[Skybird]

Red Alert. It's all battle stations over here again.

I thought I got rid of my problem. I was wrong. It survived three times HD formatting with power cut between each round. It survived going back of backup files 3 months old, not from my USB sticks which I use to update every two weeks, but DVDs I burn every 3 months. It survived detection attempts with four different security scanners, plus firewall, all this and browser set to very tight and conservative settings.

My registry seems to desintegrate, browser no longer works beyond first adress (and often not even with that one), software entries in software list disappear, drivers got corrupted, and the firewall time and again rings alarm that something knocks and tries to kick in the door.

I am basing on the assumption that I have no technical problems, and so take desperate measure. The HD is 1 and a half year old, it will get replaced tomorrow with a factory-new one. And then it is all software installation again - and no use of old savegames, and any backups of working files younger than 6 months.

Let this be a warning for everybody. When one of the real nasty nasties hits you, you are no longer safe and should put the nuking option on the table immediately. In overklill capacity, please. If i would have not used just 3 months old backups and would have used a new HD, I would not need to redo the whole dance once again, just one week after the last party.

If I ever should happen to stumble over a malware hacker, that day will be the most pitiful day in his life, and IU will have very brutal fun with him.

Enjoy your weekend everybody. Mine is done.