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Posted Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:27 pm...
Howdy Morkatt,

I just pm-ed you.
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Posted Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:07 pm...
Hi Morkatt,

What type of security program are your running? Sometimes that can be the culprit and it isn't a virus at all. I just checked every theme and all checked out ok.

Do you have Pagan Living as a "trusted site" on your computer? That could be the culprit as well....here how:

If you are using Internet Explorer as your browser go into tools, then Internet Options, and click on security, and then trusted sites and add www.Paganliving.org that should fix the problem.

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Posted Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:07 pm...
I don't know the name of the computer virus, but it seem to have generated from Yahoo messenger, from listening to online reports from my online friends, they say that the virus pretends to be a e-mail message from an online family member, and since it is from a known contact, therefore it is way too easy to click and open the mail, then you got the bug. It high jack your favorites, and then mess up the passwords, preventing you from loging into your favorite sites. If you are running McAfee security software, it should be able to detect and remove the virus.
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Posted Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:37 pm...
Was it downloadsr or downloader? I couldnt find downloadsr, but the other is a somewhat nasty virus. It may be simplest to do a system restore to a date before the virus showed up.
After I switched to running 4 separate (free) programs I have had almost no trouble. Spywareblaster runs in the back ground and blocks many things, Adaware gets the spyware (always remember to run this one regular) and both of these you will have to manually update on a regular basis. Then Windows Defender, at least it auto updates, and then Avast Anti Virus.

You may have to update all of your spyware and antivirus programs, then turn off system restore. Re boot in safe mode and run all of them. then reboot and see if the problem persists. If it clears up don't forget to turn system restore back on and make a new restore point. Or there are several websites that specialize in such problems.
You can try MajorGeeks.com, and there are others that have helped me before, or this one ( it used to be the Tom Coyote forum) http://forums.whatthetech.com/forums.html

Good luck

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Posted Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:09 pm...
— morkatt
The virus is called "Downloadsr". Is there any way you can change my theme from there?

What theme were you using? What theme did you (or try to) change to?
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