virus help....

[hrsp]

i have some viruses and spyware on my comp and was wondering if anyone could reccomend anything to fix these problems and keep them from occuring... any programns i could download? anything someone has that works? thanks

[Teufelhunden]

i have some viruses and spyware on my comp and was wondering if anyone could reccomend anything to fix these problems and keep them from occuring... any programns i could download? anything someone has that works? thanks

go here now:
1) http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ run their free online virus scan
2) Download Spybot S&D and run it (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html)
3) Download Ad-Ware SE and run it (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/)

Report back....I'm sure others can help as well.

[Scales]

go here now:
1) http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ run their free online virus scan
2) Download Spybot S&D and run it (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html)
3) Download Ad-Ware SE and run it (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/)

Report back....I'm sure others can help as well.

:wstupid

Beat me to it...

[Teufelhunden]

Also get a firewall up if you dont have one already.

Free one:
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html

[Scales]

Also get a firewall up if you dont have one already.

Free one:
http://www.kerio.com/kpf_download.html

What do you think of ZA??? (zone alarm)

[Teufelhunden]

We used Zone Alarm here at work (small office, peer to peer) worked fine. I'm sure someone here can expand upon which firewalls are best. I use the free firewall above at home, works great.

[wikked]

ZoneAlarm > *

and it's free, and doesn't fugg up every running program like Norton's :chair:

There's also other advanced programs that really weed out the crap, but you have to know what you're looking at. There's also digging through the registry, but those are usually reserved for the really persistent stuff.
Annnd there's also stopping of a few services that are totally not needed, and only serve as backdoors for evil script kiddies with too much time on their hands.

I also do all this on the side for wayyy less than the 'pros' who rely on a cd to do everything for them and don't really know what it's even doing =p

oops...was that advertising? :goof
*cough*see website*cough* :thumbsup

[animal]

I've heard good things of the microsoft anti-spyware program. Go try that one too.

[Teufelhunden]

This website may help as well: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php

[wikked]

I've heard good things of the microsoft anti-spyware program. Go try that one too.

Ehhh... Microsoft just bought Claria (Gator :chair: :fire :flipoff2: ) and coincidentally MS-AS does not see Claria as a spyware threat anymore!, it's been reduced to 'low level' :rolleyes:

Guess what will probably be incorporated into Windows Vista to report on millions of unsuspecting users?...yeeeea. :punch:

</rant>

[hrsp]

did all three..

no viruses detected...
had about 20+ spyware..they deleted all but 2 it said ti retart my comp to fix it..i did it but it said it could not fix the 2 problems? what now

[Teufelhunden]

What couldn't be fixed?

[hrsp]

2 entries EAcceleration

[Teufelhunden]

2 entries EAcceleration
read:
http://ask-leo.com/what_is_eacceleration_and_how_do_i_remove_it.html

[hrsp]

this is what a get..

WARNING some problems could not be fixed; reason could be that the associated files are still in use(memory) this could be fixed after a restart.


i did this and then reran it and still same result

[Teufelhunden]

this is what a get..

WARNING some problems could not be fixed; reason could be that the associated files are still in use(memory) this could be fixed after a restart.


i did this and then reran it and still same resultClose the files in question via Windows Task Manager(ctrl-alt-del...process tab) and then run the anti-spyware software again.

[Cleveland Dave]

best bet is to run spyware/adaware in safe mode.

[hrsp]

went to uninstll it and it said it was...then ran spyware programns and it was still there? i'm going to try it in safe mode...

[hrsp]

did it in safe mode.still there...
after i restrted my comp i got this message

Error loading c:/programfiles/acceleration software/antivirus/sstsmsn.dll

the specified module could not be found.

[hrsp]

whooaoaoaoaoaooaaoa yes it's gone and the comp is back to mint... :thumbsup i appreciate all the help that was given

[animal]

Ehhh... Microsoft just bought Claria (Gator :chair: :fire :flipoff2: ) and coincidentally MS-AS does not see Claria as a spyware threat anymore!, it's been reduced to 'low level' :rolleyes:

Guess what will probably be incorporated into Windows Vista to report on millions of unsuspecting users?...yeeeea. :punch:

</rant>


Well honestly if you only use 1 program, then you're bound to failure when it comes to the battle against mal-ware anyways. Doesn't surprise me about microsoft, but really, bitchin about them is like bitchin about gas prices. Pay them or go nowhere. There isn't a practical alternative out there yet, and I honestly see it being a long way off.

That said I use a few specialized tools, some commercial, and some general knowledge of the way windows works in the background to get rid of this crap for good, but I only do this stuff for first-tier friends. I could stay employed on my own if I allowed people to refer me to their friends :) And I honestly hate working on that crap.