for the second time in two days, i reformatted my laptop. that's cos i thought the trojan will only stay on c drive, also cos fahmi who works at service centre told me that sp students get it on c drive only. it's not his fault; i had also thought it would stay on C only. but anw, the trojan jumped to D drive and back to c drive again. LOL. installed xp again on c drive, and ubuntu on E drive, which i created. D is for my docs.
I am now an official linux convert.
seriously this trojan caused me ALOT of time and effort. heng i backup-ed my documents into an external hdd, (which i suspect has the trojan also), but i will only use it on ubuntu. and i have successfully saved my precious notes from the hdd. cos the trojan encrypted all my previous D drive files, which i had thought it would not touch. so super pissed at the trojan creator. this is the most destructive i have ever come across. AND guess what, i had scanned my D and hdd drives with avg, (after a lecture by the boy on the importance of antivirus) and AVG DID NOT DETECT IT.
if open source image editing software was as on par with those which run on ms, i dont think i'll ever touch ms' crap again. and unfortunately ms office has more features as compared to open office, which we really need for presentations and reports.
i already love ubuntu because i didnt have to load drivers and it could project to my screen, connect to internet and detect my mouse. unlike ms which has to 'install your new device' crap.
ok i shall now go and revel in my new found love for linux.
btw, for business students, try not to plug in your thumbdrives into the school computers and then transfer them into yr laptops, thou it's kinda hard to prevent. the school comps are laden with viruses and trojans.
