The ISO image probably isn't messed with, and your photographs are very unlikely to be infected. Most malware goes after e-mail programs, address books, firewall software, and your AV stuff. It wants to spread itself.
Is there any chance you could post a screen-capture of your desktop when you're seeing all the evidence of the infection? It sounds familiar, if it's the one I removed for a friend recently, it's an easy fix.
I also have to disagree with the first commenter, AVG isn't great, but Norton and McAfee are absolute bloated crap that will fuck your system up worse than it is.
Fact is most AV programs are inadequate, but I use both AVG and/or Avast on all my company PCs and they work well enough if you keep them up to date.
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Date: 2010-03-24 04:59 pm (UTC)The ISO image probably isn't messed with, and your photographs are very unlikely to be infected. Most malware goes after e-mail programs, address books, firewall software, and your AV stuff. It wants to spread itself.
Is there any chance you could post a screen-capture of your desktop when you're seeing all the evidence of the infection? It sounds familiar, if it's the one I removed for a friend recently, it's an easy fix.
I also have to disagree with the first commenter, AVG isn't great, but Norton and McAfee are absolute bloated crap that will fuck your system up worse than it is.
Fact is most AV programs are inadequate, but I use both AVG and/or Avast on all my company PCs and they work well enough if you keep them up to date.