[TheForge] Off topic Computer Yak Virus problem

[GHS]

Try doing a google search for someth~1 There are several entries can't say
if any will help.

Mike Graf

Dragons Watch Forge wrote:

> First let me apologize for posting a non-blacksmith question on this
> forum.  Please delete if it offends you or you are not interested/can
> not help.
>
> The problem started with my desktop and before I knew it I was replacing
> a hard drive. No virus was found and the tech's think the drive just
> died.  Well at that same time, I started using my notebook till the PC
> was repaired.  Now I believe my notebook computer has a virus, but when
> I run virus check programs such as "housecall" and mcafee they say it is
> clean.  The reason I think it has a virus is one day I turned it on and
> it crashed, when I restarted it most of my windows programs (MS office)
> were no longer in the computer.  I searched the hard drive from dos and
> they were not there. BUT! there was a brand new dir called "someth~1"
> that said "something wrong happened" as a description and contained 1
> application file.  So my question is, has anyone heard of a similar
> problem and is there a fix?
>
> Thanks for your indulgence.
>
> Larry
>
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