<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> I would definitively vote for the vmware in linux unless you are doing video or audio editing in Windows. You may need a little more ram.<br> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Jeff Lawton Ideal Solution, LLC 517-485-2650 ext 220 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jeff@idealso.com">jeff@idealso.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.idealso.com">http://www.idealso.com</a> </pre> <br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:frank.dolinar@comcast.net">frank.dolinar@comcast.net</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid062320062110.6520.449C58DF0000BB830000197822058860149D0E020704010BD205020E9D00@comcast.net" type="cite"> <div>I have Ad-Aware and use it at least every week.  Same with SpyBot and NortonAV.</div> <div> </div> <div>None of the above have managed to find or stop whatever is burning cycles in my system.  The typical CPU percentage is running between 20 and 70% and really slowing down my system.  (Let's just say I'm not amused.)</div> <div> </div> <div>I think (but cannot prove) that one or more of the "CoolWWWSearch" malware processes is doing this to me, but -- as I said -- none of my anti-malware tools is finding anything.  It's discouraging.  (If anyone knows anything about dealing with this particular family of nasties, I'd be interested in hearing more.)</div> <div> </div> <div>While in most cases I'd agree that what I plan might be a little extreme, I have not found an easy way around this.  Nor am I a complete stranger to the clean-the-hard-disk-and-start-over process.  Wouldn't be the first time.</div> <div> </div> <div>On the other hand, if I thought I had an alternative, I wouldn't be going this route.</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks for the feedback.  All good ideas.</div> <div> </div> <div>-- Frank</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <blockquote>-------------- Original message -------------- <br> From: Thomas Hruska <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thruska@cubiclesoft.com"><thruska@cubiclesoft.com></a> <br> <br> > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:frank.dolinar@comcast.net">frank.dolinar@comcast.net</a> wrote: <br> > > I've somehow managed to get some sort of CPU-cycle-eating malware on my home <br> > system. <br> > > <br> > > To get rid of it, I'm going to wipe my C:\ drive and reload a new operating <br> > system. <br> > <br> > Isn't that a bit extreme? Sounds similar to removing and reattaching <br> > the same foot (both are painful and usually unnecessary). Between <br> > Ad-aware and Spybot S&D, 99.99% of all malware is removable (and both of <br> > the products I just mentioned have freeware editions - which is all that <br> > most people running Windows need). <br> > <br> > <br> > > I"m probably going to WinXPPro, since I've got it. I'd also like to set the <br> > system up as a dual-boot with Ub! untu's latest. <br> > > I'd love to move this system entirely to Linux, but that's not yet an option. <br> > <br> > Another option might be to use virtual machine software. Bochs is open <br> > source but there's always VirtualPC and VMWare. VMWare has a free <br> > version of their software called "player" (can't create images but it <br> > does work with existing ones). Too bad the various distros. still just <br> > ship ISOs and don't bother to create virtual-machine image builds. That <br> > said, VMWare Player might be able to run the "Live" versions of various <br> > distros. out there (I know VMWare has the ability to 'boot' from a ISO) <br> > but I haven't tried it. Bochs has a similar capability. <br> > <br> > The reason I mention this is because you wouldn't have to dual-boot <br> > then. Depending on which OS you want to use more, that should be your <br> > host OS and then you run the "guest" OS under the host OS using virtual <br> > mac! hine te chnology. Note, however, that if you play a lot of video <br> > games, most virtual machine software doesn't handle the native video <br> > hardware very well (e.g. DirectX based games)...in that case, I'd <br> > suggest Windows as the host OS just because most game manufacturers <br> > target that platform. <br> > <br> > <br> > > Can anyone offer some advice, suggestions, how-to information, or references. <br> > > <br> > > Thanks, <br> > > Frank <br> > <br> > Oh, and 'hi', I'm new to this list and, while I seem to be a Windows <br> > guy, I'm actually OS-agnostic for the most part; that is, I hate every <br> > OS on some level and love them on some other - Windows, Mac, Linux, etc. <br> > I may stop by for one of the meetings this group has sometime in the <br> > near future even though I live in Okemos. <br> > <br> > -- <br> > Thomas Hruska <br> > CubicleSoft President <br> > Ph: 517-803-4197 <br> > <br> > Safe C++! Design Principles (First Edition) <br> > Learn how to write memory leak-free, secure, <br> > portable, and user-friendly software. <br> > <br> > Learn more and view a sample chapter: <br> > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.CubicleSoft.com/SafeCPPDesign/">http://www.CubicleSoft.com/SafeCPPDesign/</a> <br> > </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> <hr size="4" width="90%"> _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>