On a more serious note
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This site will tell you all you need to know about it. If you suspect an infection, run one of the free tools listed at the bottom. The Eset tool is good. Conficker is basically an XP problem. Although Vista and 7 can technically become infected, it's practically impossible for the code to execute on Vista or 7.
Also, the best anti-virus software currently on the market can be found here. You've probably never heard of it. They don't advertise, other than in IT trade publications. They don't have to advertise. They're that good. It's worth every penny of $39.99 a year (for NOD32 anti-virus 4). The Smart Security is slightly more expensive. They give you a 25% break on the price if you buy two years.
edited to add a disclaimer: no, I don't work for Eset. I am in IT, though.
Also, the best anti-virus software currently on the market can be found here. You've probably never heard of it. They don't advertise, other than in IT trade publications. They don't have to advertise. They're that good. It's worth every penny of $39.99 a year (for NOD32 anti-virus 4). The Smart Security is slightly more expensive. They give you a 25% break on the price if you buy two years.
edited to add a disclaimer: no, I don't work for Eset. I am in IT, though.
If I start my computer and I see this on my screen at some point ....
<font size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;">NOD32 anti-virus 4</span></font>
... along with some weird Borg-looking anthropomorphic androgynous robot **** ...
Is it your opinion that I'm good to go?
<font size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Arial;">NOD32 anti-virus 4</span></font>
... along with some weird Borg-looking anthropomorphic androgynous robot **** ...
Is it your opinion that I'm good to go?
Has cleaned up some nasty mess from my computer also. It won't protect you from a virus, but it may clean up what you have Shmuley.
affirmative, maverick. you can bring the program to the desktop by clicking the little green eye down on the taskbar (lower right hand corner of screen). It will tell you your PC's status, and you can do manual scans and updates from there, as well. It will automatically update itself (as long as it's registered). If you want to know how to set up an automatically scheduled scan in it, just PM me.
download, install, and update these programs:
SUPERAntispyware after installing it, open Preferences and Click the Scanning Control tab.
Spybot Search & Destroy - Don't enable the tea timer, or any of the other crap that it tries to enable. you have a choice to uncheck the boxes when it installs. Just install it as bare bones.
For XP machines only ComboFix Here's a complete guide on how to use it. How to use ComboFix
OK...after installing and updating SUPERAntispyware, Malwarebytes, and Spybot, boot into "Safe Mode". To do this, press the F8 key when you see the BIOS screen (the Dell logo, HP logo, Gateway logo, etc...). If you know the password, boot in as administrator. If not, just boot into the regular account. Run the previously installed SUPERAntispyware & Malwarebytes in safe mode. Make sure you do a FULL system scan with both, and not a quick scan. After they are done, boot back into regular windows mode. Run Spybot. Now, boot back into safe mode once more, and run Combofix (for XP machines only). If ComboFix tells you that you need "Windows Recovery Console", let it download it from the net and install it. It's painless. You have to disable or uninstall your anti-virus for ComboFix to run successfully. It digs deep into the Operating system kernel, and the anti-virus doesn't like that. After this is complete, reboot your machine into regular mode.
Click on the start button, right click on "My Computer" (Computer if in Vista), come down to "properties" and click it. Find the System Restore tab, put a check in the box to disable System restore. After it finishes disabling it (takes a minute or two) reboot your machine. Now, go back to the System Restore tab per the instructions just above, and re-enable System Restore by removing the check mark. This cleans out any Viruses or malware that might have replicated itself in the System restore files.
I also run a scan with NOD32 after these malware scans are complete. You can download a trial version at http://www.eset.com . Usually don't find anything significant, though. The previously mentioned ones are pretty thorough. Especially ComboFix. It's bad ***.
Now, you have a clean system!
That'll be $90, please
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SUPERAntispyware after installing it, open Preferences and Click the Scanning Control tab.
- Under Scanner Options make sure that only the following are Unchecked ( <font color="purple">make sure all others are checked</font> ):
- <font color="green"><font color="darkred">Scan only know file types</font></font>
- <font color="green"><font color="darkred">Scan for tracking cookies</font></font>
- <font color="#8B0000">Display scan option in Explorer context (right click) menu</font>
- Under Scanner Options uncheck the below two options
- <font color="green"><font color="darkred">Use <font color="#FF0000">Kernel</font> Direct File Access (recommended)</font></font>
- <font color="#8B0000">Use <font color="#FF0000">Kernel</font> Direct Registry Access (recommended)</font>
Spybot Search & Destroy - Don't enable the tea timer, or any of the other crap that it tries to enable. you have a choice to uncheck the boxes when it installs. Just install it as bare bones.
For XP machines only ComboFix Here's a complete guide on how to use it. How to use ComboFix
OK...after installing and updating SUPERAntispyware, Malwarebytes, and Spybot, boot into "Safe Mode". To do this, press the F8 key when you see the BIOS screen (the Dell logo, HP logo, Gateway logo, etc...). If you know the password, boot in as administrator. If not, just boot into the regular account. Run the previously installed SUPERAntispyware & Malwarebytes in safe mode. Make sure you do a FULL system scan with both, and not a quick scan. After they are done, boot back into regular windows mode. Run Spybot. Now, boot back into safe mode once more, and run Combofix (for XP machines only). If ComboFix tells you that you need "Windows Recovery Console", let it download it from the net and install it. It's painless. You have to disable or uninstall your anti-virus for ComboFix to run successfully. It digs deep into the Operating system kernel, and the anti-virus doesn't like that. After this is complete, reboot your machine into regular mode.
Click on the start button, right click on "My Computer" (Computer if in Vista), come down to "properties" and click it. Find the System Restore tab, put a check in the box to disable System restore. After it finishes disabling it (takes a minute or two) reboot your machine. Now, go back to the System Restore tab per the instructions just above, and re-enable System Restore by removing the check mark. This cleans out any Viruses or malware that might have replicated itself in the System restore files.
I also run a scan with NOD32 after these malware scans are complete. You can download a trial version at http://www.eset.com . Usually don't find anything significant, though. The previously mentioned ones are pretty thorough. Especially ComboFix. It's bad ***.
Now, you have a clean system!
That'll be $90, please
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<div style="text-align: left;"> SUPERAntispyware, not superantivirus. It's not an anti-virus program that runs in resident mode. It's merely a scanner, that will clean it, after the fact. It runs in conjunction with your anti-virus, not in place of it. They DO, however, have a version (not free, of course) that has resident protection, which will protect you on the fly, as you surf. Still, it's not a replacement for good anti-virus.
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Do you only use the freeware/shareware versions of these programs? Or do you need to purchase the full versions?
Thanks for some great info.
Thanks for some great info.
I always just use the freeware versions. It's a user preference, though. The pay versions have a few more bells and whistles, like resident protection, which will protect you as you surf. As far as anti-virus protection, I used to be a huge advocate of the free programs like Avira, AVG, Avast, etc..., but no more. The virus authors of today are some of the brightest minds in the computer world, and they stay light years ahead of the anti-virus vendors and the Microsoft engineers. Especially the freeware A/V vendors. Eset (NOD32) is a Slovakian company, and they have been the best anti-virus vendor (pay or free) for about 6 or 7 years, now, according to independent rating agencies that I subscribe to. Kaspersky is right up there, too. Can't go wrong with either one. The reason you see the Norton's, McAffee's, etc... so much is because those companies pay the Dells, Gateways, HP's of the world to put a trial version of their product on your new PC. They hope to make that money back, when you subscribe to their product when the trial runs out. It gives you a false sense of security that "hey, it came on my PC, it must be great stuff". In reality, it's quite the contrary. Those vendors rank wayyyy down the list (with the exception of McAffee's enterprise version). Hope this helps.
Appologies to dawgstudent for carrying on a non-sports thread so long.
Appologies to dawgstudent for carrying on a non-sports thread so long.
biguglykidjoe said:
malwarebytes is great for a free tool. My girlfriends laptop got the Vundo!grb trojan from her work e-mail where some dumbass was getting personal mail through there and opened a fake Hallmark E-card attachment that contained it and almost shut the place down. McAfee couldn't get rid of it... Someone else was using Symantec and it didn't get rid of it... Several spyware programs didn't touch it... but i ran malwarebytes on it and it knocked it out.