For the second time in 3 months, my laptop has been attacked by Trojan viruses. For the second time, the viruses have gotten past Norton Antivirus (R) and done some damage. -Sigh- I usually put in a blog entry so I'll remember how I fixed it when it happens again in a couple of years. But between Win 7 and Norton, looks like I will be doing this every few months. :-) 1. Prevention -- Put Ubuntu or other Linux-based OS on your laptop. Even though the Windows side of my laptop is trashed, the Ubuntu Linux side works fine, and can even read files from the corrupted hard drive. It is a life-saver! I was able to back up all my Windows files to a backup drive. Add Clam-Av, the free Linux-based antivirus package, to your Linux installation. Also the Graphical User Interface (GUI) that goes along with it. I used ClamAv to detect and quarantine the viruses from the Windows side of my hard disk. ClamAv over-identifies viruses on your machine, but you have the option to selec