Subj : Re: a repeat of July 20 request.
To   : comp.programming
From : CBFalconer
Date : Sun Jul 31 2005 12:27 pm

"jjfxcfc@gmail.com" wrote:
> 
> Have a 3 yr old Compaq, xp, pent 4, 1.7 GHz, 512 ram, 80 hddrv,
> 48x cd drv, 32x cd rw drv, 56k IYU mdm, audio, nVidia.  It's been
> in shop 6 times last 4 months.  Drive stripped/cleaned; everything
> re-installed. 3 to 10 days later the Cadd and any other program I
> install, or have installed are erased.  The clue is my sent emails
> are bounced to inbox.
> 
> I check add&remove.  One or more program is gone.  At this point,
> I'm leary of adding  more hardware, or equipment, or software. 
> Someone please tell me if I'm doing something wrong or if it's
> really preprogrammed (as I think) or not?

You must be using Windoze.  You have some sort of virus embedded in
the stuff you re-install.  I would bet large amounts that you are
not re-installing from original CDs, but from backups, which were
probably taken while the virus was active.  It could even be your
own homegrown virus, created by a cosmic ray and your memory
(unless you have ECC memory, which avoids this).  You will just
have to experiment with what you re-install after a wipe.  The
first thing is to find a clean baseline.

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