anti-virus programs:
> --------------------
> KAV (Kaspersky)
> http://www.kaspersky.com/
>
> Sophos
> http://www.sophos.com/products/sav/
>
> eZ Antivirus (Computer Associates)
> http://www.my-etrust.com/products/Antivirus.cfm
>
>
> eScan antivirus toolkit
> Free scanner tool from Microworld Systems based
> on the Kaspersky (KAV) scanning engine.
> Extract the downloaded "mwav.exe" to
> "C:\Downloads" with WinZIP or a similar archiver.
> You MUST use this directory because this is where
> the updater downloads new definitions to.
> Once extracted, run "kavupd.exe" to update
> the definitions. Run "mwavscan.com" to run
> the scanner. Note that this ONLY an "on demand"
> scanner, and offers NO resident protection, but
> is an invaluable tool; there is NO better freeware
> "scanner".
> http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
>
>
>
> On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:59:33 +0100, in
> <ckjn7j$hf4$>
> gary scrawled:
>
> >Hi
> > I had a problem where the mouse on my pc went wayward & all over the
> >place, out of control. My taskbar went up the side & all the taskbar
popups
> >'popped up' & there was a constant ping sound & a croaking from the back
of
> >the pc.
> >I don't know wether its mechanical or viral.
> >
> >Has anyone had this prob & knows of a cure?
> >
> >In the past i had a bleep & ran 'stinger' & that worked. Can anyone tell
me
> >about stinger & when it's running, it doesn't show viruses it finds & why
at
> >the end, it doesn't ask if you want them removed, or does it just do it
as
> >it's going along!
> >Cheers
> >Gaz
> >
>
> --
> Basic computer maintenance
> http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html

gary

"gary" <> wrote in
news:ckk27q$1m5$:

> Hi & thanks
> Up to now (touch wood) it seems to have
> removed my
> problem with what i said! I don't run it as a regular anti virus
> programme, as i have AVG, which didn't detect my prob, but i hear
> people say AVG is crap! I don't know. Are there any other better
> virus detectors i can run regularly & have on my desktop!?
> Cheers Gaz

> °Mike° <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Stinger is an emergency tool only; it only removes certain
>> well-known viruses, so I hope you are not relying on it
>> exclusively.
>>
...cut..

did you read ?

>> Anti-virus programs:
>> --------------------
>> KAV (Kaspersky)
>> http://www.kaspersky.com/
>>
>> Sophos
>> http://www.sophos.com/products/sav/
>>
>> eZ Antivirus (Computer Associates)
>> http://www.my-etrust.com/products/Antivirus.cfm
>>
>>
>> eScan antivirus toolkit
>> Free scanner tool from Microworld Systems based
>> on the Kaspersky (KAV) scanning engine.
>> Extract the downloaded "mwav.exe" to
>> "C:\Downloads" with WinZIP or a similar archiver.
>> You MUST use this directory because this is where
>> the updater downloads new definitions to.
>> Once extracted, run "kavupd.exe" to update
>> the definitions. Run "mwavscan.com" to run
>> the scanner. Note that this ONLY an "on demand"
>> scanner, and offers NO resident protection, but
>> is an invaluable tool; there is NO better freeware "scanner".
>> http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
...cut..

>> --
>> Basic computer maintenance
>> http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html
>
>
>

samuel

<SIGH!>


On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:07:41 +0100, in
<ckk27q$1m5$>
gary scrawled:

>Hi & thanks
> Up to now (touch wood) it seems to have removed my
>problem with what i said! I don't run it as a regular anti virus programme,
>as i have AVG, which didn't detect my prob, but i hear people say AVG is
>crap! I don't know. Are there any other better virus detectors i can run
>regularly & have on my desktop!?
>Cheers Gaz
>°Mike° <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> Stinger is an emergency tool only; it only removes certain
>> well-known viruses, so I hope you are not relying on it
>> exclusively.

<snip>

>> Anti-virus programs:
>> --------------------
>> KAV (Kaspersky)
>> http://www.kaspersky.com/
>>
>> Sophos
>> http://www.sophos.com/products/sav/
>>
>> eZ Antivirus (Computer Associates)
>> http://www.my-etrust.com/products/Antivirus.cfm
>>
>>
>> eScan antivirus toolkit
>> Free scanner tool from Microworld Systems based
>> on the Kaspersky (KAV) scanning engine.
>> Extract the downloaded "mwav.exe" to
>> "C:\Downloads" with WinZIP or a similar archiver.
>> You MUST use this directory because this is where
>> the updater downloads new definitions to.
>> Once extracted, run "kavupd.exe" to update
>> the definitions. Run "mwavscan.com" to run
>> the scanner. Note that this ONLY an "on demand"
>> scanner, and offers NO resident protection, but
>> is an invaluable tool; there is NO better freeware
>> "scanner".
>> http://www.mwti.net/antivirus/free_utilities.asp
>>

<snip>

--
Basic computer maintenance
http://uk.geocities.com/personel44/maintenance.html

°Mike°