Thanks you guys and gals for your assistance, I very much appreciate the time you all took in providing me with your advice. I'm sure my father will be thrilled to know you fellers, the community, are well-intentioned for a solution to my father's misfortunes.
And no, I am not a troll. I am just not as informed as most of you, and your assistance is amazing, and indispensable. So again, thank you very much, you peeps are great! Cheers
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Originally Posted by Swift
Save all documents and personal data to a backup. Wipe and install the OS. Update it to the latest version. Then use Migration Assistant to reclaim docs and applications.
I regularly maintain my Mac with MainMenu Pro as well. It makes running maintenance scripts a breeze along with cleaning system/user cache and rebuilding spotlight when necessary.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
What about that guy's post is in any way trollish?
He's asking a question that he wouldn't need to ask if he spent twenty seconds and read the actual article, but that's not trolling.
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Originally Posted by irnchriz
Why would you do that?
Why not create a new user, see if that one is 'slow'. If it is not then you know its a setting/file issue on his Dads user account. Its incredibly unlikely that he has any malware and if he indeed has no malware you may actually identify what he has done to make it slow and prevent him from doing it again.
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Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton
1. Reformat
2. Reinstall
3. Reprimand
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Originally Posted by hezetation
A lot of things can slow down a system besides just malware, first thing I would do is run a permissions repair on his drive and reboot. You may also need to re-download latest combo update for his system & install it.
If he is on Snow Leopard make sure he has the option set to check against Apple for the malware blacklist. If he is still getting every new malware out there after that then it's time to take his computer away cause that takes a lot of talent to download what most of us have never once run into.
No I am not a troll. I am just not as informed as most of you. I never said my Father picked up this specific Trojan, so looking up the file name given by this article, that I did read, would not be of use to me. That is unless, because my lack of knowledge pertaining to Virus troubleshooting, this step is effective for all malicious content. Anyhow, I'm sorry I came across as a troll to you select few. Best regards, James
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Originally Posted by Bloodshotrollin'red
Argh! The troll got you.
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Originally Posted by allblue
Astro-turfing has become more sophisticated, more like astro-landscape gardening these days. I wonder how long before the original post is reposted on a Windows/Android forum as proof of Macs' vulnerability? 'Even posters on rabid Apple fan site AppleInsider are complaining...' etc etc.
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Originally Posted by ericblr
Because that guys post was an obvious ruse to make macs look just as vulnerable.
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And no, I am not a troll. I am just not as informed as most of you, and your assistance is amazing, and indispensable. So again, thank you very much, you peeps are great! Cheers
Save all documents and personal data to a backup. Wipe and install the OS. Update it to the latest version. Then use Migration Assistant to reclaim docs and applications.
Try macscan or Sophos Anti-Virus (Free) if not a clean install will do the trick.
I regularly maintain my Mac with MainMenu Pro as well. It makes running maintenance scripts a breeze along with cleaning system/user cache and rebuilding spotlight when necessary.
What about that guy's post is in any way trollish?
He's asking a question that he wouldn't need to ask if he spent twenty seconds and read the actual article, but that's not trolling.
Why would you do that?
Why not create a new user, see if that one is 'slow'. If it is not then you know its a setting/file issue on his Dads user account. Its incredibly unlikely that he has any malware and if he indeed has no malware you may actually identify what he has done to make it slow and prevent him from doing it again.
1. Reformat
2. Reinstall
3. Reprimand
A lot of things can slow down a system besides just malware, first thing I would do is run a permissions repair on his drive and reboot. You may also need to re-download latest combo update for his system & install it.
If he is on Snow Leopard make sure he has the option set to check against Apple for the malware blacklist. If he is still getting every new malware out there after that then it's time to take his computer away cause that takes a lot of talent to download what most of us have never once run into.
Argh! The troll got you.
Astro-turfing has become more sophisticated, more like astro-landscape gardening these days. I wonder how long before the original post is reposted on a Windows/Android forum as proof of Macs' vulnerability? 'Even posters on rabid Apple fan site AppleInsider are complaining...' etc etc.
Because that guys post was an obvious ruse to make macs look just as vulnerable.